Books

Back in the ’90s, people were already doing what we’re more or less trying to do now at Fibery. Unfortunately, the arrival of the internet practically froze all progress in the field of no-code solutions (tools where users solve their own problems by creating custom apps—think Excel, AutoCAD,

The Buddha's Way of Happiness is the sixth book about Buddhism that I’ve read, and one of the best. Maybe it just felt that way because my brain has finally accumulated enough connections. Or maybe the author really does know how to convey Eastern concepts to Western

J.C.R. Licklider is quite unknown outside US. It’s a pity, since he influenced computers evolution enormously. As a head of ARPA he put money into many obscure research groups, thus literarily emulating VC in 60s! He did not like to write papers and books, but loved to

I love books like this. Short, crisp, no fluff, genuinely useful, and an easy read. Pretty close to ideal. I’m not really fond of talking to strangers, but I have to. And at forty, I still learned quite a lot from this book. Here’s what matters most: * Don’

Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awake…A national bestseller and acclaimed guide to Buddhism f…GoodreadsStephen Batchelor This book was rather difficult to read. The language is complex and the ideas are expressed metaphorically. The author clearly wasn’t trying to be simple or clear; he was trying

Dead Companies Walking: How A Hedge Fund Manager Finds …Unlike most investors, who live in fear of failure, Sco…GoodreadsScott Fearon Not bad stories from a seasoned investor. * He always met with the executives of the companies he invested in or shorted. Altogether, he spoke with 1,400 executives over

6/5 How to cook your life is a timely book. Dōgen’s approach strongly resonates with Stoicism (as if Marcus Aurelius had sent his Meditations in a bottle that, after a dozen centuries, washed up on the shores of Japan — and Dōgen just happened to know Latin). The main

I used to have just one management book that I recommended to everyone, always: Peopleware. Now there’s a second one. Eighteen years have passed between them for me. Creativity, Inc. is an absolutely brilliant book, and Ed Catmull is an absolutely brilliant manager. Almost all of the ideas transfer