What I'm reading.
it's not just my job to read the book. it's also the book's job to keep me interested.
On the shelf
- No LogoNaomi Klein — annotated
- Bad BloodJohn Carreyrou — re-reading
- Shoe DogPhil Knight — finished, twice
- Why Nations FailAcemoglu & Robinson — in progress
- FactfulnessHans Rosling — reference
- Tumhari Aukat Kya HaiDivya Prakash Dubey — underlined
Passages I kept
People don't buy products. They buy identities.
Every product I've shipped that mattered, mattered because it gave someone a small new identity. 'I'm the kind of person who shares clean code with my class.'
Confidence is cash. You need it before you have evidence.
most people quit on Mount Misery before they ever see Mount Joy.
He didn’t mind being alone… but sometimes, he couldn’t sleep.he enjoyed solitude… As long as it wasn’t excessive. He loved being alone… But not at the cost of nightmares.
the truest line I've read this year.
The moment nobody can challenge you, you're already in danger.
beware of yes-men. accept criticism. choose mentors carefully.
Until the lions have their historians, the history of the hunt will glorify the hunter.
every story has missing pages. notice whose pages are missing.
Things can be bad and getting better at the same time.
applies to products, to teams, to people. especially to first versions.