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The blogs below are some of my favorites to read. I like reading about things I find interesting. For me, that’s AI/ML, product management, history, and the business of tech. I prefer less frequent but in-depth posts, so the selections below skew toward that style of posting. I’m old-school so still use an RSS Reader ( Reeder via Feedly ); longer articles go to Instapaper for a batch weekend read.…
My favorite ~200 articles out of the ~2,700+ that I read in 2022. Particular favorites are marked with a star (⭐). Book Reviews The Dawn Of Everything by Erik Hoel at Astral Codex Ten Exhaustion by “Van Occupanther” at Astral Codex Ten ⭐ Too Like the Lightning by @bormgans at Weighing a pig doesn’t fatten it Seven Surrenders by @bormgans at Weighing a pig doesn’t fatten it…
My favorite books out of the 50 books (~18,000 pages) that I read in 2022: Sci-Fi Terra Ignota Quartet ( Too Like the Lightning , Seven Surrenders , The Will to Battle , Perhaps the Stars ) — A fascinating unlike-anything-else romp through a sci-fi 25th century well-seasoned with 18th-century philosophy tied together with a page-turning plot set in a compelling and meticulously built world. One of…
My favorite books out of the 54 books (~23,000 pages) that I read in 2021: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Project Hail Mary — A fun sci-fi romp much in the style of the author’s earlier work, The Martian , but nonetheless enjoyable. Fall or, Dodge in Hell — A sequel of sorts to the author’s earlier work, REAMDE , this book is a fascinating exploration of what it means to create a world, inspired at least…
My favorite books out of the 43 books (~17,000 pages) that I read in 2020: Sci-Fi and Fantasy The Ministry for the Future — This is a challenging, and, at times, bleak book, but ultimately an incredibly thought-provoking look at a potential future of the world as climate change continues to accelerate. One of those books that sticks with you long after you finish reading it. Fiction and Classics…
My favorite books out of the 70 books (~31,000 pages) that I read in 2019: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Exhalation — Another collection of wonderfully crafted sci-fi short stories from a master of the genre. Mars Trilogy ( Red Mars , Green Mars , Blue Mars ) — I remember trying to read Red Mars as a kid when I was 10 or 11 years old. Needless to say it sailed entirely over my head and abandoned it…
Before TikTok, before Snapchat, before Instagram, before YouTube, before Facebook, before even blogs, there lived a different breed of social media: The personal home page. Your virtual homestead on the world wide web. A pit stop all of your own on the ever-under-construction information superhighway. A place to hang up your shingle as you made your way through the wilds of an untamed, untrammeled…
My favorite books out of the 103 books (~35,000 pages) that I read in 2018: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction The Baroque Cycle ( Quicksilver , The Confusion , System of the World ) — Rich, resplendent, and towering, this series of three (or eight, depending on how you count) books soars from the Glorious Revolution to the Court of the Sun King to rambunctious adventures around the globe.…
My favorite books out of the 102 books (~38,000 pages) that I read in 2017: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction Revelation Space series ( Revelation Space , Redemption Ark , Absolution Gap ) — Hard scifi space opera. Greatly enjoyable, with memorable characters, backstory, science, history, and of course the requisite galactic-scale threats. House of Suns — Set outside the Revelation Space…
My favorite books out of the 61 books (~24,000 pages) that I read in 2016: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction Culture series — I read the entire ten book series over the course of 2016. The Culture series is set in the distant future where enlightened AIs run society and humans, freed from a life of labor, have to deal with the rest of the galaxy. What is life like when material want is…