# software advice (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover software advice. Page: Feed: --- ## [Reading in 2025](https://blog.davidtate.org/reading-in-2025/) _2025-12-28 · David Tate · David Tate_ Previously , previously , previously , etc. This year I read less than my 52 book goal, reading 45. The best book I read this year is a hard decision, so I'll say top 3 were all by authors that I will likely read more from in 2026 - Claire Keegan, Philip ## [Writing in 2024](https://blog.davidtate.org/writing-in-2024/) _2024-12-30 · David Tate · David Tate_ Newsletter Writing I wrote 25 posts on Bad Software Advice in 2024. Personal Writing I wrote in a morning pages style journal 171 days, with varied consistency. For example, I wrote nothing in August of 2024. I wrote a total of 60,331 words in 2024, from a total of ## [Reading in 2024](https://blog.davidtate.org/reading-in-2024/) _2024-12-29 · David Tate · David Tate_ It seems the only thing going on with this blog this year is this post, my annual reading list . Here are the books I read this year. Not included: the 10 books I started and never finished any reading I needed to do for school, which seemed to always be