New year's resolution is to read moar books. So here I am.
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Don't talk to me about surveys or the sickness that has taken over the whole wide web to measure about everything. But if you read this book, be prepared to change the way you look at things and never be able to change back. A pleasurable read if you don't mind spreadsheets and a bit of math.
A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of …
Through a personal recollection of Internet encounters, Joanne McNeil paints a very thoughtful and important picture of the changes the Internet has brought in our lives. A delightful story full of anecdotes and unique perspectives, I recommed warmly.
In Subprime Attention Crisis, Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the …
The online advertising market is the main provider of funds currently sustaining our Internet infrastructure. And it's currently showing all the signs of being a huge bubble that's about to burst. This well documented essay reads like a crime novel.
How to make social organizations behave like startups. Promoting failing fast and fierce competition in the social sector. Surfs with effective altruism. Compares foundation based funding to waterfall and advocates for a change of funding paradigm more aligned with (venture) capitalist demands.
A book on Objectives and Key Results by one of its most prominent advocate. The …
Apart from the clear examples and guidance to come up with OKRs for your own company or team, which is why I was mainly reading this book, I finally understood what the company that employs me wants to achieve with continuous feedback and all around conversations around performance. I did not know those two things were so much linked together. Now things make more sense. Maybe a good read if you work in a large tech company.