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Julien Deswaef

julien@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 1 month ago

New year's resolution is to read moar books. So here I am.

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Lurking: How a Person Became a User (Hardcover, 2020, MCD) 4 stars

A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of …

A personal history of the Internets

4 stars

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.

Subprime Attention Crisis (Paperback, 2020, FSG Originals) 4 stars

In Subprime Attention Crisis, Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the …

You're in a plane about to crash.

4 stars

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.

Lean Impact (Hardcover, 2018, Wiley) No rating

Advocating for free market of social enterprises

No rating

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.

Measure What Matters (Paperback, 2018, Penguin Random House USA Ex) No rating

A book on Objectives and Key Results by one of its most prominent advocate. The …

A manual for working in large tech companies

No rating

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.