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π Book Notes: Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience
October 8, 2019
The introduction is quite intriguing - I was looking for this answer for long! I could relate with the existential dread: Is that all there is? I have added...
π¨βπ« Lessons Learnt from Open-Source
October 1, 2019
This is a reflection of my open-source journey, from which I had some invaluable learnings along the way. I joined GitHub back in 2012, primarily to use it...
π Book Notes: The 48 Laws of Power
September 24, 2019
It contains a lot of anecdotes involving Tesla - how he was deceived out of money and credit, for the greatest invention of his career. Itβs also the longest...
π Digital Detox
September 17, 2019
So I spent 10 days without my laptop this month. It might not seem like a lot, but itβs my longest stretch in recent years. On top of that, my mobile got...
π Book Notes: Man's Search for Meaning
September 10, 2019
Here are my notes from Manβs Search for Meaning: He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How. Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, or a quest...
π§Έ Dragoon, Dranzer, Driger, Draciel
September 3, 2019
When I was younger, Beyblade was the hot talk of the town. I was playing it all day. I remember making custom mods, putting two attack rings on one beyblade,...
π Book Notes: The Culture Code - The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
August 27, 2019
This is the perfect book for anyone building a company or a community. It's a 11/10 for me; I'm gonna read it again sometime! Starlings (small song-singing...
π§ Fighting the Imposter Syndrome
August 20, 2019
I've felt like an imposter many times during my life, even at my workplace. this is @ all my ppl with imposter syndrome pic.twitter.com/51jp12U4Xrβ christina...
π Book Notes: The Art of War
August 13, 2019
This book has a different format. The content is in the form of bullet points spread across 13 chapters. It's quite short (less than 100 pages). I'd give it...
π Differential Pricing
August 6, 2019
I recently came across this concept, which I'm not sure how to process. So the theory goes like this: The demand curve resembles the graph of 1/x, going...
π Book Notes: Why We Sleep
July 30, 2019
Here are my notes from Why We Sleep: Bits From a prescription written long ago in our ancestral genetic code, the practice of natural biphasic sleep, and a...
π£οΈ My Old Nemesis, It's Time to Say Goodbye
July 23, 2019
Not able to sell has bitten me time and again. Somehow, I was wired to look down on the sales aspect of a project. I used to live under the impression that...
π Book Notes: Quiet - The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
July 16, 2019
Here are my notes from Quiet - The Power of Introverts in a World That Canβt Stop Talking: Bits Introversion is a preference for environments that are not...
πββοΈ From Couch to 10K
July 9, 2019
So I ran a 10K this Sunday! Looking back 4 years, it started with a mild disappointment. I just hopped on a treadmill one fine day and found that I struggled...
π Book Notes: The Black Swan - The Impact of the Highly Improbable
July 2, 2019
Here are my notes from The Black Swan - The Impact of the Highly Improbable: Bits A private library is not an ego-boosting appendage but a research tool....
π― Ethical Marketing
June 25, 2019
Ever lured into something that promised upto 30% discount, only to find out that itβs applicable only above a certain order amount? I dabbled in the...
π Book Notes: The Mom Test - How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You
June 17, 2019
Wow, I think Iβm going to read this one again in a few months. Itβs short, practical, and full of great advice! Here are my notes from The Mom Test - How to...
π Read all Medium stories for free
June 10, 2019
My current situation is this: I'm subscribed to a lot of newsletters that curate content in the tech domain and almost all of them are behind a paywall! I...
π Book Notes: Thinking in Bets - Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
June 4, 2019
To be very honest, I found the book very repetitive (and therefore quite boring for me). I almost left the book just around the halfway-mark! Iβd rate it the...
π The Netflix of Mac Apps
May 28, 2019
I love curation! β€οΈ With the amount of content being created every day, there's not enough time to check out everything. The same goes for Mac apps as well....
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