phildini, while reading rated Always Never: 5 stars
Always Never by Jordi Lafebre, Clémence Sapin
After forty years of being madly in love, Ana and Zeno are finally retiring and giving their romance a chance …
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After forty years of being madly in love, Ana and Zeno are finally retiring and giving their romance a chance …
Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak …
Another delightfully humorous and sweet fantasy graphic novel adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short story, brought to you by the …
To be a warlock in this age is to trade in powers and promises and poisons, to bind demons and …
I'm so so glad I read this book before getting serious about starting a company. The advice within is solid, and makes the best possible case for taking angel investment and exiting early, rather than taking VC.
The only reason this isn't a 5-star review is due to the author obviously needing an editor, and having some structural issues such that some sections felt irrelevant. But it's a business book, the bar is low and this clears it handily.
Do recommend!
Look, the thing you have to understand about this book is that the guy who wrote it comes from a time where Silicon Valley venture capital was even more explicitly a boy's club. I'm not saying it's not today, I'm saying there are at least some signs of progress along equity and equality lines.
If you can get past the Hawaiian dude-bro attitude that is authentic to Guy Kawasaki, what you'll find is a pretty concise, easy-reading volume of intensely practical startup advice. It's written for a startup scene circa 2004, but it still feels shockingly relevant today.
If you have no desire to run a startup, don't read this book. If you want just the best advice from the book, here's my take on it: phildini.dev/key-insights-from-the-art-of-the-start
If you do want to start a startup, then, with a sigh, I encourage you to think about reading this book.
The best way to review a cookbook is to cook from it. The second best way is talk about how much you want to cook from it. In this, "The Japanese Table" succeeds: I really want to make some of these recipes.
It's rare to read a book and know, from nearly the first page, that you are beginning a lifelong relationship. I know that I will re-read, and re-read, and re-read this book. I know that I will give this book to friends, family, and my own children. I may end up re-reading this book once a year for the rest of my life.
I was not very familiar with the Tao Te Ching before reading this rendition, and I'm exceptionally glad this was my starting point. I have long been a fan of Le Guin, and her prose, and to read the wisdom from previous generations of humanity rendered through her unique lens is a gift.
This book took me so long to read because my brain recognized I needed to process as much as was possible in this first reading. Time will tell if future readings are faster or …
It's rare to read a book and know, from nearly the first page, that you are beginning a lifelong relationship. I know that I will re-read, and re-read, and re-read this book. I know that I will give this book to friends, family, and my own children. I may end up re-reading this book once a year for the rest of my life.
I was not very familiar with the Tao Te Ching before reading this rendition, and I'm exceptionally glad this was my starting point. I have long been a fan of Le Guin, and her prose, and to read the wisdom from previous generations of humanity rendered through her unique lens is a gift.
This book took me so long to read because my brain recognized I needed to process as much as was possible in this first reading. Time will tell if future readings are faster or slower.