"Write the title of the book you last read and liked. You can also enter just any book you like.The more titles you add to the list, the more our recommendations will match your preferences." —https://readow.ai/ Artificial intelligence offering book recommendations. All that is needed is a CSV file upload, Good reads API, or similar. … Continue reading Readow.ai
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Ask Hacker News: Which Book Can Attract Anyone Towards Your Field of Study?
A discussion thread on important books in various fields. A few examples: Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought by Lakoff, GeorgeDeep Learning for Coders with Fastai and Pytorch: AI Applications Without a PhD by Howard, JeremyDon't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by … Continue reading Ask Hacker News: Which Book Can Attract Anyone Towards Your Field of Study?
Derek Siver’s Top Book Recommendations
"Tiny summary but detailed notes for each. Use the ISBN number to find it from your local library or anywhere else. This page will constantly update as I read more, so bookmark it if you want to check back in a few months.Sorted with my top recommendations up top. Sort by title, newest, or best.-Derek Sivers, "Books I've Read." sive.rs. Accessed: … Continue reading Derek Siver’s Top Book Recommendations
Movie Review: West Side Story
I've always thought the original West Side Story (1961) was close to perfect. I was not excited to see a remake of it. Remakes should focus on flawed films and make them better. Much to my surprise, the new West Side Story (2021) shows the flaws in the original I simply didn't see before. It's … Continue reading Movie Review: West Side Story
Quarantine Double Feature: Judy followed by Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Judy, available on Amazon Prime for $2.99, followed by Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall (1961). The movie is an outstanding performance by Renée Zellweger that really helps in understanding why Judy Garland was such a beloved figure. Then, listening to her Judy Garland live in one of the greatest live albums ever recorded? Well, … Continue reading Quarantine Double Feature: Judy followed by Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall (1961)
The Moolah Tree
"Pluck, an irritable and featherless rooster, and his best pal, the awkwardly unsocialized but lovable teddy bear known as Fuzz, met long ago in a garbage truck. A tenuous if decidedly co-dependent friendship between Fuzz & Pluck followed, sending them on a series of not-so-heroic adventures. But now, we find them on a ramshackle barge, … Continue reading The Moolah Tree
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The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Sciences by Kieran Healy
The Plain Person's Guide to Plain Text Social Science is written for graduate students in the social sciences, but useful for any writer. For people not doing sophisticated data analysis, the key suggestions are to use a text editor like Emacs for writing, Markdown for formatting, git—such as on GitLabs—for version control, and a translator … Continue reading The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Sciences by Kieran Healy
Recomendo
"Every week Mark, Claudia and I encounter great podcasts, bingeable video series, amazing people to follow, memorable destinations, perfect tips, and many other types of things besides tools we’d like to recommend. Thus was born Recomendo a year and half ago. Conceived as a weekly email, Recomendo now has about 15,000 subscribers. (Sign up here, … Continue reading Recomendo
The Ryan Holiday Reading Recommendation Email
The Ryan Holiday Reading Recommendation Email is a monthly email "with 5 to 10 amazing books that I read, reviewed and think you’ll like. The goal of the newsletter is to recommend books that stick with you long after you’ve put them down—or better yet, change your life...Each book has a one sentence review along with … Continue reading The Ryan Holiday Reading Recommendation Email
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