Random Walk is the classic investment tome. I have been meaning to get through it for a while now, but I've only recently had a chance to read through its timeless advice. I guess I really shouldn't have been surprised, but the payoff was much more...mundane than I had expected....
I used to be a astrophysics nerd wannabe. The "wannabe" part is an apt qualifier: I was into the more popular culture and easily digestible aspects of astrophysics, but never quite pursued the college education that would vindicate that interest with the math and hard science techniques. I read popular science books like...
Amazon is a scary company. At least, that's the story told by The Everything Store, a recounting of the Amazon founding and growth story leading up to its present-day conglomeration of e-commerce, mobile devices, and cloud platforms. The book tries to be fair and report both the good and the bad, and it&...
There aren't that many books on video games; I've probably read most of them. For a medium and industry that pulls in almost $100 billion, it's still seen as little more than a casual diversion, with the stereotypical acne-ridden, foul-mouthed teenager as the target audience. It makes Killing is...
I just finished reading Flowers for Algernon, a sci-fi novel written in the 60s about a mentally retarded man who undergoes a surgical procedure to become a genius. I never got the chance to read...
My love of reading comes in phases. Like most knowledge workers, a big chunk of it in the day comes in the form of email and wikis and tweets and looking for things online; at night, I get to go through the various articles and longreads I've saved up throughout the day. The...
