RIP

Reading this book, ironically reminds me a bit of my own experience developing the Litsy app. I‘ve developed for a few small startups and they all bear resemblance to Lyons experience with Hubspot. The passage I captured here represents what I think is one of the key similarities to why many ventures fail. The book itself is entertaining but Dan comes off as a bit of a whiner. My experience with the first Litsy was disappointing but fun.

I was honored to meet this author. He is 97 and was a navy WWII pilot. He lives in the same independent care home as my dad (also WWII navy). I had dinner with him and my dad and we got to talking about the book Flyboys. He knew it of course but told me he wrote a book too. He went and got me a copy and signed it. He's not a pro author but the stories are great, amazing and inspirational. He and my dad are true heroes!

And most people would believe that things are worse now then they've ever been

Decisions decisions. Which one to read first?

I read this years ago but it left a lasting impression. An amazing man and life. RIP

This is the first book I've read by this author that I was disappointed with. As usual Murikami-san's book is brilliantly written and is full of his usual visual detail and cleverly obvious metaphors. It's also a great human story and somewhat a mystery. My disappointment is only one of expectations. It didn't have that usual mystical or dreamlike feel that i enjoyed in his other works. I still recommend it.

I finished this one today. I really enjoyed it. Told in the same historical detail of Larsen's other books, it is a great mix of history, technology, politics, and human psychology.

I've learned something reading this. What causes the eye of the hurricane to form and how big it will be. It's the equilibrium between the tremendous low pressure causing air to rush towards the center, and the centripetal force pushing the air outward due to the storms rotation. Makes sense but never thought about it in such simple physics terms. More proof that I'm a hopeless geek.

Ready to dive into this one. Timely now that Matthew has passed and I still don't know the status of my home on the coast. Hoping it's still there and intact.

I took the online course from coursera that follows this book. I found it fascinating and very educational. I just passed a book store with his follow up book, "a brief history of tomorrow. "I look forward to reading it.

Grabbed this for a read on a long flight (irony notwithstanding). About halfway through but enjoying reading about this interesting man. Was surprised to learn that with cutbacks airlines no longer provide meals for their pilots and crew. That seems like a really bad policy. I'd gladly pay a bit more for my flight if it gave these very important people a bit more comfort.

Read this about 40 years ago and it still leaves a great impression on me and my interests in art, science and math.

My first Litsy inspired purchase. #lovelitsy

Finally starting this. Can't wait. I loved Devil in the White City especially after I realized that I worked in the same exact office in the Rookery building that Daniel Burnham worked in.

I read this years ago and re-read to all my kids. I seem to remember a version that you could flip and read in reverse, and had either sphere land or maybe cubeland(?) in the reverse/sequel story. Can anyone confirm that?

Enjoying Kafka on the Shore while on the shore. Murakami would appreciate the recursion. Enjoying his style again. Haven't read him since one of my favs of all time, "Hard Boiled Wonderland..."