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Media Consumption (Apr 2020)

>_ Summary
  • Read 7 books (1325 min, -34% MoM) and 22 long-form articles (-31%)
  • Listened to 605 songs (+25%) and 8 podcast episodes (370 min, -49%)
  • Watched 0 movies (0 min, -100%), 0 soccer games (0 min, -100%) and 34 TV episodes (1875 min, +33%)
  • Played 2 video games (195 min, +457%)
>_ Books

Tools for Thought (Howard Rheingold)
░░░░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓ Progress: 73-100%

Designing Games (Tynan Sylvester)
░░▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 11-42%

The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
░░░░░░░░░░░░▓▓▓ Progress: 78-100%

History Has Begun (Bruno Maçães)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Fatherland (Robert Harris)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Dominion (Tom Holland)
▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-12%

>_ Recommended Articles

Spatial Interfaces (John Palmer)

Spatial Software (John Palmer)

IT’S TIME TO BUILD (Marc Andreessen)

Nintendo’s Little-Known Product Philosophy (Adam Ghahramani)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Creating Tools For Networked Thought (Venture Stories)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Mikel (97 plays), Sufjan Stevens (47), IAMX (42), Travi$ Scott (40), EOB (32)

May 01, 2020  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Mar 2020)

>_ Summary
  • Read 6 books (2015 min, +540% MoM) and 32 long-form articles (+68%)
  • Listened to 483 songs (-26%) and 11 podcast episodes (732 min, +55%)
  • Watched 2 movies (+∞), 3 soccer games (290 min, -74%) and 28 TV episodes (1413 min, +9%)
  • Played 1 video game (35 min, -36%)
>_ Books

The Design of Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓▓ Progress: 85-100%

Tools for Thought (Howard Rheingold)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ Progress: 0-73%

Designing Games (Tynan Sylvester)
▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-11%

Disunited Nations (Peter Zeihan)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

South of the Border, West of the Sun (Haruki Murakami)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ Progress: 0-78%

>_ Recommended Articles

The Most Important Media Businesses of the (Past and) Future (Matthew Ball)

How Hip-Hop Helped Cash App Grow Faster (Trapital)

Cyberpunk: Then and now (The Dork Web)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Ross Douthat on Decadence and Dynamism (Conversations with Tyler)

Building Prosumer Software with Rahul Vohra and Todd Goldberg (Venture Stories)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Tame Impala (58 plays), Endel (44), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (26), Cage the Elephant (21), Destroyer (21)

Apr 01, 2020  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Feb 2020)

>_ Summary
  • Read 2 books (315 min, -73% MoM) and 19 long-form articles (-44%)
  • Listened to 656 songs (+34%) and 9 podcast episodes (472 min, +6%)
  • Watched 0 movies (-100%), 11 soccer games (1125 min, +389%) and 22 TV episodes (1298 min, +127%)
  • Played 4 video games (55 min, +∞%)
>_ Books

The Design of Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman)
░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ Progress: 31-85%

Ra (Sam Hughes)
░░░░▓▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 25-35%

>_ Recommended Articles

Spotify: The Ambient Media Company (Brett Bivens)

Reddit’s Profane, Greedy Traders Are Shaking Up the Stock Market (Bloomberg)

Yuval Noah Harari’s History of Everyone, Ever (The New Yorker)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Sriram Krishnan on Building Consumer Social Platforms (Venture Stories)

World After Capital, with Albert Wenger (Invest Like the Best)

>_ TV Shows

Chernobyl (Season 1)
░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 20-100%

Narcos: Mexico (Season 2)
▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-40%

Succession (Season 2)
░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 20-100%

Watchmen (Season 1)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-56%

>_ Music

Top Artists: Endel (110 plays), Zoot Woman (80), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (68), Abel Korzeniowski (35), Tame Impala (25)

Mar 01, 2020  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Jan 2020)

>_ Summary
  • Read 5 books (1160 min, -19% MoM) and 34 long-form articles (+36%)
  • Listened to 488 songs (-21%) and 8 podcast episodes (444 min, +26%)
  • Watched 3 movies (-40%), 2 soccer games (230 min, +5%) and 10 TV episodes (571 min, -43%)
  • Played 0 video games (0 min, -100%)
>_ Books

A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
░░░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 66-100%

The Design of Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman)
░▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 3-31%

Designing Design (Kenya Hara)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Ra (Sam Hughes)
▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-25%

Hackers & Painters (Paul Graham)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

>_ Recommended Articles

2019 Letter (Dan Wang)

Products I Wish Existed (2020 Edition) (Elad Gil)

Products I’d Pay For (2020 Edition) (Dominic Monn)

Underutilized Fixed Assets (Kevin Kwok)

Two Hands Are A Lot (Dominic Cummings)

Shopify: A Starcraft Inspired Business Strategy (Non-GAAP Thoughts)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Matt Clifford on Investing Pre-Company (Invest Like The Best)

Reid Hoffman on Systems, Levers, and Quixotic Quests (Conversations with Tyler)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (201), Woodkid (36), Auf Der Maur (35), 坂本龍一 (35), Abel Korzeniowski (33)

Feb 01, 2020  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Dec 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 4 books (1435 min, +390% MoM) and 25 long-form articles (+79%)
  • Listened to 620 songs (+10%) and 6 podcast episodes (352 min, -38%)
  • Watched 5 movies (-38%), 2 soccer games (220 min, -46%) and 21 TV episodes (998 min, +372%)
  • Played 1 video game (60 min, +∞%)
>_ Books

The Great Successor. (Anna Fifield)
░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 2-100%

A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ Progress: 0-66%

The Design of Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-3%

Augmenting Human Intellect (Douglas C. Engelbart)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

>_ Recommended Articles

What will you do to stay weird? (Tyler Cowen)

The power of naming (Leo Widrich)

2020 Startup Themes (Part 1) + (Part 2) (Daniel Gross)

Whimsical ideas for 2020 (Sriram Krishnan)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Tony Fadell on Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity (The Tim Ferriss Show)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Max Richter (140 plays), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (59), Eminem (39), Frank Ocean (34), Abel Korzeniowski (31)

Jan 09, 2020  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Nov 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 2 books (368 min, -56%) and 14 long-form articles (-60%)
  • Listened to 562 songs (+6%) and 9 podcast episodes (618 min, +99%)
  • Watched 8 movies (+167%), 4 soccer games (405 min, -51%) and 12 TV episodes (268 min, -70%)
  • Played 0 video games (0 min, -100%)
>_ Books

Softwar (Matthew Symonds)
░░░▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ Progress: 20-55%

The Great Successor. (Anna Fifield)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-2%

>_ Recommended Articles

Digital Tools I Wish Existed (Jonathan Borichevskiy)

The Social Subsidy of Angel Investing (Alex Danco)

Reimagining Messaging (Daniel Gross)

Integration and Monopoly (Stratechery)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger – How to Build a Great Product (Invest Like The Best)

Ted Gioia on Music as Cultural Cloud Storage (Conversations with Tyler)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Abel Korzeniowski (55 plays), Travi$ Scott (37), Kanye West (32), Beck (30), The National (28)

Dec 14, 2019  ×  San Francisco, US

Media Consumption (Sep 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 4 books (760 min, -33%) and 2 long-form articles (-96%)
  • Listened to 447 songs (-17%) and 7 podcast episodes (476 min, -21%)
  • Watched 3 movies (+50%), 3 soccer games (300 min, -61%) and 5 TV episodes (297 min, -59%)
  • Played 3 video games (860 min, +1465%)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓ Progress: 93-100%

Super Pumped (Mike Isaac)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-7%

The Dream Machine (M. Mitchell Waldrop)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-8%

>_ Recommended Articles

Almost Everything About Goodreads Is Broken (OneZero)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Alain Bertaud on Cities, Markets, and People (Conversations with Tyler)

What Bryan Caplan Thinks About Basically Everything (Venture Stories)

>_ Video Games

Into the Breach, Super Mario Kart, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

>_ Music

Top Artists: Tool, Bon Iver, Yann Tiersen, Deichkind, Bob Moses

Oct 13, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Aug 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 3 books (1140 min, -16%) and 51 long-form articles (+88%)
  • Listened to 540 songs (+4%), 0 audiobooks (same) and 9 podcast episodes (602 min, +35%)
  • Watched 2 movies (-71%), 10 soccer games (760 min, +181%) and 11 TV episodes (727 min, -36%)
  • Played 1 video game (55 min, +∞)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ Progress: 48-93%

House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 2-3%

The Dawn of Eurasia (Bruno Macaes)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓ Progress: 92-100%

>_ Recommended Articles

Inside Tokyo’s Audiophile Venues (Resident Advisor)

Peter Thiel’s Religion (David Perell)

Meditations on Moloch (Slate Star Codex)

The players are the artists; the game is the venue (Alex Danco)

The Arc of Collaboration (Kevin Kwok)

Fast Software, the Best Software (Craig Mod)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality (Conversations with Tyler)

An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure (The Portal)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Bon Iver, Tool, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, Oscar Peterson Trio

Sep 07, 2019  ×  San Francisco, US

Media Consumption (July 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 5 books (1355 min, +179%) and 27 long-form articles (-7%)
  • Listened to 521 songs (+62%), 0 audiobooks (same) and 8 podcast episodes (445 min, -10%)
  • Watched 7 movies (+600%), 3 soccer games (-25%) and 21 TV episodes (1141 min, -28%)
  • Played 0 video games (-100%)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░ Progress: 40-48%

The Revolt of the Public (Martin Gurri)
░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 7-100%

Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-8%

House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-2%

The Dawn of Eurasia (Bruno Macaes)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ Progress: 0-92%

>_ Recommended Articles

How I practice at what I do (Tyler Cowen)

The Economist Who Would Fix the American Dream (The Atlantic)

Liu Cixin’s War of the Worlds (New Yorker)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality (Conversations with Tyler)

An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure (The Portal)

>_ Music

Top Artists: The National, Thom Yorke, The Black Keys, James Blake, Van Morrison

Aug 20, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (June 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 5 books (485 min, +10%) and 29 long-form articles (+16%)
  • Listened to 321 songs (+21%), 0 audiobooks (0 min, -100%) and 8 podcast episodes (495 min, +114%)
  • Watched 1 movie (-80%), 4 soccer games (same) and 28 TV episodes (1577 min, +431%)
  • Played 1 video game (485 min, +52%)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 38-40%

How Asia Works (Joe Studwell)
░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 42-100%

The Thief (Fuminori Nakamura)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

The Revolt of the Public (Martin Gurri)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-7%

>_ Recommended Articles

It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning (Ted Chiang, NYT)

You can handle the post-truth (Aaron Z. Lewis)

Kinky Labor Supply and the Attention Tax (Andrew Kortina)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Joe Rogan Experience #1309 – Naval Ravikant

Feeling Superhuman with Rahul Vohra (The Art of Product Podcast)

Hal Varian on Taking the Academic Approach to Business (Conversations with Tyler)

>_ Music

Top Artists: The National, Hans Zimmer, Radiohead, Oasis, Thom Yorke

Jul 26, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE
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