Best Technology Books | Summaries & Audio

Technology Book Summaries

Programming C#

by Jesse Liberty • 2001

C# from the ground up: objects, events, Windows interfaces, and the database that drives them.

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🖥️ C# Programming 📦 .Net Framework 🧱 Object Orientation 📖 Language Reference 🪟 Desktop Development

Programming C#

C# from the ground up: objects, events, Windows interfaces, and the database that drives them.

by Jesse Liberty 2001 688 pages

3.68

195 ratings

🖥️ C# Programming 📦 .Net Framework 🧱 Object Orientation 📖 Language Reference 🪟 Desktop Development

UX Research

by Brad Nunnally • 2016

What to ask, who to ask, and how to turn their answers into better products.

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📐 Product Design 🔍 User Research 🧪 Usability Testing 🧩 Data Synthesis ⚖️ Mixed Methods

UX Research

What to ask, who to ask, and how to turn their answers into better products.

by Brad Nunnally 2016 256 pages

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263 ratings

📐 Product Design 🔍 User Research 🧪 Usability Testing 🧩 Data Synthesis ⚖️ Mixed Methods

Content Chemistry

by Andy Crestodina • 2012

A visual playbook for turning your blog into a customer magnet, from search to email.

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📣 Content Marketing 🗺️ Content Strategy 🔍 Seo Strategies ✉️ Email Marketing 📱 Social Media Marketing

Content Chemistry

A visual playbook for turning your blog into a customer magnet, from search to email.

by Andy Crestodina 2012 112 pages

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118 ratings

📣 Content Marketing 🗺️ Content Strategy 🔍 Seo Strategies ✉️ Email Marketing 📱 Social Media Marketing

The Red Web

by Andrei Soldatov • 2015

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

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🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin's Russia 👁️ Surveillance State 🌐 Internet Governance ⚔️ Information Warfare

The Red Web

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

by Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 pages

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500+ ratings

🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin's Russia 👁️ Surveillance State 🌐 Internet Governance ⚔️ Information Warfare

Email Marketing Demystified

by Matthew Paulson • 2015

The $43-to-$1 channel: a system for building a list that sells on demand.

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📧 Email Marketing 💻 Digital Marketing ✍️ Copywriting 👥 Audience Building 🤖 Marketing Automation

Email Marketing Demystified

The $43-to-$1 channel: a system for building a list that sells on demand.

by Matthew Paulson 2015 254 pages

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163 ratings

📧 Email Marketing 💻 Digital Marketing ✍️ Copywriting 👥 Audience Building 🤖 Marketing Automation

PHP and MySQL Web Development

by Luke Welling • 2003

Build a database-backed site with PHP and MySQL: setup, queries, security, and path to production.

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🔧 Backend Development 🐘 Php And Mysql 📊 Relational Databases 🗃️ Database Management 🖥️ Lamp Stack

PHP and MySQL Web Development

Build a database-backed site with PHP and MySQL: setup, queries, security, and path to production.

by Luke Welling 2003

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500+ ratings

🔧 Backend Development 🐘 Php And Mysql 📊 Relational Databases 🗃️ Database Management 🖥️ Lamp Stack

Born Digital

by John Palfrey • 2008

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

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🌐 Digital Culture 🔬 Internet And Society 👤 Digital Identity 🔒 Online Privacy 🎨 Remix Culture

Born Digital

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

by John Palfrey 2008 377 pages

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1k+ ratings

🌐 Digital Culture 🔬 Internet And Society 👤 Digital Identity 🔒 Online Privacy 🎨 Remix Culture

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

by Michael R. Bloomberg • 1997

Fired with $10 million, he built a terminal that reshaped finance, then ran New York City.

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💼 Wall Street Stories 📊 Financial Technology 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏢 Startup Culture 🔄 Failure To Success

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

Fired with $10 million, he built a terminal that reshaped finance, then ran New York City.

by Michael R. Bloomberg 1997 280 pages

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1k+ ratings

💼 Wall Street Stories 📊 Financial Technology 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏢 Startup Culture 🔄 Failure To Success

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

by Jason Fried • 2018

Stop the hustle, protect your time, and build a calm, profitable business. Proven at Basecamp.

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🏢 Company Culture 🌱 Sustainable Business 🔍 Attention Management 🧘 Anti-Hustle 🤝 Meeting Culture

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

Stop the hustle, protect your time, and build a calm, profitable business. Proven at Basecamp.

by Jason Fried 2018 240 pages

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13k+ ratings

🏢 Company Culture 🌱 Sustainable Business 🔍 Attention Management 🧘 Anti-Hustle 🤝 Meeting Culture

The Right to Privacy

by Ellen Alderman • 1995

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

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📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

The Right to Privacy

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

by Ellen Alderman 1995 432 pages

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339 ratings

📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

Cloud Architecture Patterns

by Bill Wilder • 2012

Scale out, not up: the patterns that make cloud apps resilient, cheap, and self-healing.

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☁️ Cloud Architecture 🔗 Distributed Systems ↔️ Horizontal Scaling 🧩 Stateless Design 🛡️ Fault Tolerance

Cloud Architecture Patterns

Scale out, not up: the patterns that make cloud apps resilient, cheap, and self-healing.

by Bill Wilder 2012 182 pages

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236 ratings

☁️ Cloud Architecture 🔗 Distributed Systems ↔️ Horizontal Scaling 🧩 Stateless Design 🛡️ Fault Tolerance

Object-Oriented Software Construction

by Bertrand Meyer • 1988

Before running code, define the contract: how agreements between objects produce reliable software.

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🏗️ Object-Oriented Design 🏛️ Software Architecture ✅ Software Correctness ♻️ Code Reusability 🧱 Modular Design

Object-Oriented Software Construction

Before running code, define the contract: how agreements between objects produce reliable software.

by Bertrand Meyer 1988 1296 pages

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271 ratings

🏗️ Object-Oriented Design 🏛️ Software Architecture ✅ Software Correctness ♻️ Code Reusability 🧱 Modular Design

Linux for Beginners

by Jason Cannon • 2014

The Linux terminal from zero: what to type, how to connect, what never to delete.

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🐧 Linux Operating Systems 🔧 System Administration 💻 Command Line Basics 🛠️ Hands-On Guides 🌐 Remote Access

Linux for Beginners

The Linux terminal from zero: what to type, how to connect, what never to delete.

by Jason Cannon 2014 147 pages

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339 ratings

🐧 Linux Operating Systems 🔧 System Administration 💻 Command Line Basics 🛠️ Hands-On Guides 🌐 Remote Access

What Would Google Do?

by Jeff Jarvis • 2009

The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.

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🌐 Internet Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🔓 Open Systems 👥 Crowd Wisdom 🆓 Freeconomics

What Would Google Do?

The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.

by Jeff Jarvis 2009

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10k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🔓 Open Systems 👥 Crowd Wisdom 🆓 Freeconomics

Learn Python 3 the Hard Way

by Zed A. Shaw • 2017

Python without the hand-holding: type every line, debug every error, and build from the terminal up.

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🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code ⌨️ Command Line 🐛 Debugging 🛠️ Learn By Doing

Learn Python 3 the Hard Way

Python without the hand-holding: type every line, debug every error, and build from the terminal up.

by Zed A. Shaw 2017 319 pages

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500+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code ⌨️ Command Line 🐛 Debugging 🛠️ Learn By Doing

The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi • 2018

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

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⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology 🌱 Clean Energy 📖 Popular Physics

The Future of Fusion Energy

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

by Jason Parisi 2018 404 pages

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127 ratings

⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology 🌱 Clean Energy 📖 Popular Physics

The Startup Playbook

by David S. Kidder • 2012

Forty founders. One playbook. The principles for product-market fit, pivoting, and scaling.

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🚀 Startup Playbooks 💡 Founder Advice 🎯 Product Market Fit 🔄 Lean Methodology 🌉 Silicon Valley Wisdom

The Startup Playbook

Forty founders. One playbook. The principles for product-market fit, pivoting, and scaling.

by David S. Kidder 2012 292 pages

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500+ ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💡 Founder Advice 🎯 Product Market Fit 🔄 Lean Methodology 🌉 Silicon Valley Wisdom

Once Upon an Algorithm

by Martin Erwig • 2017

What Hansel and Gretel, Sherlock Holmes, and Groundhog Day can teach you about algorithms.

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🧠 Computational Thinking 📐 Algorithm Design 📖 Story-Driven Education 🔓 Accessible Algorithms 🗄️ Data Structures

Once Upon an Algorithm

What Hansel and Gretel, Sherlock Holmes, and Groundhog Day can teach you about algorithms.

by Martin Erwig 2017 336 pages

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265 ratings

🧠 Computational Thinking 📐 Algorithm Design 📖 Story-Driven Education 🔓 Accessible Algorithms 🗄️ Data Structures

Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader

by Kevin J. Davey • 2019

A champion's playbook: 41 entries, 11 exits, and the testing rigor to build systems that work.

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🖥️ Algorithmic Trading 🔄 Systematic Trading 🏗️ Trading Strategy Design 🔬 Backtesting Methods 🚪 Market Entry And Exit

Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader

A champion's playbook: 41 entries, 11 exits, and the testing rigor to build systems that work.

by Kevin J. Davey 2019 100 pages

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99 ratings

🖥️ Algorithmic Trading 🔄 Systematic Trading 🏗️ Trading Strategy Design 🔬 Backtesting Methods 🚪 Market Entry And Exit

Sports Analytics

by Benjamin C. Alamar • 2013

The playbook for installing analytics inside a sports organization, from data to decision.

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📊 Sports Analytics 📈 Data Analytics 🗄️ Data Management 🔮 Predictive Modeling 📏 Performance Metrics

Sports Analytics

The playbook for installing analytics inside a sports organization, from data to decision.

by Benjamin C. Alamar 2013 150 pages

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130 ratings

📊 Sports Analytics 📈 Data Analytics 🗄️ Data Management 🔮 Predictive Modeling 📏 Performance Metrics

Lean Inception

by Paulo Caroli • 2018

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

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🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development 🎯 Workshop Facilitation 🤝 Team Alignment

Lean Inception

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

by Paulo Caroli 2018 187 pages

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446 ratings

🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development 🎯 Workshop Facilitation 🤝 Team Alignment

Anti-Tech Revolution

by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

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🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Technological Collapse 🏛️ Civilization Critique

Anti-Tech Revolution

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016 280 pages

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500+ ratings

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Technological Collapse 🏛️ Civilization Critique

Lean Customer Development

by Cindy Alvarez • 2014

Save five hours of wasted development for every hour you spend talking to customers.

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🏗️ Lean Startup 👂 Customer Development 🚀 Startup Founders 📋 Product Managers 🎙️ Customer Interviews

Lean Customer Development

Save five hours of wasted development for every hour you spend talking to customers.

by Cindy Alvarez 2014 236 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏗️ Lean Startup 👂 Customer Development 🚀 Startup Founders 📋 Product Managers 🎙️ Customer Interviews

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

by Vic Armstrong • 2011

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

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🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

by Vic Armstrong 2011

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403 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

Underground Empire

by Henry Farrell • 2023

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

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🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

Underground Empire

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

by Henry Farrell 2023 288 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

Controligarchs

by Seamus Bruner • 2023

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

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🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

Controligarchs

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

by Seamus Bruner 2023 384 pages

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271 ratings

🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

Supertoys

by Brian W. Aldiss • 1969

An android boy faces replacement when his mother wins the right to a real child.

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📚 New Wave Sf 🤖 Android Protagonist 🧒 Artificial Child 💔 Melancholy Sf 🌍 Overpopulated World

Supertoys

An android boy faces replacement when his mother wins the right to a real child.

by Brian W. Aldiss 1969 216 pages

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1k+ ratings

📚 New Wave Sf 🤖 Android Protagonist 🧒 Artificial Child 💔 Melancholy Sf 🌍 Overpopulated World

Reader, Come Home

by Maryanne Wolf • 2018

Your reading brain is only a few thousand years old. Screens are now undoing it.

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🧒 Early Literacy 💻 Digital Reading 📖 Deep Reading 📱 Tech And Attention 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Reader, Come Home

Your reading brain is only a few thousand years old. Screens are now undoing it.

by Maryanne Wolf 2018 260 pages

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4k+ ratings

🧒 Early Literacy 💻 Digital Reading 📖 Deep Reading 📱 Tech And Attention 🧠 Neuroplasticity

The Space Barons

by Christian Davenport • 2018

Four billionaires bet private rockets could transform space. Then the rockets started landing.

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🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🌍 Space Colonization ♻️ Reusable Rockets 🛸 Space Tourism ⚔️ Tech Rivalries

The Space Barons

Four billionaires bet private rockets could transform space. Then the rockets started landing.

by Christian Davenport 2018 320 pages

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4k+ ratings

🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🌍 Space Colonization ♻️ Reusable Rockets 🛸 Space Tourism ⚔️ Tech Rivalries

Digital Minds

by Weber Systems Inc. • 2013

From search and social to email and mobile: the twelve channels that build a digital business.

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🖥️ Digital Marketing ✍️ Content Marketing 🔍 SEO Strategy 📱 Social Media Marketing 📈 Conversion Optimization

Digital Minds

From search and social to email and mobile: the twelve channels that build a digital business.

by Weber Systems Inc. 2013 160 pages

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458 ratings

🖥️ Digital Marketing ✍️ Content Marketing 🔍 SEO Strategy 📱 Social Media Marketing 📈 Conversion Optimization

The Book of Why

by Judea Pearl • 2018

Data can't tell you why. A mathematical science of cause and effect finally can.

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🏹 Causal Inference 🕸️ Graphical Models 🔄 Counterfactuals 📉 Limits Of Correlation 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

The Book of Why

Data can't tell you why. A mathematical science of cause and effect finally can.

by Judea Pearl 2018 432 pages

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6k+ ratings

🏹 Causal Inference 🕸️ Graphical Models 🔄 Counterfactuals 📉 Limits Of Correlation 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing

by Anil K. Jain • 1988

From pixel to picture: the math that samples, restores, compresses, and reconstructs digital images.

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🖼️ Image Processing 📡 Signal Processing 〰️ Fourier Analysis 🗜️ Data Compression 🏥 Medical Imaging

Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing

From pixel to picture: the math that samples, restores, compresses, and reconstructs digital images.

by Anil K. Jain 1988 569 pages

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145 ratings

🖼️ Image Processing 📡 Signal Processing 〰️ Fourier Analysis 🗜️ Data Compression 🏥 Medical Imaging

How We Eat

by Paco Underhill • 2022

Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.

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🏭 Food Systems 🛒 Retail Anthropology 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods 🌾 Local Food Movement

How We Eat

Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.

by Paco Underhill 2022 248 pages

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459 ratings

🏭 Food Systems 🛒 Retail Anthropology 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods 🌾 Local Food Movement

The Accidental Instructional Designer

by Cammy Bean • 2014

Never meant to be an instructional designer? A framework for digital learning that works.

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🎓 Instructional Design 💻 E-Learning Design 🏢 Corporate Learning 🎯 Performance Improvement 🧠 Adult Learning Theory

The Accidental Instructional Designer

Never meant to be an instructional designer? A framework for digital learning that works.

by Cammy Bean 2014 224 pages

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239 ratings

🎓 Instructional Design 💻 E-Learning Design 🏢 Corporate Learning 🎯 Performance Improvement 🧠 Adult Learning Theory

God, Technology, and the Christian Life

by Tony Reinke • 2021

Technology was God's idea first. The industry's gospel of salvation through silicon is not.

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💻 Technology And Faith 🗿 Technological Idolatry 🧭 Digital Discernment 📜 Reformed Theology ⚖️ Technology Ethics

God, Technology, and the Christian Life

Technology was God's idea first. The industry's gospel of salvation through silicon is not.

by Tony Reinke 2021 316 pages

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392 ratings

💻 Technology And Faith 🗿 Technological Idolatry 🧭 Digital Discernment 📜 Reformed Theology ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Losing the Signal

by Jacquie McNish • 2015

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

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📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry 👥 Founder Dynamics 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurs

Losing the Signal

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

by Jacquie McNish 2015 288 pages

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5k+ ratings

📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry 👥 Founder Dynamics 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurs

Hackers & Painters

by Paul Graham • 2004

Making beautiful things, breaking dumb rules, and why the kid you ignored is building your future.

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🌉 Silicon Valley Culture 💻 Hacker Ethos 🏢 Startup Culture ⚙️ Software Engineering ⌨️ Programming Languages

Hackers & Painters

Making beautiful things, breaking dumb rules, and why the kid you ignored is building your future.

by Paul Graham 2004 272 pages

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9k+ ratings

🌉 Silicon Valley Culture 💻 Hacker Ethos 🏢 Startup Culture ⚙️ Software Engineering ⌨️ Programming Languages

How to Sell Your Art Online

by Cory Huff • 2016

Replace the starving artist story with a sustainable business, half creation and half marketing.

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🖌️ Art Business 📧 Audience Building 📖 Brand Storytelling 🎨 Creative Brand 🧠 Artist Mindset

How to Sell Your Art Online

Replace the starving artist story with a sustainable business, half creation and half marketing.

by Cory Huff 2016 192 pages

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389 ratings

🖌️ Art Business 📧 Audience Building 📖 Brand Storytelling 🎨 Creative Brand 🧠 Artist Mindset

The Gun

by C.J. Chivers • 2010

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🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology 📦 Weapons Proliferation 🩸 State Violence

The Gun

by C.J. Chivers 2010 496 pages

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3k+ ratings

🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology 📦 Weapons Proliferation 🩸 State Violence

The B2B Social Media Book

by Kipp Bodnar • 2011

Turn LinkedIn, Twitter, and your blog into a lead factory that reports its own revenue.

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🏢 B2b Marketing 📱 Social Media Marketing 🎯 Lead Generation ✍️ Content Marketing 📊 Marketing Analytics

The B2B Social Media Book

Turn LinkedIn, Twitter, and your blog into a lead factory that reports its own revenue.

by Kipp Bodnar 2011 240 pages

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117 ratings

🏢 B2b Marketing 📱 Social Media Marketing 🎯 Lead Generation ✍️ Content Marketing 📊 Marketing Analytics

The New Breed

by Kate Darling • 2021

Robot panic is sci-fi fueled. The real future looks more like our ancient partnership with animals.

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🤖 Human Robot Interaction 🧠 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Animal Rights ⚖️ Technology Ethics 🏭 Future Of Work

The New Breed

Robot panic is sci-fi fueled. The real future looks more like our ancient partnership with animals.

by Kate Darling 2021 336 pages

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415 ratings

🤖 Human Robot Interaction 🧠 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Animal Rights ⚖️ Technology Ethics 🏭 Future Of Work

Machine Learning for Dummies

by John Paul Mueller • 2016

Machine learning demystified: pick the right algorithm, train it well, and know when it works.

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🧠 Machine Learning Basics 📊 Data Science Basics 🏷️ Supervised Learning 📈 Statistical Learning 🔮 Predictive Modeling

Machine Learning for Dummies

Machine learning demystified: pick the right algorithm, train it well, and know when it works.

by John Paul Mueller 2016 410 pages

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139 ratings

🧠 Machine Learning Basics 📊 Data Science Basics 🏷️ Supervised Learning 📈 Statistical Learning 🔮 Predictive Modeling

How Music Got Free

by Stephen Richard Witt • 2015

A CD plant worker leaked 2,000 albums from the factory floor. The mp3 did the rest.

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🎧 Digital Music 🏴‍☠️ Digital Piracy 📡 Digital Disruption ⚖️ Copyright Wars 💿 Format Wars

How Music Got Free

A CD plant worker leaked 2,000 albums from the factory floor. The mp3 did the rest.

by Stephen Richard Witt 2015 296 pages

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7k+ ratings

🎧 Digital Music 🏴‍☠️ Digital Piracy 📡 Digital Disruption ⚖️ Copyright Wars 💿 Format Wars

Fact Vs. Fiction

by Jennifer Lagarde • 2018

Phones deliver news, not teachers. Strategies for turning feeds into critical thinking.

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📺 Media Literacy ⚠️ Misinformation 🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Citizenship

Fact Vs. Fiction

Phones deliver news, not teachers. Strategies for turning feeds into critical thinking.

by Jennifer Lagarde 2018 159 pages

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326 ratings

📺 Media Literacy ⚠️ Misinformation 🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Citizenship

The Substance of Style

by Virginia Postrel • 2003

The sensory qualities of things now rival price and performance as economic forces.

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🏗️ Design Economy 🛍️ Consumer Aesthetics ⚙️ Form And Function 🎭 Taste And Identity 👁️ Sensory Design

The Substance of Style

The sensory qualities of things now rival price and performance as economic forces.

by Virginia Postrel 2003 237 pages

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500+ ratings

🏗️ Design Economy 🛍️ Consumer Aesthetics ⚙️ Form And Function 🎭 Taste And Identity 👁️ Sensory Design

How to Stay Smart in a Smart World

by Gerd Gigerenzer • 2022

AI masters chess but fumbles real life. Why simple human judgment still outperforms algorithms.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧩 Bounded Rationality 🔍 Heuristics And Biases 🤖 Ai Critique ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

How to Stay Smart in a Smart World

AI masters chess but fumbles real life. Why simple human judgment still outperforms algorithms.

by Gerd Gigerenzer 2022 307 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧩 Bounded Rationality 🔍 Heuristics And Biases 🤖 Ai Critique ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Quantum Man

by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2011

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

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⚛️ Particle Physics 🌀 Quantum Physics 📐 Theoretical Physics 📖 Scientific Biographies 🕰️ History Of Physics

Quantum Man

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011 368 pages

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3k+ ratings

⚛️ Particle Physics 🌀 Quantum Physics 📐 Theoretical Physics 📖 Scientific Biographies 🕰️ History Of Physics

The Race between Education and Technology

by Claudia Goldin • 2008

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

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📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

The Race between Education and Technology

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

by Claudia Goldin 2008 496 pages

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189 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

by Dylan Marron • 2022

He saved the hate mail, then called the haters. Twelve things those conversations taught him.

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🧌 Online Hate 🚫 Cancel Culture 🫂 Empathy Practice 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📱 Social Media Criticism

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

He saved the hate mail, then called the haters. Twelve things those conversations taught him.

by Dylan Marron 2022 271 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧌 Online Hate 🚫 Cancel Culture 🫂 Empathy Practice 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📱 Social Media Criticism

The Lazarus Heist

by Geoff White • 2022

North Korea's hackers targeted one bank for nearly a billion. That was just the trial run.

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🖥️ Cyber Warfare 💰 Financial Cybercrime 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 🇰🇵 North Korean Regime 💸 Money Laundering

The Lazarus Heist

North Korea's hackers targeted one bank for nearly a billion. That was just the trial run.

by Geoff White 2022 304 pages

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🖥️ Cyber Warfare 💰 Financial Cybercrime 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 🇰🇵 North Korean Regime 💸 Money Laundering

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