Tag: books
Borrowed Movies, Confident Machines, and the Cost of Unused Knowledge
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We’re surrounded by more information than at any time in history, but we value it less letting public spaces that house this information languish in licenses and budget cuts. Whether it’s a public library, AI, or the books on your shelf, this information only has value if we use it. Enjoy this, keep it coming
Librarians are Superheroes
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Yes, this can be America because some Americans like fascism and only want you to have the freedom to do the things that they approve of.
When you Don’t Like Books
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It’s rare that I don’t finish a book, but there have been a few. Most recently I put down The Black Swan because I felt it was a poorly written self agrandizing work written so that Taleb could show how smart he was while making up new names for established principles. Even when I do
Will my kids want my books?
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Robert Breen says no and he’s probably right, though they all say they want some of the books when I ask them today. While I place value on my book collection of a personal nature that exceeds the monetary value of the books, I also realise that as I age I need to talk to
All about Reading Books for 2025 – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members become one to keep the content coming. Reading for 2024 – read more?? In 2024 (46 books as of writing) I read more than 2023 (31 books total) which makes me happier but is still below the previous 9 years of around 70 books per year. I’m not
Read what others aren’t but recommend the same shit
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So Darius recommends reading books that others aren’t which meant I was interested in his reading list. Unfortunately for each category I was already familiar with he recommends pretty much the same books everyone else recommends. This only serves to devalue his recommendations in categories I’m not familiar with because they are also unlikely to
The Re-reading project
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What if you spent a year re-reading the books you thought were your favourites? I’ve often thought of some rule like this for a year of reading. I always end up reading what seems interesting though which often lends itself towards more recent books. I have re-read my Brandon Sanderson collection a few times. I
Koillection – self hosted collection tracking
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Maybe it’s books, DVDs, or dolls, we all often have something we collect. If you’re looking for a way to track those things without giving your information to some corporation check out koillection.
Lou is Surrounded by Books
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Lou wrote about his history with books and I get it. The first book I remember devouring was Arthur by Stephen R Lawhead which then meant I had to get the rest of the series and I loved them. I was around 10 and had to repurchase the whole set before I was 15 because
Ebooks aren’t killing print
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This article on CBC talks about the thriving independent bookstore industry in Canada where readers of printed material are younger. Ebooks had a surge, then have dropped back and print remains strong. This was also detailed at length in Book Wars. You can read my summary of Book Wars here.