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* 'Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup' by John Carreyrou

* 'Who is Michael Ovitz' by Michael Ovitz

* 'High Growth Handbook' by Elad Gil

* 'Principles: Life and Work' by Ray Dalio

* '1491' & '1493' by Charles C. Mann

Flask (a Python micro-framework) + all the available Python toolkits/libraries/plugins it works with, comes very close. It's easy to learn, and quick to spin up.

Like the idea! Especially on airports that are famous for their lines and waiting time (JFK...) winning time at immigration and avoid standing in line for a taxi quickly saves you 2 hours. For the business traveler that is almost 2 extra meetings, and for the family traveler that is 2 hours less stress and crying children.

I registered a domain name a while back 'DeliveryOnArrival.com' with the idea to also accelerate business travel. The plan was that you could travel with less stuff (and therefore could bring only hand luggage) and get what normally use and need delivered on arrival: at the airport gate, in your Uber, in your Hertz rental, or at your hotel. Never executed on it though, maybe a nice add-on service (I would use it).

It can be even simpler. I'm working in the enterprise software space and get multiple emails a week stating we have been selected as on of the 'Top X vendors in X' and won the award for Y by a certain magazine or by a local 'trade association', or can be part of a 'prestigieus' Top 100 list. The only thing we need to do to get the award is to buy some advertising space to cover costs. Normally this is between $3 and $5k.

The conversation pretty much stops after I indicate we are happy with the award and the nomination, but will not buy any advertising with them. Funny thing is: a few weeks later some of the vendors in the space will show of their new award of place on the Top X list on their LinkedIn pages :)

Personally I always use articles like this to yet again change my personal to-do-list strategy, select a new fancy app/tool, pay for a year long subscription, start entering all that is on my mind, open it the next day, look at it, and close it.

I know the strategy, I have plenty of apps with an active subscription, but really making it a daily habit is the struggle.

Any thoughts on that?

Transport Inspection arrested an Uber employee in Amsterdam for not coorporating with providing the Inspecting documents Uber says are classified and helping competitors. Currently being detained. This after a raid in the Uber offices by the inspection last week.