joshux
Joined 13 years ago
Joined 13 years ago
There's a less know book written by him: Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method
It's the only book I've found that teaches you how to steal like an writer, which the book Steal Like an Artist advocates but doesn't get into how to actually do it.
A better books is: "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy"
Travel and meet top researchers I admire and learn from them.
Solve real human problems.
for more theoretical I'm planning to read: Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach
The talk is about how Damien quit his job to hack on open source software. It shows his struggle and doubt while embarking on the project and then finally invented CouchDB. It's a passionate and human account of the process of creating something significant. I recommend every hacker watch this.