Such a good list!
#Books #Reading
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/02/booklish/
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Such a good list!
#Books #Reading
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/02/booklish/
… “there is no such thing as the essential spirit of a text, because what is “essential” will vary from person to person. it is, again, all interpretation.”
Notes on adaptation, https://www.tumblr.com/trans-elrond/722964776975728640/a-general-reply-to-people-in-the-notes-assigned
#Books #Films #Media #Adaptation
#books, #films, #media, #adaptation
“i will start and not finish whatever the fuck i want”, is exactly the thing I needed to hear today :)
https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/765964861184278528
via DD’s Tumblr (#DianeDuane)
#Reading #Writing #Books #Creativity #Arts
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#DianeDuane, #reading, #writing, #books, #creativity, #arts
Here’s what I read last month
The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2024/
#mjbReads #Books #mjbBooks #Reading #mjbReading
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#mjbreads, #books, #mjbbooks, #reading, #mjbreading
You should write in your #Books
— Ben Orlin
#Reading #Notes #Learning #NoteTaking
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024/10/29/please-deface-my-books/
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#books, #reading, #notes, #learning, #notetaking
Fellow #Programmers, #Coders (and possibly #Mathematicians) lend me wisdom!
I’m learning from books and I “know” the best way to learn from them is to work through them. But what I don’t know is how I’m doing. I’m often frustrated at my pace, since I don’t know what normal is.
And I need to learn stuff, to land a job. (I’m old. I want to pivot into a remote job, ergo devops. Anyway, that’s enough about me.)
So here’s the question(s),
Please boost, to help a slow learner?! Thank you!
#Coding #Maths #Books #Workbooks
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#programmers, #coders, #mathematicians, #coding, #maths, #books, #Workbooks
Two good authors I follow, from two different worlds: Kitty Kildare & David Kadavy have had their books blocked on Amazon for unspecified reasons.
@mwl was paranoid when he diversified
@mwl was prescient
and @mwl was right
Buy their books and support them if you can.
#Authors #Books #BookPublishing
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#authors, #books, #BookPublishing
How to support your favourite authors—even if you can’t buy their books, Suyi Davies Okungbowa
https://suyidavies.com/essays/support-authors
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Finally! A chart I can identify with …
Via, https://www.tumblr.com/bookgeekdom/748234807054614528
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I pay a terrible price to bring this news to you …
More fun here …
https://petermorwood.tumblr.com/post/758245883901001728
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