Please don't pigeon hole me into a category.
It's basic human psycology that upon meeting someone new, we immediately try to throw him/her into a category in our heads (we do it to ourselves as well). It can make us uncomfortable when we can't chuck a person into a nice little box and say, "this is what you are...." This page exists to give you an idea of the things I love & live for and hopefully escape being filied away as A or B....
"Biz" Blogs
- Uncrunched
- SmartBrief Entrepreneurs
- How to Change the World
- Signal vs Noise
- OnStartups
- Springwise
- 500 Startups Blog
- Mixergy
- Venture Hacks
- Both Sides of the Table
- Presentation Zen
- Mashable
- Inc.com Blog
- AdAge
- ComScore Blog
- Innovation Blog
- Harvard Business Review
- DealBook
- TechCrunch
- ReadWriteWeb
- MarketingVOX
- SEOmoz
- VentureBeat
- Bits Blog
- GigaOM
Great Books
- Founders at Work
- The Lean Startup
- Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain
- Outliers
- The Four Steps to Epiphany
- Against The Odds
- Switch
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
- Blink
- Losing My Virginity
- Delivering Happiness
- ReWork
- Enchantment
- The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development
- Crucial Conversations
- Making Ideas Happen
- Made to Stick
- Yes!
- Predictably Irrational
- The Paradox of Choice
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- The Tipping Point
Photography
Daily Reads
Definitely not possible without Readability and Instapaper.
Tools You Need
Windows or Mac:
- Chrome (Firefox is dead)
- Screenshots/Sharing: Jing + TweetDeck
- Publishing: Tumblr & WP
- Quick Sites: Weebly
- Security: LastPass
- Email: Gmail + Rapportive + Boomerang
- Notes/Lists: Evernote + Wunderlist
- File Sync/Sharing: Dropbox + KickSend
- Messaging: Pidgin
Windows Only:
- Notepad ++
- SumatraPDF (Reader = yuck)
- Avast Virus Scan + Comodo Firewall
- Revo Uninstaller
- Everything
Mobile:
Beer & Coffee
No way to fit all of them, so these are just a handful of my favorites.
Beer:
Coffee:
Who I Follow