Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Books I read 2020

January
- Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects, Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister
- An Armenian Sketchbook (Добро вам!), Vasily Grossman
- La flor púrpura, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- El día 3, Miguel Á. Giner Bou, Cristina Durán, Laura Ballester
- A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps, Katrina Clokie
- La espada de Damocles (Finstere Zeiten: Zur Krise in Griechenland), Petros Márkaris
- The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Bartleby, el escribiente (Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street), Herman Melville
- Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris, Miguel Delibes
- Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman

February
- Personal Kanban: Mapping Work, Navigating Life, Jim Benson, Tonianne DeMaria Barry
- The Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba
- Theory of Constraints, Eliyahu M. Goldratt
- Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, Reinhard Kleist

March
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
- Vampir, Joann Sfar (2nd time)
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Stoner, John Williams

April
- The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber
- Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert
- Bloodchild, Octavia E. Butler
- Children of Dune, Frank Herbert

May
- Agile Coaching, Rachel Davies, Liz Sedley
- Guía de la buena comunicación, Gerardo Sánchez Lozano
- Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin.
- Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life (audiobook), Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
- Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything, Viktor E. Frankl

June
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Rate (audiobook), Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- A Princess of Mars (audiobook), Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (audiobook), Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
- God Emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert
- Ironmind: Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies: Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies, Randall J. Strossen
- Man's Search for Meaning (audiobook), Viktor E. Frankl (2nd time)
- Heretics of Dune, Frank Herbert
- Chapterhouse: Dune, Frank Herbert

July
- Moonglow, Michael Chabon
- Managing Technical Debt: Reducing Friction in Software Development, Philippe Kruchten, Robert Nord, Ipek Ozkaya
- Alone in Berlin (Jeder stirbt für sich allein), Hans Fallada
- Building Maintainable Software, Java Edition, Joost Visser
- The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology, Gregg Krech
- The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje
- A solas, Silvia Congost
- Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein

August
- Medio sol amarillo (Half of a Yellow Sun), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Lady Astronaut of Mars, Mary Robinette Kowal
- How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (audiobook), Massimo Pigliucci
- Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
- Una partida de ajedrez, Stefan Zweig
- A Country Doctor's Notebook (Записки юного врача), Mikhail Bulgakov
- Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, Kathryn Schulz
- Play It as It Lays, Joan Didion
- Panza de burro, Andrea Abreu
- The Power, Naomi Alderman

September
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: Stories, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream", “Big Sam Was My Friend”, “Eyes of Dust”, “World of the Myth”, “Lonelyache”, “Delusion for a Dragon Slayer”, and “Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes”, Harlan Ellison
- Functional-Light JavaScript: Pragmatic, Balanced FP in JavaScript, Kyle Simpson
- Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming, Brian Lonsdorf
- Enchiridion (audiobook), Epictetus

October
- 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works, Dan Harris
- Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
- Enchiridion, Epictetus (2nd time)
- To Be Taught, If Fortunate, Becky Chambers
- Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward
- The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking (audiobook), Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
- The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
- The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations, Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis
- Overcoming Poor Posture: A Systematic Approach to Refining Your Posture for Health and Performance, Steven Low, Jarlo Ilano
- No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, Ursula K. Le Guin
- El castillo blanco (Beyaz Kale), Orhan Pamuk

November
- Stamboul Train, Graham Greene
- El gatopardo (Il Gattopardo), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
- Journal 1935-1944 (Jurnal, 1935-1944), Mihail Sebastian
- Cuando el desierto florece (Splitting the Arrow), Prem Rawat
- Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch

December
- More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
- Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch
- The Effluent Engine, N.K. Jemisin
- Whispers Under Ground, Ben Aaronovitch
- Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch
- Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch
- The Furthest Station, Ben Aaronovitch
- Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch
- Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch
- Tales From The Folly, Ben Aaronovitch
- The October Man, Ben Aaronovitch
- False Value, Ben Aaronovitch

Monday, December 14, 2020

Interesting Talk: "Body Embracement and Personal Power"

I've just watched this wonderful talk by Erin Brown

Interesting Documentary film: "The Backbone of Night, Cosmos (7)"

I've just watched this wonderful documentary film by Carl Sagan

Interesting Documentary film: "Travellers' Tales, Cosmos (6)"

I've just watched this wonderful documentary film by Carl Sagan

Interesting Documentary film: "Blues for a Red Planet, Cosmos (5)"

I've just watched this wonderful documentary film by Carl Sagan

Interesting Documentary film: "Heaven and Hell, Cosmos (4)"

I've just watched this wonderful documentary film by Carl Sagan

Interesting Documentary film: "The Harmony of the Worlds, Cosmos (3)"

I've just watched this wonderful documentary film by Carl Sagan

Interesting Talk: "Coming Closer to Ourselves"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Pema Chödrön

Interesting Talk: "On Solitude"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Pema Chödrön

Interesting Talk: "The Noble Journey From Fear to Fearlessness"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Pema Chödrön

Interesting Podcast: "Optimize Your Microbiome"

I've just listened to this interesting Rich Roll podcast with Will Bulsiewicz

Interesting Podcast: "Weight Training for Women Balances Hormones"

I've just listened to this interesting High Intensity Health podcast with Tyna Moore

Interesting Podcast: "Indigenous Thinking for Troubled Times"

I've just listened to this interesting Rebel Wisdom podcast with Tyson Yunkaporta

Interesting Talk: "Learning to Respond, Not React"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Tara Brach

Interesting Talk: "Balancing Acceptance and Change: DBT and the Future of Skills Training"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Marsha Linehan

Interesting Talk: "Radical Acceptance Revisited"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Tara Brach

Interesting Podcast: "Deadlifting Your Way to Metabolic Flexibility"

I've just listened to this interesting High Intensity Health podcast with Ed Napper

Interesting Podcast: "Muscle Growth Science, mTOR & Leucine"

I've just listened to this interesting High Intensity Health podcast with Gabrielle Lyon

Interesting Podcast: "Identity & Empathy"

I've just listened to this interesting Rebel Wisdom podcast with Ayishat Akanbi

Interesting Talk: "Mating in Captivity: Reconciling Intimacy and Sexuality"

I've just watched this interesting talk by Esther Perel

Interesting Documentary film: "The Kiwi Way - Steven Adams' New Zealand"

I've just watched this great documentary film nil

Interesting Podcast: "Are we eating too much (or not enough) protein for good health?"

I've just listened to this interesting The Doctor's Farmacy podcast with Gabrielle Lyon