Sources

Favorite readings and resources that influenced writing these essays.

Essays

These are specific essays I have read and reread or frequently shared. They are also authors I often read.

• Demanding and Supportive by Ravi Gupta
• Beyond the Machine by Frank Chimero
• We don't sell saddles here by Stewart Butterfield
• The Doordash Operating System by Steve Kenning (4 part series)
• Reality has a surprising amount of detail by John Salvatier
• Focused work and Making my calendar work for me by Ami Vora
• Give away your legos by Molly Graham
• Communication architecture by Gokul Rajaram

Lists of Questions

Questions and prompts I've used in facilitation.

• Michael Dearing's Questions
• Morgan Housel's Questions
• Lean In Circle Opener

Books

Books that taught me something related to working with people or running startups.

• All of Morgan Housel's books.
• Range by David Epstein
• Thank you for the feedback (okay to get a summary of this one)
• Working Backward and associated Github
• Radical Candor by Kim Scott
• The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt and Jeff Cox

Writing

Essays and books about writing.

• Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamont, from Bird by Bird.
• On Writing by Stephen King
• Writing, Briefly and Good Writing by Paul Graham.

Tufte

This site is based on Tufte CSS.

His books include: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Envisioning Information, and Visual Explanations