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.
Books
Books that taught me something related to working with people or running startups.
- All of Morgan Housel's books
- Range by David Epstein
- Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen (summary okay for this one)
- Working Backwards and associated Github
- Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson
- 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