Ever since stumbling about Aaron Swartz and Ken Robinson, I started questioning the way I learn stuff, so I decided to read up on more efficient approaches to learning and remembering. After reading a couple of articles, I found out about the experiment, Joshua Foer had conducted. He was writing an article about the US Read More …
What I’ve read in 2016
One of my new year’s resolutions was to read at least a book a month (pretty oldschool, right?), since I barely reserved some time for reading books in the last couple of years. As the year draws to a close, I reflected on my goal and decided to share what I’ve read in 2016. Handelt Jetzt! – Read More …
Charles Petzold – Code – The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
I just finished reading this amazing book and I really wish I stumbled upon this great piece earlier. Petzold starts explaining the main parts of computer hardware by describing how to encode any information with easy to follow examples like morsing some text to your friend who lives across the street. He then moves along Read More …
Inside IS – Jürgen Todenhöfer
I just finished reading Inside IS by Jürgen Todenhöfer. Todenhöfer spent 10 days with IS fighters in Syria and documented the journey in an easy to follow book, which gives some really interesting insights into the way the jihadists think about islam and other religions. As IS continues to carry out attacks all over the world, Read More …