Reading notes concerning books I read
Olsen, Dan I will start with the conclusion chapter as this is a great mini summary of the book Chapter 15 : Conclusions It began with the Product-Market Fit Pyramid—an actionable model that defines the components of product-market fit and how they are connected. Your market consists of your target Read more…
Book by Josh anon and Carlos Gonzales De Villaumbrosia Those are my notes from the book, highlighted from the book while reading it. School, Product; González de Villaumbrosia, Carlos; Anon, Josh; School, Product. The Product Book: How to Become a Great Product Manager Product School. Kindle Edition. Introduction One of Read more…
Author : Hans Rosling Factfulness Summary 10 Instincts That Distort Our Perspective Introduction: Why I Love the Circus Every group of people that Hans Rosling asks thinks that the world is more frightening, more violent, and more hopeless than it really is. “Step-by-step, year-by-year, the world is improving” “Not on Read more…
Author : Andreas Antonopoulos In this book Andreas presents some of the talks he had in various places. The talks are usually articulted around the innovative aspect of Bitcoin and how the technology has the potential to change the world (and face serious resistance from the old guard!). The book Read more…
Author : Shoshana Zuboff The book is very insightful and explains in great details the process used by companies such as Facebook or Google to: Collect as much personal data as possible from unsuspecting users Process the data in vast pipelines Operate predictions to serve the right person with the Read more…
Author : Stephen Hawking After watching the movie on Netflix last year I wanted to read Hawking’s book. While interesting I must admit it was not an easy read. The professor’s attempt to vulgarize his thoughts and theories are appreciated but remain blurry and difficult to understand at times. I Read more…
Author : Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People: The Principles Part 1: Fundamental Techniques in Handling People Don’t criticize, condemn or complain Give honest and sincere appreciation Arouse in the other person an eager want Part 2: Six Ways to Make People Like You Become genuinely interested Read more…
Author : Svetlana Baranov La banque sans banque Chapitre 1 : De nouveaux comportements clients Evolution des attentes clients : La relation du client avec sa banque est devenue peu fréquente, indirecte et impersonnelle. Le client privilégie la praticité du service financier sur l’acteur qui le fournit Différenciation des besoins Read more…
Introduction This book is about the biases of our intuition. That is, we assume certain things automatically without having thought through them carefully. Kahneman calls those assumptions heuristics 1 (page 7). He spends nearly 500 pages listing example after example of how certain heuristics lead to muddled thinking, giving each Read more…
Author : James Hawes The first Half Millennium 8BC – 526 AD The Rhine becomes a Roman version of the Sykes-Picot line in the sand, the border drawn arbitrarily through the Middle east by the British and the French after WWI. The peoples beyond the Rhine are declared irredeemably barbaric Read more…