Tyler Cipriani
Release engineering manager at the Wikimedia Foundation; keeps a public log of every book he reads at tylercipriani.com.
The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker
Overall, I'm still firmly on team Strunk and White. But this was a pretty damned entertaining grammar book.
on tylercipriani.com · 7 Jun 2022
An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson
I read this book because I read Will Larson's blog and newsletter and they're frequent sources of management insight. This book reads like a collection of blog posts with smooth transitions.
on tylercipriani.com · 22 May 2022
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
I stuck it out to the end for a deus ex machina and that was some bullshit. This book would have been a perfect short story about pizza delivery.
on tylercipriani.com · 13 May 2022
Breath by James Nestor
Anyway, the book has compelling parts, but hurts its own arguments with sloppy pseudo-science.
on tylercipriani.com · 21 Apr 2022
Masters of Doom by David Kushner
Carmack is a legend to anyone who writes software, and the book offers an unflinching portrait.
on tylercipriani.com · 19 Mar 2022
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
The book Moonwalking with Einstein explores humans' relationship to memory, our ideas of knowledge, and how that's shifted over time. But it begins with an exploration of competitive memorization and the techniques used by memory champions.
on tylercipriani.com · 19 Mar 2022
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