Visakan Veerasamy
Singaporean writer and author of FRIENDLY AMBITIOUS NERD; blogs at visakanv.com about ambition, writing and thinking in public.
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I remember Antifragile blowing my mind several times when I first read it. It didn't exactly have anything dramatically new to say that I hadn't heard before in some way, but it brought together things in a way that I found compelling. It made me rethink and reevaluate a lot of my life and gave me a useful frame for making sense of things with.
on visakanv.com · 6 Mar 2021
Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
I can't remember when exactly I started looking into David Ogilvy – or where I got this book, probably from a secondhand bookstore somewhere – but once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. Ogilvy had such a great personality. Very spirited, opinionated guy with a great sense of occasion.
on visakanv.com · 6 Mar 2021
Dune by Frank Herbert
The book is worth reading for its own sake, and it's particularly worth reading (in my opinion) to get a sense of how it has impacted so much of sci-fi and pop culture.
on visakanv.com · 6 Mar 2021
Masters of Doom by David Kushner
I was really excited when a friend sent me this book, because it gets right into the details of the history and production of these games that meant so much to me.
on visakanv.com · 6 Mar 2021
Predatory Thinking by Dave Trott
Predatory Thinking, by Dave Trott. I found this book in a bookshop at some point and I found it really compelling. It includes a story about neutrinos that I love.
on visakanv.com · 6 Mar 2021
The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
The Nasty Bits, by Anthony Bourdain. I read this book not too long before Anthony Bourdain died. I remember really enjoying his voice, his style, his sense of flair.
on visakanv.com · 6 Mar 2021
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud: I believe I first saw this book being recommended highly by Bret Victor aka worrydream. I think I then encountered a few screenshots of it on the Internet that made me really like it. It's very worth reading even if you don't really care all that much about comics.
on visakanv.com · 6 Mar 2021
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