Monthly Summary: February 2020

Kraków, Geneva, Gdańsk, penguins, octopus, cat, hot-dog, and pickleback

Personal Highlights

• Finished my talk on Nix
• Went to the theatre
• Listened to classical music with a friend
• Started working on a script to my next video course
• Gave my talk at Lambda Days
• Visited two speakeasy bars in Kraków
• Tried vegan kebab
• Participated in a discussion panel at the Future of Work event
• Went on a bike ride
• Gave my talk at DevOpsDays Geneva
• Met a lot of great people and had interesting discussions at DevOpsDays Geneva
• Hosted a music listening session with friends

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Books

• “Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE” by Phil Knight
• “Who Owns the Future?” by Jaron Lanier
• “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson
• “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells
• “Remote: Office Not Required” by Jason Fried and DHH

Books in Blinks

via Blinkist

• “The Joy of Movement”
• “Remote: Office Not Required”
• “Nature’s Fortune”
• “How Not to Diet”

Articles

• “What is a Mastermind? Why You Should Start Your Own Mastermind Group” by Vanessa Van Edwards

I’ve mostly listened to my home stereo from which I do not scrobble tracks. The results are, therefore, way off from the actual.

Best Music Albums

• Occams Laser — Return to the Grid
• Avantasia — The Metal Opera, Pt. 2
• Ye Banished Privateers — Hostis Humani Generis

Best Music Tracks

• Avantasia — The Looking Glass
• Gloryhammer — Universe on Fire
• Prayers — Lucifer Rising

For more see Last.fm

The theme for the upcoming month

Less is more.

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