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I’m nearly done integrating the tags from the Nirvana import into my databases.<\/strong> Once that’s finished, I’m going to take a break from the productivity project to take care of some life maintenance tasks that’ve been piling up, and then I’ll come back for the Evernote import.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n After much waiting and procrastinating and researching and packaging, I finally shipped the binoculars I got for Christmas to be repaired<\/strong>. They’re on their way to the UK for collimation, and maybe when I get them back, I can use them to take some better nature photos.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Emotional Intelligence<\/em> by Daniel Goleman gave me a practical and scientific framework of emotional skills to hone<\/strong> and reminded me I have a whole lot to learn about the brain. And Goleman joined the chorus of authors making the welcome case that relating well to others requires tending to your own emotions.<\/p>\n Getting to Yes<\/em> by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton whetted my appetite for principled negotiation.<\/strong> Along with other books in this project, this one starts to solve a problem I have in many areas\u2014how to implement my ideals in effective ways while responding with integrity to the derailing forces other people are bringing into the situation.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Composing Software<\/em><\/a> by Eric Elliott introduced me to elements of a functional approach to software design.<\/strong> Since I was mostly listening, many of the topics whizzed by me, but a few caught my attention\u2014abstract data types, his take on OOP history and characteristics, object composition, transducers, code style, TDD, and decoupling.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n Russian Doll<\/em> is an odd show, but it’s made a home in my head.<\/strong> It’s the smart kind of soft sci fi that uses its reality-bending powers for narrative good, pressuring its characters into grappling with their issues.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n The Player of Games<\/em> by Iain M. Banks roared to an interesting finish<\/strong>, which mostly made up for the long, slow start and some unlikeable characters. I kind of want to live in The Culture, which is like the Federation if it were run by superintelligent AIs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Productivity \ud83d\ude42 I’m nearly done integrating the tags from the Nirvana import into my databases. Once that’s finished, I’m going to take a break from the productivity project to take care of some life maintenance tasks that’ve been piling up, … Continue reading Nature<\/h2>\n
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