A list of people, books and other things that influence/inspire me

There are a lot of people that I admire, a lot of books that made me who I am or changed me in a way and there are a whole lot of other things that belong to me in some way or another. I think it is very interesting to see what other people see as interesting or influential to them, so I will write my version of it down.

Please note that this is just a dump of those things. I hope to put it into some kind of database so that it can be read by programs, so that I can organize it better and analyze it better. But this isn't for now.

And please also note that this document will change. That is a good thing, as far as I am concerned, so please keep that in mind and ignore any kind of date attached to this. I didn't get around to implement real "timeless" pages here and I didn't do it for this little thing.

With that in place, here goes.

People

• http://stevelosh.com (workflow, general "style")
• http://cloudhead.io (ruby (I think))
• http://timelessrepo.com (ruby community, interesting form)
• http://paulgraham.com (intro to lisp)
• http://randsinrepose.com ("managing" people, perspective)
• simon peyton jones (compiler books, involvment w/ haskell, he's at microsoft research)
• http://youarenotsosmart.com ("thinking about thinking", "weak" perception)

• http://blog.fogus.me (clojure + stuff before it, reading, breadth of knowledge)

• http://worrydream.com (ui design, interaction design, dream/vision)

• http://waxy.org (warmth, links to all the web)

• http://empartridge.com (art)

• http://questionablecontent.net, http://jephjaques.com (depression, weird & wonderful humans)

Concepts

I note those concepts besides the things I associate them with, but I do not really know where I picked the ones in this section up, so they'll spend their time here. Thinking about it, it might be good to put all the concepts in here, kind of like a "map of personal practices" for thinking/living.

• it's my fault (think before acting, research/RTFM, think)
• encourage exploration/side projects/new ideas (http://news.ycombinator.com but mostly the faq or individual answers/interactions)
• criticism is a warning flag (most of the time)
• different things are important

Books

• linux from scratch (general linux knowledge, compiling/packages, bit of C)
• Otherland (computer interacts with senses; data is everything, "flows" through the computer system; treehouse, the garden)
• why's (poignant) guide to ruby (best book about programming/pls)
• http://learnyouahaskell.com (second best book about pls, intro to functional)

• the implementation of functional programming languages, implementing functional languages: a tutorial (lambda calculus + transformations)

• thinking mathematically (you can do it, math is exploration/process, stuck is ok, reflect)

• how to draw with the right side of the brain (you can do it)

• Clean Code (is possible, makes the world/stuff after you better, from the start, codebase improves over time)

• Le Hérisson (depression, life has a point, friends, wonderful people)

Talks

Movies

• Le Hérisson
• Bridge to Terabithia (friendship, fantasy, dealing with death)

Other

• http://pinboard.in (business model (+ trust, speed, non-bloat/focus))

Recent things

I perceive them as influential, but I have experience these things only in the last few months, so I am not yet sure whether the influence will last.

• Apprenticeship Patterns (continuous self improvement, reflect)
• rich hickey
  • hammock-driven development (think)