As of February 1st, 2018, I am working on the following items:
Learning
- Swift programming language for iOS and macOS
- Taking a paid video course on Udemy
- Learning with Mimo, Swiftbites and Swift Playgrounds apps on iPad
- Learning the Apple Xcode Integrated Development Environment
Relational databases and data modelling- Artificial intelligence
Trello for product managementSlack for team communications- Unix operating system (Ubuntu)
Presentation skills (design and delivery)Markdown language using iA Writer(Done)WordPress (expanded)Using X Theme for new website designRunning prototype server locally and production server on a virtual private server using tools such as SSH and FTP
- Argumentation, The Study of Effective Reasoning, 2nd edition (audio course)
- The Secret Life of Words: English Words and their Origins (video course)
The Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Making of an Empire(audio course)- Other courses from The Teaching Company / The Great Courses (purchased)
- Game Theory, Philosophy, Literature, Religion, History
Reading
- The Odyssey by Homer with translation by Emily Wilson
- The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us by Joel Kotkin
- WTF?: What’s The Future and Why It’s Up to Us by Tim O’Reilly
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Turing’s Cathedral by George DysonA Mind at Play (biography of Claude Shannon) by Jimmy Soni and Rob GoodmanThe Ascent of Money by Niall FergusonThe Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James GleickInvisible Armies by Max BootThe Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha MukherjeeIt Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis- Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson
- Why Smart People Hurt by Eric Maisel
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist, by Niall Ferguson- World Order by Henry Kissinger
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
- Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs
- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
- Buyer Personas by Adelle Revera
- Product Manager’s Survival Guide by Steven Haines
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
- Monetizing Innovation by Madhavan Ramunajam and Georg Tacke
- Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster by Alistair Croll and Benjamin Moskovitz
- From Fragile to Agile by Steve Johnson
- Agile Project Management for Beginners: Mastering the Basics by Bryan Mathis
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness (revised and expanded edition) by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein- The Hacked World Order by Adam Segal
- The Swift Programming Language
- 1Q84 by Haruki Marukami
- The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz
- Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael LewisThe Plot Against America by Philip RothData and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce SchneierPinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds by Greg Milner- The New York Times Digital (subscriber), La Presse+, The Economist (subscriber), Medium, and whatever Flipboard throws my way
- And half a dozen other books in Kindle format and at least 30 in print (see recent picture below)
Doing
- Consulting in marketing and product management for a number of companies
- Writing a brief on artificial intelligence
Writing an article on the difference between products and solutions- Mentoring
twothree young adults on marketing and other career efforts - Training for the 2018 London Marathon
- Publishing articles on my professional blog, on Medium, and LinkedIn
- Playing Forza 7, Forza Horizon 3 on Xbox One; on-hold with The Division and Overwatch; looking forward to Crackdown 3 in and when it ever comes out
- Building multiple LEGO Technic kits
- New York Times crossword puzzle
- Good at Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday-level difficulty without looking things up on the Internet or asking for hints. Working on getting to Thursday-level expertise
- Watching TV series:
Westworld on HBO,The Americans on FX,The Man in the High Castle on Amazon,Stranger Things on Netflix,Archer on Netflix - Active on social media
On-hold-ish
- Model railroading
- Return to grad school
- PhD in political science or international relations
- MA in communication studies
- MSc in urban studies
- Return to college
- Interests include anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, urbanism, architecture, literature, law (LLB), physics
Translating my professional website into French; updating existing French content and adapting it to new layout