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- Blueberry pancakes and battleships → http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/05/blueberry-pa...
- This Is All Your App Is: a Collection of Tiny Details → http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/this-is-all-your-ap...
- The Personality Layer → http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/07/18/the-personal...
- Asking Questions beats Giving Advice → http://insideintercom.io/asking-questions-versus-giving-advi...
It's one of the most valuable skills you'll need to excel in a technical field, and when mentoring others its one of the most critical skills to impart.
- Reject the tyranny of being picked http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/03/reject-the-t...
- The World's Worst Boss http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/12/the-worlds-w...
Mr. Money Mustache's account of how he retired at age 30: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/02/22/getting-rich-from-...
The key realization from that post: spending less and saving more helps you retire early not just because you're saving faster, but because you need less to retire: your retirement savings only has to support your expenses, not replace your full income.
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/06/how-to-deal-with-crappy...
Made my life easier
I Assume I am Below Average Derek Sivers: http://sivers.org/below-average
The good ol' Raymond's How to Become a Hacker (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html) will teach you the Hacker attitude, which you can apply to anything. It doesn't matter whether you're a programmer or not, either way you'll benefit from it.
"1. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved.
2. No problem should ever have to be solved twice.
3. Boredom and drudgery are evil.
4. Freedom is good.
5. Attitude is no substitute for competence."
A Handyman’s Toolbox (http://ninjasandrobots.com/a-handymans-toolbox) taught me not to always chase the hot new tech and be confident in my skills. It may be common sense, but it's also well written and straight to the point.
Lastly, the following posts are all about traveling and/or alternative lifestyles. They show different POVs, but are all equally inspirational.
- http://alexwarren.co.uk/2013/06/27/how-i-live-and-how-i-work...
- http://jake-jorgovan.com/blog/remote
- https://medium.com/better-humans/6620882dde89
- http://blog.alexmaccaw.com/how-to-travel-around-the-world-fo...
McKenna said a lot of kooky stuff but this one really speaks to me. http://zenpencils.com/comic/120-terence-mckenna-nature-loves...
http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html
Every time I read something Paul Graham wrote before he became The Godfather I get sad. It may not show in the quality of moderation we see on HN, but he's clearly an extremely talented man.