In 2024 I read 36 books, 53 Longform Articles (LFAs) and watched 53 Films. TL;DR – Here are my top recommendations, if you just want the winners, no reasons or details needed: Best Film I saw in 2024 : Dune (Part 2) Best Book I read in 2024 : Den of Thieves by James StewartContinue reading “My 2024 Media Roundup: Best of Film, Books, & Articles”
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The Best 25 Longform Articles – 2023 Edition
It’s taken me 1000 days to read through this latest batch of 250 Longform articles. From that pool, 25 can be confidently tagged ‘Superb‘. All listed below with links and brief explanation on what each longform is about. This brings the total running tally of LFAs read, since this project kicked off in 2016, toContinue reading “The Best 25 Longform Articles – 2023 Edition”
The Best 15 Longform Articles – 2021 Edition
In the last 1 year I have managed to read up 150 more longforms articles (LFA) and from those I have picked 15 that I rate with as ‘Superb‘. Reading these 15 was pure pleasure and a few of them also managed to open the mind to some brilliant concepts and out there ideas. SoContinue reading “The Best 15 Longform Articles – 2021 Edition”
The Best 30 Longform Articles of 300 I Read
Since 2016 I started reading and scrupulously tracking all the longfrom articles I read. Longform is any essay or article over 3000 words. It allowed me to then do this : Nominate a few outstanding longforms that I think more people should read. Because they are just so good and well worth the time invested inContinue reading “The Best 30 Longform Articles of 300 I Read”
The Best 20 Longform Articles I read
Over the last few years, after reading 300 plus articles/blog posts/columns online, here are my current favourite 20. Don’t waste time reading and consuming low value low insight info-junkfood in books and newspapers that skims a issue, usually of marginal importance. That is bad for you in every way. What you want to do isContinue reading “The Best 20 Longform Articles I read”
The Best 10 Longform Articles of 100 I Read
The majority of people I know if asked will admit two statements willingly : 1. Reading a book will take up a lot of my spare time 2. I do not have spare time! Take a moment to think about how you get most of your daily dose of News : – a quick peek intoContinue reading “The Best 10 Longform Articles of 100 I Read”
2014 Books Review
I took the easy way out and went with an infograph to tell you 4 books you could try among the 33 books I read this year. Click on the URL below or on this sentence to jump to the site. https://infogr.am/books-of-2014-102 Full list of books read in 2014 below : Book 1 The Strategist’s Toolkit Book 2Continue reading “2014 Books Review”
2012 Books Review
In late 2011 I ended up at THE digital HQ of book lovers online : Goodreads.com | Earlier, I used to mostly read book reviews on amazon.com before I bought a book. After Goodreads.com, Amazon was history. GR’s iPad app works well too and I like their tagline when the app loads (“Meet your nextContinue reading “2012 Books Review”
Best of 2012 : 14 Movies that blew me away
2012. As a avid cinephile I can confidently say this: What a treat this year it has been. 3 entities deserve the lion’s share of my grateful credit for guiding me to the right movies in a world that abounds with the wrong ones. 1. Roger Ebert ~ He remains the final word on movieContinue reading “Best of 2012 : 14 Movies that blew me away”
Year End Review : 2011
Sometimes the best you can give to the world are things you give yourself FIRST and only later share with others. Firstly because you want the gift’s most grateful recipient to enjoy it. And because that recipient will then polish it and make it even better when it’s released into the wider world. Call itContinue reading “Year End Review : 2011”
Third Eye Observations 