HN Books: “The $100 Startup” by Chris Guillebeau

In an eyetracking experiment comparing different clickability clues, weak and flat signifiers required more user effort than strong ones. | Continue reading


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HNBooks: “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Ironically, if you're in a hurry you'll probably have a hard time digesting all of the space stuff in this book. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

HN Books: “The Mom Test” by Rob Fitzpatrick

How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

HNBook: “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth” by Chris Hadfield

The book is not actually a guide-to-life success-path type of book. It's more ofa memoir/autobiography; a thorough insight into the ups and downs of becomingand being an astronaut and a collection of lessons and experiences that you can(or not) incorporate into your own daily lif … | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

Book Afterthoughts – “Company of One” by Paul Jarvis

> If a symphony is successful with 120 musicians, why not even more so with 600?Growth has always been a problem, even back during the industrial revolution andthe rise of the production line. Think about it, if you have one personadjusting a screw, adding another person won't ma … | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

“Own Your Weird” by Jason Zook – Book Review

An Oddly Effective Way for Finding Happiness in Work, Life, and Love. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

Own Your Weird

An Oddly Effective Way for Finding Happiness in Work, Life, and Love. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

“Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding” by Rob Walling

Ideas (and in many cases the code itself) are not worth as much as we think. It’s marketing that most often makes the difference between a successful and a failed startup. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

Coding while being recorded is harder than it looks

You know that strange feeling when you're doing something and someone starts staring at you and all of a sudden you make stupid mistakes? | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden. Review and Thoughts

Saying that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don’t care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 4 years ago

WhatsApp Web: clearer message delivery status

Built for the colorblind but useful for the average eyeball. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 5 years ago

Update your © year automatically

It's just one single line of code to keep your copyright year always up to date. | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 5 years ago

Analog waste disposal

When was the last time you went to the bathroom without your phone? | Continue reading


@tomasmartty.com | 5 years ago