{"id":4735,"date":"2024-03-02T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:58:26","slug":"non-fiction-reading-for-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=4735","title":{"rendered":"Non-fiction reading for March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newsletters have become more important to my regular reading, and alongside those of Audrey Watters&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com\/\">Second Breakfast<\/a> (on technology and fitness) and Helen Beetham&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/helenbeetham.substack.com\/\">Imperfect Offerings<\/a> (on education, technology and AI), I find John Naughton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/memex.naughtons.org\/\">Memex<\/a> a very valuable source of inspiration and further reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the links I followed from Memex was <a href=\"https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/01\/30\/go-nuts-meine-kerle\/#ich-bin-ein-bratapfel\">Cory Doctorow\u2019s McLuhan lecture on enshittification<\/a>. It makes for very interesting and insightful reading, analysing our relationship with tech platforms and how their evolving priorities impact on our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other articles I read this month: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2024\/02\/the-social-cost-of-algorithmic-management\">The Social Cost of Algorithmic Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2024\/feb\/17\/from-beating-burglary-to-weight-gain-12-ways-that-working-from-home-has-changed-britain\">From beating burglary to weight gain: 12 ways that working from home has changed Britain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2024\/feb\/17\/working-from-home-can-bring-big-health-benefits-study-finds\">Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the books I read recently is Lol Tolhurst&#8217;s <em>Goth \u2013 A History<\/em>. Lots of anecdotes and archive pictures from the late 70s and early 80s made this a treasure trove for fans of The Cure and their contemporaries. It reads more like a memoir than a history to me, but I found plenty of things I enjoyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On my radar for this month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work&#8217;s been so busy at the moment that I have been mainlining fiction in recent weeks, and I am grateful indeed to have a great local library system here in Cardiff, so that I can borrow old Discworld novels to my hearts content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-fiction reading 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Creativity<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>and culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Art Matters by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hybrid working and leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rooms of Their Own (Where Great Writers Write), Improbable Libraries and Shedworking, all three by Alex Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coaching and reflective inquiry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Big Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coach the Person not the Problem by Marcia Reynolds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:20px\" class=\"wp-block-tnp-minimal\"><p>Enjoyed this post? 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One of the links I followed from Memex was Cory Doctorow\u2019s McLuhan lecture on enshittification. 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