PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE ME
- Zara Zhang - vibe coder with really cool first principles
- Becky Isjwara - her whole vibe is amazing, serious pro with (imo) the right attitude
- Visakan Veerasamy - writer, I keep coming back to his work (inspire me to be seriously committed while still having fun)
- Raye - her album This Music May Contain Hope is simply a masterpiece
- Natalie Merchant - Come On Aphrodite is the song that made me understand religion
- Elizabeth Filips - missing her skills to infuse the productivity discourse with some sense and personality
- Nicola Galita - helped me realise that I wasn't taking myself seriously enough and dismissing parts of myself that I should be accommodating for instead (autism content)
- Joan Westenberg - writer with a volume of no-nonsense ideas I envy
- Univrsw3th4rt - there is something so pure fun about this girl, her blog is a constant reminder to be personal and to strive for good things
- Simone Giertz - inventor and builder of solutions for everyday problems, I just LOOOVE her energy, she makes me want to build more things for myself
BOOKS THAT SPOKE TO MY HEART
- Cyrano de Bergerac (english edition here)
- Le mystère de la chambre jaune (english edition here)
- Friendly ambitious nerds - Visakan Veerasamy
- Rest - Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
- Art of being - Erich Fromm
- The man in the brown suit - Agatha Christie
ARTICLES I WISH I HAD WRITTEN
- Are you serious? - Visakan Veerasamy
- A blog post is a very long and complex search query - Henrik Karlsson
- I refuse to be a youtube professional - JA Westenberg
DOCUMENTARY THAT FASCINATED ME
- Let The Canary Sing - Cyndi Lauper
- Ways of Seeing
TOOLS I LOVE
- Reader (Readwise) - my reading and note-taking system, I love it (affiliate link)
- Podia - all-in-one selling platform: email marketing, sales and website (affiliate link)
- TinyPages - French alternative to Podia, lighter and AI-powered (affiliate link)
- MailerLite - dedicated email marketing tool if you don't need a full selling platform yet (affiliate link)
- Fillout - forms and online payments (affiliate link)
- TidyCal - online scheduling, much better than Calendly and cheaper (affiliate link)
- Sublime - a web bookmarking tool that's a lot more actually (see : ive unlocked sublime)
STUFF THAT MAKES MY LIFE EASIER
- real whiteboard roll that's kinda magnetic but more useful to stick on walls or a plank (affiliate link)
- spiky ball for occupying my hands (affiliate link)
- comfortable earplugs in every room (affiliate link)