“became the first Stripe Press book, Elad's High Growth Handbook. John loved it so much, he was like, "Every single one of our users should have this. We want to empower any entrepreneur to”
Books mentioned in The Art of “Taste” — Brie Wolfson
From How I Write · 2024-04-03
All matched books in this episode
“Stubborn Attachments. Then I want to say it was some combination of Elegant Puzzle, Dream Machine and Get Together. Revolt of the Public.”
“Dream Machine and Get Together. Revolt of the Public. Oh, Martin Gurri. Yes, that one's great. That one's actually my favorite”
“Dream Machine and Get Together. Revolt of the Public. Oh, Martin Gurri. Yes, that one's great. That one's actually my favorite”
“Anne Lamott with her, she's got these index cards. This is an anecdote I love from Bird by Bird where Anne Lamott will just, she sort of is absorbing her world and she keeps an index card”
“letters from one person to another. Rilke wrote Letters to a Young Poet. And they're beautiful. Yeah. That Walt Stegner book, Angle of Repose. I haven't heard of it.”
“Yeah. That Walt Stegner book, Angle of Repose. I haven't heard of it. Oh, man. Same thing. It's based on letters. They're so nice.”
“Yes. So this format is just stolen with pride from Susan Sontag. She has a famous essay called Notes on Camp, and it's the exact same format where she's like, "This is a slippery term. I don't”
“Noticing. Yeah, and speaking of Steve Jobs, one of my favorite anecdotes from the new book, Make Something Wonderful, is how he would, as a young boy, he wanted to take apart a radio with”