Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Tag: Books

  • 9×12 – A Weekly Book Project Gone Rogue

    9×12 – A Weekly Book Project Gone Rogue

    It has not been an easy year. I think November 2016 hit a lot of us like a ton of bricks. I personally had been listening to every political podcast I could get my hands on leading up to the election – like it might make some difference. This year I had to step away.…

  • A Weekly Book Project

    A Weekly Book Project

    I’ve taken a step back from following all the podcasts I’d been listening to, for obvious reasons. I have the 3 I listen to, to keep up with the news… And that’s it. At a certain point, reading more news stories will only make me less effective. In 2015 I set out to read a book…

  • Ep6 – Owning Books

    Ep6 – Owning Books

    On April 8, 1933, the Main Office for Press and Propaganda of the German Student Union proclaimed a nationwide “Action against the Un-German Spirit”, which was to climax in a literary purge or “cleansing” by fire. On May 10, 1933, Nazi Germany staged an event unseen since the middle ages young German students from universities,…

  • Ep1 – “For if Achillês is left alone to fight…” – Zeus Cloudgatherer

    Ep1 – “For if Achillês is left alone to fight…” – Zeus Cloudgatherer

    The literature of humanity that has stayed with us taps into the deepest part of how we perceive our existence. The stories that our ancestors have crafted and passed down to us resonated with them. The stories that made it down to us, made it through the filter of time because those stories said something…

  • My 2015 Weekly Book Project

    My 2015 Weekly Book Project

    A little over a year ago I embarked on a journey. I noticed that I was listening to a LOT of podcasts: on my commute, at work, on the treadmill, cooking. I really couldn’t stop. What made me notice the frequency was the fact that I had finished the backlog of This Week in Startups and saw that…

  • Last Song Before Night By Ilana C. Myer

    Last Song Before Night By Ilana C. Myer

    I’m a proud husband, what can I say. I know on this blog I don’t normally stray from my usual topics about tech, and development. But I would be amiss if I did not mention this huge event in our life. So I hope you’ll forgive this digression. I’m a not-so-closet geek complete with a…

  • How I Rea[r]d – Audible has changed everything

    How I Rea[r]d – Audible has changed everything

    Edit: I finished read my thoughts and comments from my book a week project. We all make resolutions as the new year comes around. Most don’t last a month, but half way through, mine seems to have stuck (tfoo tfoo) and I’ve been reading a book a week since January. Over the past few years…

  • Announcing IlanaCMyer.com

    Announcing IlanaCMyer.com

    I’m proud to announce the launch of the author site of my talented wife: Ilana C. Myer. The art is by the very talented Galen Dara; the site design and development is my own. I wanted to take a few words and go a bit into my thoughts behind that design. The design: The primary…