I recently read the book The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. It is about how the simple idea of checklists transformed the medical, aeronautical and architecture industries. And it could change yours too.
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It often feels like everything is so serious - that if you make one mistake, it will all end in disaster. But really everything you do is just a test: an experiment to “see what happens”.
My favorite times in life have often started with a “see what happens” spirit.
"When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. So create."
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Books
A Byte of Python
This is a book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience. If all you know about computers is how to save text files, then this is the book for you.
read onlineA Byte of Vim
A Byte of Vim is a guide to help you to learn to learn about Vim, the text editor of choice for many programmers. This guide is aimed at both beginners who do not know anything about vi or vim and wish to learn how to become more productive in their writing, and intermediate users who wish to pick up advanced Vim tricks.
read onlineWho is Swaroop?
Swaroop C H (a.k.a. Swaroop Chitlur) is 27 years of age. He currently works at Infibeam, an ecommerce company focused on India. He has previously worked at Yahoo!, Adobe and his own startup. Read more about him.