WLP347 Monthly Dose of Reading and Listening Recommendations February 2024
Today’s post is the audio companion to the Virtual not Distant monthly newsletter, which you can check out here. Every month, Pilar shares with readers articles she’s come across on the web, books she’s read (or is reading) and podcast episodes she’s listened to.
The newsletter also has a digest of the Virtual not Distant content - but this podcast version has an update of Pilar’s own work.
Coffee Break Articles:
The dark side of remote work via Asynchronous Agile
Remote work stifles innovation, a massive new study finds via Gallant CEO, based on a study in Nature
Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019, researchers say via CNN Business
'I had £3,000 stolen via WhatsApp job scam message' via BBC UK
(This month’s articles are all a bit dark, but it’s just a coincidence!)
Book Recommendation:
This month’s book recommendation is "Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count" by Oliver Burkeman. It is NOT a book on how to manage your time. It's a philosophical read.
Listening Recommendations:
Podcast: The Tim Ferriss Podcast
Episode: Matt Mullenweg — The Art of Crafting a Sabbatical, Tips for Defending Against Hackers, Leveraging Open Source, Thriving in an AI World, and Tips for Life’s Darkest Hours (#713)
Date: 29 December 2023
Podcast: Work from Home Forever
Episode: Eileen Tanner, 27 Years of Remote Work from Fax Machines to Virtual Meetings
Date: 18 December 2023
(And if you want to find out more about Don Voltaire, host of Work from Home Forever , check out the latest episode of Adventures in Podcasting: Ep 71 Adventures in podcasting with your son, finding guests and the life-changing potential of remote work)
Podcast: Hard Fork
Some updates from Pilar:
Have you checked out the new look for the website?
Why she’s not going to continue with LinkedIn Audio, but release weekly episodes for this show.
Look out for an episode in Spanish at some point, after Pilar recorded with the guests of La Gran Renuncia.
The Remote Worker’s Guide to Time Management is out!
And she’s still writing that book on remote work based on Shakespeare monologues and scenes, which has become a memoir that’s spiralling out of control!
And a recommended novel for you: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
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