Started writing short “reviews” of novels on my personal site. I think writing, even a couple sentences, has kept them stuck in my mind for longer.
Cameron Bardell
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Senior iOS at National Hockey League by day, Nightstand: Book tracker by night. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nightstand-read-more-books/id6560107938
Latest purchases! Most excited to dive in to Sot-Weed, and to replace my tattered Moby Dick
Some heavy hitters added to the Lamplight catalogue this week. I’ll be diving into Du Maurier’s short fiction.
Another hands free reading option I’m adding to Lamplight: Eye tracking. Gauge on the right shows my vertical gaze
Added two hands-free reading modes to Lamplight: tilt and auto-scroll. I use it on the treadmill. A screen recording ruins the effect, use your imagination
Best novels from each decade. Spent too long thinking about it, so I missed the trend, but here goes: 50s: Pedro Paramo 60s: Miss Macintosh, My Darking 70s: The Obscene Bird of Night 80s: Confederacy of Dunces 90s: Tehanu 00s: 2666 10s: The Books of Jacob 20s: Ducks, Newburyport
Talking about this book is a struggle, because the experience of a small section is nothing like the experience of the whole. A truly modern novel.
“The revery alone will do” One of my favorites to revisit during winter, from Emily Dickinson.
I just released Lamplight, an app that splits classic literature into 10 minute chunks to help build a daily reading habit. Set a goal, track your reading streak. More than a thousand of the greatest books ever written. All content in the public domain. apps.apple.com/ca/app/lampl...
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You can now add custom cover images to your books in Nightstand. (With bonus appearance from the puppy)
Major Nightstand update is out: - Yearly stats widget - Monthly summaries - Suggested searches based on history - Export shelves and insights to device or social media
I will continue to literature-post until all my followers are gone
I’ve had Middlemarch on my reading list for years. I was expecting it to be excellent (which it is, obviously) but I wasn’t expecting it to be this funny!
Still mostly down on the various “AI-powered” products we’ve seen so far, but it is now possible to build software so good that it surprises the builder. And that at least is exciting.
Adding some suggested searches based on reading history. These are incredibly accurate for me!
Export your monthly summary, choosing from one of many lovely custom backgrounds. Coming in the next Nightstand update.
What’s the point of making widgets if you don’t end up with a whole screen like this
Wanted to work on something fun after a lot of long hard work on onboarding, so widgets it is!
I will never start anything venture backed for many reasons but mostly because regularly speaking to VC investor types sounds like hell
If your cover letter includes the phrase “give answer as human” you’re probably not getting that interview
Huge update to Nightstand just went out. Now with support for importing from Goodreads: apps.apple.com/ca/app/night...
Nightstand: TBR Book Tracker
Nightstand is a fast and fun way to keep track of your reading list and organize your book collection. Search through more than 40 million books to add to your library in seconds. Get personalized re...
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We’re hiring at the NHL! Come work with me, I promise it’s good. Feel free to DM. Senior and mid-level positions open (link is for mid level) www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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And finally, we have proper onboarding. And probably our most requested feature, important from Goodreads!
Getting back into taking notes while reading has been huge for actually remembering what happened. Most of these are passages I like
