Favorite Things of 2021

a reflection on great finds while cooped up at home

Photo by Luca Laurence on Unsplash

Apps

• Shortcuts app on iOS: https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios
• MindNode app on iOS: https://www.mindnode.com
• Instapaper: https://www.instapaper.com/

Self-Help Books

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown: https://parmsam.medium.com/my-thoughts-on-greg-mckeowns-essentialism-d2758b4f8eb5
• 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris: https://parmsam.medium.com/concepts-from-4-hour-workweek-by-tim-ferris-d36f10b20dc
• Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks: https://www.amazon.com/Storyworthy-Engage-Persuade-through-Storytelling/dp/1608685489
• Launch by Jeff Walker: https://www.amazon.com/Launch-Updated-Expanded-Anything-Business/dp/1401960235/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Programming/Security Books

• Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks: https://parmsam.medium.com/why-you-should-read-mythical-man-month-f06946e40e89
• Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons book: https://parmsam.medium.com/notes-from-reading-firewalls-dont-stop-dragons-f69ae0d4bf0a
• Mastering Shiny: https://mastering-shiny.org/
• Bookdown collection website from RStudio (an R Community Public Library): https://rviews.rstudio.com/2021/11/04/bookdown-org/
• What They Forgot to Teach You About R by Jenny Bryan and Jim Hester: https://rstats.wtf/

Graphic Novels

• Department of Truth Graphic Novels Volume 1 and 2: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-department-of-truth
• Something is Killing the Children: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Is_Killing_the_Children
• Seven to Eternity: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/seven-to-eternity
• Silver Coin: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-silver-coin-vol-1-tp

Conferences

• RStudio 2021 Global Conference: https://www.rstudio.com/resources/rstudioglobal-2021/
• R Pharma: https://rinpharma.com/workshop/2021conference/

Games

• Ghostrunner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostrunner
• Ghost of Tsushima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Tsushima
• Deathloop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathloop
• Halo Infinite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_Infinite

Movies

• Dune: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2021_film)
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurouni_Kenshin:_The_Final
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurouni_Kenshin:_The_Beginning
• Green Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Knight_(film)
• The Suicide Squad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Suicide_Squad_(film)

Podcasts

• HBR IdeaCast: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-ideacast
• The Journal.: https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal
• Criminal: https://thisiscriminal.com/
• My First Million: https://www.mfmpod.com/
• Malicious Life: https://malicious.life/
• Darknet Diaries: https://darknetdiaries.com/
• Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/
• Conversations With Coleman: https://colemanhughes.org/

TV Shows

• Invincible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invincible_(TV_series)
• Castlevania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania_(TV_series)
• Dave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_(TV_series)
• Squid Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game

Websites

• Interactive Git learning website: https://learngitbranching.js.org/
• Ryan’s Tutorials: https://ryanstutorials.net/
• Outline: https://outline.com/
• Advent of Code 2021: https://adventofcode.com/
• Virus Total: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload
• Privacy Tools: https://www.privacytools.io/
• Privacy.sexy: https://privacy.sexy/

Youtube Channels

• Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan: https://www.youtube.com/c/Channel5YouTube
• Laowhy86: https://www.youtube.com/c/laowhy86
• Owen Likes Comics: https://www.youtube.com/c/OwenLikesComics
• Upper Echelon Gamers: https://www.youtube.com/c/UpperEchelonGamersUEG
• Two Cents: https://www.youtube.com/c/TwoCentsPBS
• Stuff Made Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere
• Common Sense Skeptic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgKWj1pn3_7hRSFIypunYog/featured
• Audit the Audit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-0YpRpqgA5lPTpSQ5uo-Q

Youtube Videos

• Disney’s FastPass: A Complicated History — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yjZpBq1XBE
• overpromise, sell, underdeliver Cyberpunk 2077- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omyoJ7onNrg