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Travis F W

travisfw@sfba.club

Joined 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Nonfiction audio is my main thing. Autobiographies, parenting, science, social issues, and some business or anything educational.

I consider nonfiction to be a healthier and more useful view of the world than the news.

I have a few Mastodon accounts, like @travisfw@fosstodon.org

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Travis F W's books

Currently Reading (View all 6)

Gloria Mark: Attention Span (Hardcover, 2023, Hanover Square Press) No rating

Just 3% in and I can tell this is a significant work. Mark's book is about #HCI. Everyone is a cyborg today: we live life in tandem with ubiquitous silicon-based processes. (My words) We need to be aware of what is happening to ourselves, so everyone should read this. But if you are in HCI, #psychology, #sociology, #business, or #management, this knowledge will directly inform your work.

Jen Lumanlan: Parenting Beyond Power (2023, Sasquatch Books) 4 stars

Research-based parenting educator Jen Lumanlan provides a simple yet revolutionary framework for rethinking our relationship …

WRT intergenerational trauma, and the imperative for our species to survive the century, this book marks a critical paradigm shift our culture must undergo. Personally, I start at chapter 2.

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Brad Lancaster: Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition (2019, Rainsource Press) 5 stars

Note: All times used in this book…are solar time based on the sun's actual location in the sky which changes throughout the year. In contrast, clock time is based on an imaginary sun location that results on dividing time into equal 24 hour days throughout the year… for example solar 11am is 1 hour before solar noon.

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition by  (Page 92)

Appreciate this small preaching on how inaccurate standard time is. And I find it hilarious Bezos is sponsoring a clock to keep "accurate" time for next millennia. longnow.org/clock/