Book: TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris J. Anderson. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️. There are some cool tips in this book but it’s not so straight to the point if you’re just looking for speaking tips. If you like to speak at IT events (like I do) I really recommend http://speaking.io. This book shows the way to deliver a presentation that earns a standing ovation at the end.

Book: Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don’t Waste Your Time and Money . Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I like this book and have a bunch of notes to share. Here are my raw notes about the book: Grab a piece of paper and divide it into four sections. Then, identify the four most important parts of your life. Your categories might be, for example, Family, Career, Well-being and Money.

Book: The 10x Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I really like this book. I would recommend it if you are the kind of person that wants to make a difference in the world and want to be remembered in the future generations. The book will not give you that but if you follow a methodology like it recommends you will get closer to your big goals.

Book: Guia Front-End: O caminho das pedras para ser um dev Front-End by Diego Eis. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. O Diego Eis está aí desde a época que usávamos tabelas para construir sites, é sempre interessante absorver conteúdo de pessoas com tanto histórico. O livro não foi escrito para o meu perfil, mas mesmo assim me fez pensar em umas coisas interessantes. Ele me fez realizar o mundo sem CSS para criação de páginas, onde você precisava colocar o estilo em todas as tags, sendo que as tags que estão dentro dela não herdariam o estilo.

Book: Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. This is the first biography that I read and I found it amazing. I knew that Albert Einstein was a genius but it was not just that. He was extremely devoted to what he did. I had many quotes from this book and one of them shows what I just said: “As long as I am able to work, I must not and will not complain, because work is the only thing that gives substance to life”

Book: Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. It is a great book for web developers learning Elixir (yeah, not just Phoenix). I’m on the path of playing with Elixir and was looking for a book to amplify my knowledge. I first started with Programming Elixir, from Dave Thomas but I was looking for something more practical. I decided to try Programming Phoenix and found that it shows everything I need to know about Elixir to build a web application.

Book: The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. This is a great book for IT folks. In case you worked (or still work) in a big company with lots of ITIL things that holds the development, this book will be like home for you. It is a typical hero’s journey and the characters are not so well developed (IMO) but the story is still good to follow.

TL;DR: Escrevi um livro em 315 horas, geralmente aos fins de semana durante 2 ou 3 horas consecutivas. O processo completo durou 8 meses e foi lançado oficialmente na Rubyconfbr2016. Como muitos já sabem, eu lancei um livro chamado Desconstruindo a web pela Casa do Código. Eu sou meio maluco (retardado, segundo o George Guimarães) por produtividade e organização pessoal e resolvi escrever sobre como foi o processo e mostrar todas as métricas que eu coletei.

Book: Level Up Your Life: How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story by Steve Kamb. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️. This is a good book but it’s not for me. I already use many of the tips mentioned in this book and they really work. It makes a good pair with habitica.com, in case you like to play these kinds of games in real life. There are many great references for the nerds out there.

TL;DR: A melhor Rubyconf que eu participei Nos dias 24 e 25 de Setembro de 2016 aconteceu a Rubyconf Brasil. Assim como eu fiz um post sobre o primeiro Rails Summit que o Akita participou da organização, resolvi também fazer um post sobre a última rubyconf que ele resolveu organizar. Essa Rubyconf teve vários pontos especialmente importantes para mim. O primeiro deles foi logo no início quando o Gilberto Mautner, que é um dos fundadores da Locaweb, mencionou os números do projeto que eu estou trabalhando por lá.