A semi-organized but far-from-complete list of things I enjoyed in 2018. It’s a day late, but here’s my annual list, this time via Twitter rather than blog. Below are some of the products, gear, books, etc I enjoyed & recommended to others 👇👇👇
Books (1/3): Miscellaneous: Red Notice. A Very Expensive Poison. The Score Takes Care of Itself (gifted from @jeff_jordan). Gridiron Genius by @mlombardiNFL. The Daily Show Oral History. The King of Content. Tiger Woods. Fire & Fury. City of Thieves.
Books (2/3): Improvement & Productivity: Own the Day, Own Your Life by @AubreyMarcus. Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors by @tferriss. High Growth Handbook by @EladGil. What Makes Life Worth Living. 10% Happier.
Books (3/3): Tech: Bad Blood. Blitzscaling by @reidhoffman & @chrisyeh. Brotopia by @emilychangtv. Unscaled by @htaneja. Winning with Data by @ttunguz.
Newsletters: Stratechery by @benthompson. The Information. Redef by @JasonHirschhorn. ESPN Daily (new: espn.com/espn/daily). Axios (@danprimack, @sarafischer, etc). @ProductHunt. Direct from: @howardlindzon, @andrewchen, @benedictevans, @mgsiegler, etc. So many - forgot many
Podcasts (1/3) General: My Overcast is overloaded. Definitely incomplete: Broken Record by @Gladwell. The Daily Zeitgeist. How I Built This. Recode with @pkafka. @A16Z. Strictly Business by Variety. The Twenty Minute VC. @ProductHunt Radio by @rrhoover. Podcast the Ride. Origins
Podcasts (2/3) ESPN: 30 for 30 (@30for30). The @LeBatardShow daily. @ESPNFantasy’s Fantasy Focus (also live on Twitter). @wojespn and @ZachLowe_NBA for NBA. @Billbarnwell and @minakimes for NFL. @ArielHelwani for MMA. @jalenandjacoby and @katienolan for sports. So many others.
Podcasts (3/3) Kids Audio: Lots of Wow In This World, Ear Snacks, and I Know Dino. 2018 was also the year that my kids fell in love with Google Home & Alexa. Go to sleep with them (“open sleep sounds”) and wake up playing Akinator and/or Spotify.
Apps: (1/3): @SuperhumanCo: total convert, go @rahulvohra). Secrets: FaceID for notes and password management - does one job really, really well. Apple Pay: 2018 went mainstream, I more than I take my card out. Amazon Free Time. Venmo. @ESPN App and ESPN+.
Apps (2/3): Photos: Google Photos (keeps getting better), Adobe Lightroom CC and Spark (also better). Audio Galore: Overcast, Audible, Spotify - hours and hours of usage. Productivity: Gboard, Fin, MobileDay, Things, NomoRobo, Tile.
Apps (3/3): Misc: So much respect for Robinhood and Rally Road (@OnRallyRd) - find them beautiful, smart. (go @howardlindzon, @joshelman). Honey (for Chrome... save $$). Guilty pleasures: @1SecondEverday. Oh... and Fortnite, SNKRS, StockX, Goat.
Gadgets & Gear (1/3): Brava (@MyBravaHome): so great, referred several (save $50 with brava.com/invite/d356vb). Osmo Pocket. Arlo - really great and easy for home, monitoring, security. Highly recommend. Google Titan Security Key.
Gadgets & Gear (2/3): Mifold (if you have kids, it’s a must - amzn.to/2CIf5kd). UE Roll 2 (amzn.to/2RtW512). Lynq (@lynq_me, eager to get mine). Baron Fig Pen + Field Notes notebooks. Packing gear from @eaglecreekgear & &tombihn.
Gadgets & Gear (3/3): finally found what we consider the ‘perfect' at home coffee set up for us. OXO On Barista (amzn.to/2LImSBH) + Baratza Virtuoso (amzn.to/2CKRwaN). And Trade Coffee (@tradecoffeeco) which I think its tremendous (@schlaf agrees 😉)
Health & Fitness (1/2) Food: Owyn Protein (@liveowyn, referred by @darrenrovell), drink daily, so great. Icelandic Provisions Skyr (@icelandicprov) - high protein, very low sugar - most grocers including Whole Foods. Bobo Bars & @Perfect_Bar. Care/Of vitamins (@careofvitamins).
Health & Fitness (2/2) Apps / Gear: Peloton (@onepeloton). FitOn (fitonapp.com). Fitplan (@fitplan_app). Theragun. Foam rollers. Bands.
ESPN: self-promotion… If you haven't subscribed to ESPN+, try now. If you have Apple TVOS, @ESPN App is A+. Social: @ESPN & @Sportscenter everywhere - including our *many* live Twitter Shows. On Snap: Sportscenter & ESPN Daily shows. Newsletter: ESPN Daily. @ESPN on YouTube.
Again, not comprehensive, not ordered, etc. Just things that I used, enjoyed, referred, and got positive feedback on over the last year. Hopefully, you find something helpful in here. Hopefully, you send your recommendations to me too!
