If I had to keep only few resources that were really helpful for my own knowledge/self-development, here is what I would keep. Also, for questions and suggestions, please tweet me: @NathanaelKhodl.
Books and websites that tell you a lot, without (so much) bullshit, and give specific tools.
- 🎓 Book: A great overview of many core concepts are in My Personal MBA (in french here).
- 🍹 Book: The 4 hours work week (in french here) shows - with examples - which keys concepts to apply, and how.
- 🌱 Ebook: To include promotion mechanisms to your product, Growth Hacking Handbook is a great start. Analyse existing ideas, and get your own.
- 🦄 Website: Create great interfaces, check GoodUI.org suggestions.
- 🤔 Wiki: Try to stay rational by paying attention to Cognitive biaises (in french here)
Inspiring stories:
- 👨💻 Successfull independent founders are interviewed on Indie Hackers, but pay attention to the survivorship bias.
- 🚀 The blog post "1 Year as a Digital Nomad" is someone's story, that reflect well and without bullshit how accessible is digital nomadism.
News:
- 🐥 On Twitter, carefully select who to follow. Don't hesitate to unfollow if information is not relevant (or isn't a close friend)
- 😼 Check Product Hunt everyday, to know what are the hot stuff.
- 🗣 Check Hacker News, if you have time to kill and want to have global news around IT.
- 🤖 This TechCrunch Bot will give you daily headlines about tech. You don't need more.
Helps you to discover the world:
- 🌏 Use Nomad List to compare destinations, cost of living, and meet people that travel the world without being backpackers.
- 💼 Look for a remote job on RemoteOK.
- 💺 Kiwi is great for cheap flights, especially if you don't care about duration or which dates.
- 💾 For your code backups, commit often on Bitbucket.
- 💵 Track your expenses with Expensify.
- ✍️ Keep all your notes and to-do on Trello.
- ⚙️ Put your processes on autopilot thanks to Zapier and IFTTT. Tip: forward all your paypal/Uber/etc receipts, and emails including your last credit card digits to Expensify.