This is a bonus episode for the new year at the request of a few listeners. There isn't a major hack here, this is about two things.
1. My process for making episodes
2. An experiment I did this year keeping track of all new media I consumed and ranking it.
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Happy New Year Everyone!
This post is my first blog post, I'm going to aim to try and do a monthly post on the site this year just as some look aheads for what to expect. To start, I wanted to have a good place to house the list of media and content I consumed this past year from the episode that releases tomorrow, January 1st.
To that end, here is a list of all new media I consumed this past year. For a bit of a breakdown on some of my favorite
Books:
The Expanse: Leviathan Falls - James S.A Corey
We are Legion (We are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor
The Expanse: Tiamat's Wrath - James S.A Corey
The Olympian Affair - Jim Butcher
All these Worlds - Dennis E. Taylor
Exhalation: Stories - Ted Chiang
For We Are Many - Dennis E. Taylor
1984 - George Orwell (Yes I just now read this for the first time. Report me to the thought police)
The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher
1984 - The Audible auiodrama
The Expanse: Babylons Ashes - James S.A Corey
Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer
The Expanse: Persepolis Rising - James S.A Corey
Memory's Legion - James S.A Corey
The Expanse: Nemesis Games - James S.A Corey
The Expanse: Abaddons Gate - James S.A Corey
The Expanse: Cibola Burn - James S.A Corey
90 Days: A CISOs Journey to Impact
Authority - James VanderMeer
Anathem - Neil Stephenson
Measuring Anything in Cybersecurity Risk
(Re-read in no order) -
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
Seveneves - Neal Stephenson