Welcome to the first entry of my reading list.

It's a reward for paid members, who will receive it every couple of weeks. Although this is a public post to give an idea of what you'll get by becoming a member, going forward it will be available as members only posts.

The list is a curated selection of links to articles I read across a wide range of topics. From Google and technology, astronomy and space, to digital and self-publishing, blogging, content creation and monetization, Python, and more.

The value is the articles I share mostly come from non-mainstream blogs or sites that provide insightful commentary, unique angles, direct experience, or hard to find information. Most of the content I see on social networks comes instead from the usual suspects, i.e. mainstream sources, and it’s the same stuff everyone else shares.

Please note I may not necessarily agree with all the opinions expressed in the linked articles.

— Paolo Amoroso

Android

• Google advises consumers to not sideload its Android apps on new, uncertified Huawei devices

• The 11 most interesting takeaways from Android 11 (so far)

Content creation and publishing

• Five lessons from my first year of running a Patreon page

• How to build an email list from scratch

• How to Write Usefully

• Subscription Marketing for Authors: A Primer

• The Top 5 Reasons Self-Published Books Fail

• Using Answer The Public For Blog Ideas For Beginners

• What is a Weird Internet Career?

Miscellaneous

• BPR Interviews: Paul Graham

• Coronavirus COVID-19: Why The World Isn’t Ending Anytime Soon

• How Do Internet Speed Tests Work? (and How Accurate Are They?)

• "Spend Less Than You Earn" Is Useless, Unhelpful Financial Advice

• The future of work looks like staying out of the office

Python

• How Python Became the Popular Choice

Social

• Why These Social Networks Failed So Badly

Space

• At Astra, failure is an option

• In a historic first, one private satellite docks to another in orbit