Here are some writers that I’ve found interesting:
- Adam Gopnik
- AellaGirl
- Alain de Botton
- Amanda Chong
- Bill Wurtz – history of japan
- Brian Balfour –
- Buster Benson
- Chelsea Fagan – financial diet
- Cheryl Strayed – dear sugar
- Chuck Wendig
- Courtney Seiter
- Dan Wang
- danah boyd
- David Rudin – nice blog
- Derek Sivers
- Doug Kessler
- Evan Puschak
- Frank Chimero
- Gala Darling
- Gregory Ciotti
- Jake Seliger
- James Clear
- Jason Shen
- Jeannette Walls
- Julie Zhuo – FB design / management
- Katja Grace
- Kellynn Wee
- Laurie Penny
- Leo Babuta
- Lilly Singh
- Louis CK
- Marc Andreessen
- Matt Thomas – meta-reader
- Meng Wong
- Nathan Jurgenson – social media theory
- Nassim Taleb – antifragile
- Nicole Fenton
- Noah Cicero
- Oliver Emberton
- Paul Adams (padday)
- Paul Graham – startups
- Penelope Trunk
- Rebekah Cox
- Russell Brand
- Sarah Perry
- Scott Adams
- Scott Alexander
- Seth Godin
- Shane Parrish
- Steve Pavlina
- Sonya Ellen Mann
- SexyCyborg
- Steve Yegge
- Sylvia Engdahl
- Tabbynat – /r/sg games developer
- Talia Koren
- Tash Aw
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Last Psychologist
- Tiago Forte
- Tim Harford
- Tim Urban
- Tim Minchin
- Tom Albrighton
- Tom Chiarella
- Venkatesh Rao
- Zenfish
Articles about writing:
- Bartlebys all! – about office fiction
- Daily rituals – “Keep your day job.”
- You Can Write a Best-Seller and Still Go Broke
- Things I Learned From My Wife’s Screenwriting Education, Part I, Part II
Good writing:
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blogs to analyse
- Frank Chimero writer / designer.
- I like how Katja Grace expresses her novel opinions.
- DJ Alchemi: There’s just something I like about this site.
- Old blog of Amanda Chong: menstruate.livejournal.com
- http://www.guitarhabits.com/ : fingerpicking patterns, beautiful open chord shapes, 3 notes per string exercises, learn fingerboard in 16 days (hm), essentials on improv, how to wake up early
- gala darling 50 alternate first date ideas, 100 things to do when upset, how to get great tattoos you don’t regret, how to make your period suck less, number one beauty secret at grocery stores near you, 33 movies to watch when glum (eat pray love, almost famous, high fidelity, (NOTICE MIXED SIZES)
- Art of Manliness shave like your grandpa. start a fire without matches. 100 books in your library. how to date women. do more than 1 pullup. 100 must see movies.
- GetRichSlowly
- http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/ don’t get a job. life purpose in 20 mins. self-discipline. wake up immediately. productivity tips. remove limiting beliefs. stop complaining. how to be a man. law of attraction. LOTS of content. Pay attention to categories.
- A friend I trust recommends http://themeforest.net/ for wordpress backgrounds
- http://busterbenson.com/ talk about self-quantification! I like his rules.
- http://www.artypapers.com/ I like the elegance of the landing page… that’s about it
- http://kennymeyers.com/ elegant landing page
- http://www.goslingo.com/ really elegant resume/landing page thing
- Quora: What’s the best personal site you know of – a list of awesome!
- http://redrussak.com/ simple elegant cute fun
- SmashingMagazine – 10 steps to perfect portfolio logo, tagline, portfolio, services, about me, contact, blog, call to action, social networking, language&communication (don’t ramble). Contains list of 40+ nice portfolio sites.
- http://rourkery.com/ this guy’s minimalism is something else
- list of 30 more sites
- ferross.org young kid from stanford who’s kicking ass
- http://paidtoexist.com/tribe-building/ guide to tribe building. (vision, shared purpose, common enemy, core identity, identify ideal members, create/cultivate culture of engagement)
- http://lillysingh.blogspot.sg/ – study to make sense of Superwoman before she got famous
- Isa Chen
- abetterlife.quora.com
- Seth Godin
- Scott Adams
- See Systems and Goals vs Systems
- Derek Sivers
- zenhabits joyfear.
- Paul Graham
- pmarchive.com
- http://mengwong.livejournal.com/
- http://submittedforyourperusal.com/
- James Clear
- Gregory Ciotti
- https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/
Others:
- danah boyd
- Dan Wong –Ex-Shopify
- Cheryl Strayed
- Tabbynat – /r/sg video game hobbyist
Nice site:
Famous/professional authors: