While I sit here in bed, my body fighting the last remnants of a flu virus that had me knocked out for days, I am reminded of the past times I’ve been bedridden. Post-surgery, post-motorcycle accidents, post-European travel, etc. I’ve been knocked down plenty, but I always manage to make the best of it. This time I figured I would post up a preview of my (still in-progress) fourth book. It’s in the very early stages, but not too early for constructive criticism and a great deal of improvement across the board.
What makes this book different from my last two is that it isn’t a collection of works or a how-to guide, it’s a direct sequel to “Live for Free: The Chronicles of a Nerd Saving For A Startup”. It’s a real, brutally honest account of some tumultuous times in our industry, and in my own life. The introduction is below and you can read a couple of chapters embedded after the click-through, or feel free to download the PDF directly from here. They are sort of but not really in order.
Flash back to the beginning of December, 2011. The year has been a whirlwind. My first start-up failed. My second and third book were released. I became an Android developer. I released more Android apps in less time than anyone, ever. I joined a Google Ventures funded music start-up as their Android lead. I found out the truth about the Android platform (it’s not there yet), and about working at start-ups (it’s the VC that gets the best deal). And I just found out my significant other wants to move across the country. How I got here, that’s fairly common knowledge. How I’ll get where I’m going now? That’s another story.
I like it so far. With the minimalism trend gradually growing in popularity, a book recounting your own efforts in that direction and how minimalism changed your life (for better and/or worse) seems like it could really be interesting to a lot of people. If you don’t already have a title, I kind of like “Live for Free 2: Practical Minimalism” or maybe “Live for Free 2: Modern Minimalism.”
I would also be interested to see you flesh out the preview above to include more detail in the choices you had to make and more insights you had while making them (and in hindsight).
Thanks, those are good suggestions. I like the Live for Free 2: Never Say Live For Free Again!