Best buddies ever, goodest vibes, gimme more

Loved this second installment even more than the first one. Martha Wells seems to be the master of novellas, where the episodic adventure is only an excuse to get more character development and sprinkle some back story along the way, leaving you satisfied and wanting for more at the same time!

The relationship developed in this one is so cuuuute, and although their teaming up could be overpowered, it is balanced by the laziness and awkwardness they sometimes display, making it extra endearing. I want more ART please 🥹🥹🥹

I'm torned between gobbling them all up, or coming back to the series only when I need a pick me up cause this is perfect! So far doing the later but we will see how much I can contain myself!

🎧 Love Kevin R. Free's interpretation, the Graphic Audio and David Cui Cui versions were a bit too intense for me personally.

TLDR; it's short, it's sweet, you have no reason not to read it 🫵

Great insights on the early times of Netflix and the turn of a century, but also a bit of an egocentric memoir.

📜 Be aware that this book only focuses on the early stages of Netflix, when it started as an online DVD renter and hadn't yet become a streaming platform. It's an insider perspective on the Silicon Valley and the .com bubble back in the late 90's and early 2000's, a piece of recent history. It also provides business and entrepreneurship insights, and touches on the premises of Netflix engineering and HR cultures.

✍️ Since he isn't a tech guy, he knows what to explain in easy terms so it's very approachable. And even if you aren't usually into non fiction, this is more of a memoir relying heavily on storytelling so it's also approachable in that regard.

🙄 But that's the thing, it's a memoir, a memoir from someone borderline delulu✨ but so privileged that it works🪄. It's his own little success story and he is his best hype man.

Still, it's very interesting and entertaining, just know what you get into.

🎧 Read by the author which is always a plus, you really hear his excitement or how he feels about everything he narrates. He has a very lively speech, you can tell that he does conferences. However, it also makes him sound extra self-centered and oh god does he tut his own horn sometimes, but he can also be endearing I guess. In any case, the audiobook is the way to go here!

An easy listen with great story telling, would recommend even if you gotta level with the delulu at times

Such an entertaining narration of a cultural shift and an industry revolution!

Kind of a trip down memory lane for us 80's and 90's kids, but from an insider perspective of the shady business that most of us weren't privy too!

The author tells us how the MP3 format became the starting point of a technological revolution, allowing to store and share music easily as the internet era was booming. The narration is woven from multiple POVs, from the tech engineer to the pirates to the industry magnates.

I really enjoyed the whole recounting as I learned many things and put stuff into perspective from my own childhood and the current industry practices, subscriptions and not owning copies of the media you consume now being the norm.

My only minor complaint is how the author sometimes gives us unnecessary descriptions of the actors involved, caricaturing them. These are just some accounts and some points of views so we might never get the full story, but it is diverse enough and well connected with enough time passed to analyze the phenomenon. It can be mind blowing at times!

🎧 This one is narrated by the author. I found his pace a bit inconsistent sometimes but nothing too big. On the other end, he has a lot of punch so it's nice to listen too!

Would recommend to all my millennial fellows, if only just for the sake of remembering 🙂‍↕️

🪦RIP