My Resources
My Readings
I do believe that readings reflect one's character and knowledge. See if we share the same interests:
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action—Simon Sinek
- Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't—Simon Sinek
- Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life—Morgan Housel
- The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness—Morgan Housel
- Outliers: The Story of Success—Malcolm Gladwell
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference—Malcolm Gladwell
- Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are—Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life—Steven Bartlett
- The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future—Chris Guillebeau
- How to Win Friends and Influence People—Dale Carnegie
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future—Peter Thiel
- This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See—Seth Godin
- The Book of Shaders—Patricio Gonzalez Vivo & Jen Lowe
- Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics—Richard H. Thaler [On reading]
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World—David Epstein [On reading]
- Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software—Charles Petzold [On reading]
- TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking—Chris Anderson [On reading]
- The Design of Everyday Things—Don Norman [On reading]
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable—Nassim Nicholas Taleb [To be read]
- Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries—Safi Bahcall [To be read]
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones—James Clear [To be read]
- Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things—Adam Grant [To be read]
- Think and Grow Rich—Napoleon Hill [To be read]
- OSDev.org: The Place to Start for Operating System Developers—Contributors [To be read]
- Deceptive Patterns: Exposing the Tricks Tech Companies Use to Control You—Harry Brignull [To be read]
- Sketching with Math and Quasi Physics—@kynd [To be read]
- GTA V - Graphics Study—Adrian Courrèges [To be read]
- OWASP Cheat Sheet Series—Contributors [To be read]
- Life of a Pixel—Steve Kobes [To be read]
- GPU Gems—Contributors [To be read]
Apart from the above, I also read Agatha Christie's books, Keigo Higashino's, Enid Blyton's, Alfred Hitchcock's, and many more.
My Hobbies
It's relatively recent that I fell in love with photography using:
- my Zenfone 9—previously the Zenfone 2 Laser—and;
- my Nikon Z30 with two kit lenses:
- NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR; and
- NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR.
I also enjoy solo riding my Honda CB150R Streetfire SE;
- from BSD City to Serang in Banten back to BSD City (around 91.4 miles);
- from BSD City to Cimahi in West Java or vice versa (around 97.5 miles);
- from Special Region of Yogyakarta to Cimahi in West Java (around 244.8 miles);
- from BSD City to Special Region of Yogyakarta (around 357.3 miles, in two runs); and
- from Cimahi in West Java to Pekalongan back to Cimahi (around 338 miles, in one go).
Playing games is also part of my hobby, below are some of the titles:
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate;
- Assassin's Creed Unity [On playing];
- Assassin's Creed Origins [On playing];
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey;
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla;
- Sniper Elite 4;
- Sniper Ghost Warrior;
- Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts;
- Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2;
- Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (2002);
- Need for Speed Underground 2 (2004);
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005);
- Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (2010);
- Need for Speed Heat (2019) [Not finished];
- Forza Horizon 4;
- Far Cry 4;
- Far Cry 5 [Not finished];
- Tomb Raider;
- Rise of the Tomb Raider [Not finished];
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider [Not finished];
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt;
- Just Caused 4;
- Control;
- Watch Dog;
- I am Setsuna;
- Inotia 4; and
- Epic Battle Fantasy 5.
I've watched several movies in the past and these are my favorites:
- Dragon Sakura S1-2;
- Ip Man 1-4;
- Kung Fu Hustle;
- The Karate Kid (2010);
- Abstract: The Art of Design;
- Our Planet;
- Silver Spoon;
- The Great Passage;
- Assassination Classroom;
- and several more.
I'm not athletic at all, but I quite enjoy badminton and archery.