This is a great resource: https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks

Feels like the spiritual successor to Indexhibit [indexhibit.org], which is great!

Just finished reading DDIA, can't recommend it enough! I learned a lot of new info in every single chapter even for topics I thought I had a firm grasp on. Great job Martin Kleppmann!

This is bonkers, makes me want to start a small business just to get these calls and goof around :)

Since the server is down: https://web.archive.org/web/20180419080129/https://maxoffsky...

Great read!

This is such a cool project, especially the principles behind it (open hardware!).

As with anything, there's prior art, so everyone should _chill_ :)

Being passionate about synthesis, I have to mention vector synthesis which has a similar vibe in terms of interaction. More like simple mixing between sounds but nonetheless really neat and powerful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_synthesis Yamaha TG-33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DK7K5sFqWg SCI Prophet VS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJL3blZKVM Korg Wavestation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1fokDelaxM

Glad this made me remember Cory Doctrow riffing on similar scenarios in 2012 with his talk "The Coming Civil War over General-purpose Computing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbYXBJOFgeI

A fantastic longer read on the topic is "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife – highly recommended!

I love popular math book recommendations, but that particular one gets pretty terrible reviews: http://www.ams.org/notices/200009/rev-gray.pdf

For an alternate take on it, see this positive review: http://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/zero-the-biography-of-a....