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blinkist.com is the company blog at blinkist.com, writing about productivity and writing. Since 2013, 42 different Hacker News readers have linked it 48 times, most often “Nonfiction books transformed into packs you can read in just 15 minutes”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Often recommended · 13 of 32 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers point people to Blinkist, a book-summary app and site with short audio and text summaries of nonfiction books, to get the main points or to decide which books are worth reading in full.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 32 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /15 people · 15 mentions · first linked 2015-01-04
- Nonfiction books transformed into packs you can read in just 15 minutes6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2016-01-17
- Blinkist: Never Stop Learning4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2015-09-26
What Hacker News says?
My favourite example of this is Harold Pollack who got tonnes of media coverage for coming up with 9 rules for personal finance which fit on an index card. I listened to his interview on Freakonomics, and he's now selling a 256 page book called "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicate". 256 pages, about his rules that fit on an index card. As an aside I always hear podcast adverts for http…
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on ““Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera”Submitted Show HN: Blinkist – Hacking the way we read books, now on Android as a story · 7 points
HN discussionYou're looking for https://www.blinkist.com - I've not bought anything yet but that's what they do. I do feel a lot of self help books are often hammering home a single point over 500 pages. By the end even the authors tend to seem bored of writing their chapters.
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on ““Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera”Submitted Scientific Techniques: How to Read 100 Books a Month as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIn may cases better than reading the book: https://www.blinkist.com/ It's only the gist of it.
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on “Why do many math books have so much detail and so little enlightenment? (2010)”Submitted The Reading Habits of Highly Successful People as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBlinkist announces Blink-ku, poetic summaries of nonfiction books. https://www.blinkist.com/page19/introducing-blink-ku-the-wor... The summary of Tim Ferriss's The 4-Hour Workweek is hilarious: So Much Depends Upon a 40-Hour Lie So much depends upon a forty hour lie when all you need is an out of office responder and a bunch of virtual assistants
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on “List of April Fools' Day Announcements”Submitted Cal Newport on Deep Work: The Key to Unlocking Your Productivity as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> So yes, for non-fiction books are not worth it. Once someone learns to be skeptical (which, by the way, the old "books are sanctuaries" approach will not teach) then Internet is the way to go. I agree. I have been reading/listening to 60+ books a year (~60% books, 40% audiobooks on Audible) for the past 3 years, and I rarely find a tech book more valuable that a collection of blog posts of authors that I already k…
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on “Ask HN: Are books worth it?”Submitted Nonfiction books transformed into packs you can read in just 15 minutes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCheck https://www.blinkist.com/en/ as well - I use these guys. Particularly pay attention to their 'pricing for teams' option...
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on “Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer?”Submitted Holacracy, Explained: An Illustrated Guide to Management-Free Organizations as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLearning small amounts everyday. Accumulation of knowledge provides compounding return E.g. reading books, curated twitter, https://getsuperpower.com/ , https://www.blinkist.com/
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on “Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivity multipliers?”Submitted Joel Gascoigne: The Book That Inspired How I Run Buffer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBlinkist | Backend, Mobile QA | Germany, UK, Spain, Finland | Full-time Hi all! This is Annie from Blinkist. Through audio and text explainers called Blinks, original podcasts, and author-driven content, Blinkist is on a mission to help people turn ordinary moments into extraordinary learning opportunities anytime, anywhere. We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby) and a Senior Mobile QA Engineer (espress…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)”Submitted A light Holacracy handbook as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBlinkist | Multiple engineering roles | Berlin, Germany | Onsite, we offer relocation & visa support Blinkist creates bitesize content products so people can easily fit reading and learning into their lives. We take pride in a strong culture that values accountability, learning, transparency, support and risk-taking. We are hiring: - Director of Platform Engineering - Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby) - Senior Fullstac…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)”Submitted Blinkist (iOS): Read key insights from non-fiction books as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBlinkist | Remote possible if your main location is Germany, UK, Spain, or Finland | Relocation & visa support for Germany | Full-time | Engineering, Marketing, People Hi all! Through audio and text explainers called Blinks, original podcasts, and author-driven content, Blinkist is on a mission to help people turn ordinary moments into extraordinary learning opportunities anytime, anywhere. We are currently hiring f…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)”Submitted Free Blink of the Day as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThese guys [0] do what you're talking about. They digest non fictional books, summarize them and even turn them into audio books. Quite good to go straight to the main points without missing anything important. [0] https://www.blinkist.com/
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on “I Was Wrong About Speed Reading (2015)”Submitted Blinkist: Never Stop Learning as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI guess it's a bit like https://www.blinkist.com/ ? There's probably pretty great site idea in summarising popular YouTube videos and doing the same. Embed the video, pull out all the salient points and let me read them in 60 seconds as opposed to watching something for 35 minutes.
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on “Welcome to masterWiki: stolen from MasterClass, republished as wikiHow”Submitted Blinkist: Never Stop Learning as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere is a company that pretty much does that, give them a try: https://www.blinkist.com/
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on “We Should Have a Better Condom by Now”Submitted A smarter you in 15 minutes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere’s a good site that does this called Blinkist. https://www.blinkist.com/en/about/
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on “Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes”Submitted This Is Your Brain on Discounts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSurprised to find this here. For what it's worth, for anyone interested, a few things: #1 : That list is sorted with my top recommendations up top. You can also click to re-sort it by newest or by name, but by default, I highly recommend the ones at the top of the list. #2 : These aren't summaries of the book! These are just the little points that I personally found surprising or inspiring. If a book wasn't surprisi…
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on “Derek Sivers: Books I've Read”Submitted Blinkist – Read a book in 15 minutes. as a story · 1 points
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