> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.peterkos.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # BlackBird's Bullets #28 - URL: https://www.peterkos.org/blackbirds-bullets-28/ - Published: 2021-05-19T04:45:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-06-01T16:11:04.000Z - Author: Peter Kos - Tags: newsletter ## Man's Search for Meaning; FutureMe; Ode to Excel; Ridiculous job candidates; and a Dutch parking solution. Another edition of the [BlackBird's Bullets](https://www.peterkos.org/bbb-newsletter/bbb-blackbirds-bullets/). If you're not subscribed yet, you're missing a whole intro above which is delivered only via e-mail. Go correct this mistake and [**subscribe now**](https://www.peterkos.org/newsletter/). You might have your opinion about [Amazon](https://amzn.to/3frgkXt?ref=peterkos.org), but the fact is, they democratized [reading](https://amzn.to/3bxFUbR?ref=peterkos.org), [writing](https://amzn.to/3fwdLmX?ref=peterkos.org), and [publishing](https://kdp.amazon.com/en%5FUS?ref=peterkos.org). Thanks to Kindle Direct Publishing, anyone (including me) can self-publish a book at zero cost and offer it to over 300 million customers globally. No gatekeepers, nobody to say no. You sit down, write [your shit](https://amzn.to/3ft91OT?ref=peterkos.org), and hit publish. For free. To anyone who asks me about an opinion about Amazon, I say one thing: buy the stock. (Disclaimer: I'm long $AMZN). [**Title photo**](https://www.instagram.com/p/CO2kVK1JIyL/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink)**:** Kindle Direct Publishing used to be about e-books, then they added paperbacks, and now hardcovers. With help from [Ahmed from Pakistan](https://www.peterkos.org/bbb-newsletter/blackbirds-bullets-25/), I went for an all-black cover and I like how it feels. A *proper* book. If you haven't decided on it yet, now is the right time — hardcover at the price of the paperback! (I participated in the beta, so [The Elements of Lifestyle](https://amzn.to/3ouYI0L?ref=peterkos.org) is among the first KDP self-published hardcovers out in the wilderness!) ### Here are this week's five bullets — enjoy: - ☯️ [Man's Search for Meaning](https://www.peterkos.org/mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl/) is one of those books that feels like it would be disrespectful to read it on the Kindle, so I finally got my paperback and dove in. What a surprise read with lessons for life! This should be mandatory adult reading material. Give it a shot. - Last week I received a surprise e-mail. From myself. From the past. Before you question my sanity, let me state this is not a vaccination side-effect, but a wonderful service called [FutureMe](https://www.futureme.org/?ref=peterkos.org). You write a letter to yourself and pick in how many years you'd like to have it delivered. I tested it out in May 2018, so last week I got this surprise e-mail from 2018-me with a few words about what he's doing at that moment, and what his aspirations were. It felt pleasant. I immediately wrote another e-mail to the 2024-me, and you should write one to your future-self as well! - [Excel never dies](https://www.notboring.co/p/excel-never-dies?ref=peterkos.org). Awesome long read of the Excel past, present, and the future. Ode to the killer app that shaped the world into what it is today. - I'm rediscovering a site I used to have fun reading years ago. [Alison Green](https://amzn.to/3fwWDO1?ref=peterkos.org) runs a hilarious [Ask A Manager](https://www.askamanager.org/?ref=peterkos.org) blog. Here's a taste of the things that might crack you up: [ridiculous job candidates](https://www.inc.com/alison-green/tales-of-ridiculous-job-candidates.html?ref=peterkos.org). - 🇳🇱 How about [this adoring man's solution to parking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QksqWRqEfy0&ref=peterkos.org) in a garage that's mere six centimeters wider than his car! As a proper Dutchman, he first moves his bicycle out of the way! See you next week. Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. Peter K.