#57 – New Stats (part 5)

Hardcover Live

Summary

The conversation revolves around Ste's eventful trip to South France and Adam's use of the Apple Vision Pro for focused reading. They discuss the deployment of a new update for hardcover and the feedback received from users regarding the desired stats for reading habits. The top themes identified include pages read, genres read, books read, top authors, and comparisons with other readers. The chat GPT analysis aligns with these themes and also highlights the desire for a year-end summary and understanding trends in reading habits. The conversation explores different visualization options for tracking genre preferences over time and understanding the correlation between genres and themes. It also delves into the desire for insights into reading habits compared to others and the triggers behind reading slumps. The conversation highlights the importance of narrative-driven stats and the potential for sentiment analysis to understand readers' experiences. The top four stats mentioned are books read, pages read, authors, and genres. The conversation concludes with plans to create prototypes of these stats and potentially release them to supporters for feedback.

Takeaways

Ste had an eventful trip to South France, experiencing a 12-hour train journey due to vandalism, but ultimately enjoyed the sunny beach with his family.
Adam shared his use of the Apple Vision Pro for focused reading, finding it helpful for deep concentration.
They discussed the deployment of a new update for hardcover, including color-coded avatars and the potential for users to customize their colors.
The feedback from users highlighted the desire for stats on pages read, genres read, books read, top authors, and comparisons with other readers. Users also expressed interest in a year-end summary and understanding trends in their reading habits. Visualization options for tracking genre preferences over time and understanding the correlation between genres and themes
Desire for insights into reading habits compared to others and the triggers behind reading slumps
Importance of narrative-driven stats and the potential for sentiment analysis to understand readers' experiences
Top four stats mentioned: books read, pages read, authors, and genres
Plans to create prototypes of these stats and potentially release them to supporters for feedback

Chapters

00:00 An Eventful Trip to South France
03:10 Focused Reading with the Apple Vision Pro
05:58 New Update for Hardcover and Customizable Avatars
11:25 Desired Stats for Reading Habits
31:04 Visualizing Genre Preferences Over Time
33:16 Understanding the Correlation Between Genres and Themes
34:45 Exploring Reading Habits and Triggers for Reading Slumps
42:13 Stats Based on Feedback
48:17 Reading Slumps and Genre Preferences
52:43 Improving Genre System for Accurate Tracking
56:47 Storing Daily Reading Stats
01:00:20 Creating Prototypes of Top Four Stats