Cross the threshold.
Outside: noise, speed, distraction. Inside: attention, curiosity and reflection. Enter with an original soundscape playing quietly, or enter in silence — the choice is yours.
Original soundscapes by Barry. You can mute or adjust the volume at any time — the Library works perfectly with no sound.
Welcome to the Library
A growing collection of the ideas, lessons and books that have shaped my thinking.
Explore the shelves. Pick a book. See where it leads you.
Still learning. Still building.
The Seven That Changed My Thinking
to open it
to look around
and explore
Welcome to the Library
A growing collection of the ideas, lessons and books that have shaped my thinking.
Still learning. Still building.
The Seven That Changed My Thinking
Six are on the table — the seventh, a Bible in the translation Barry trusts most, is still being chosen.
Tap any book to open it.
Each book opens a door to something that shaped me.
Take your time. Look around. Follow what speaks.
I’ve never really been a reader. But I’ve never stopped trying to understand things.
Some I finished. Some I disagreed with. Some changed me. Some I abandoned halfway through. This isn’t a list of books I recommend — it’s a record of ideas I’ve encountered along the way.
The rest of the room
Arranged not by genre but by what each book did to my thinking. Pull any one from the shelf to open it.
The ones that argued with me.
Late lessons, honestly learned.
Making things, and making them last.
How we think, habit and hold up.
Understanding others — and ourselves.
Where craft and expression meet.
The questions that do not resolve.
Abandoned halfway — and that is alright.
14 books catalogued so far. More are being added.
What Should I Read Next?
Found something that changed the way you think?
Put it on my shelf.
Ideas are interesting.
What we build with them is what matters.
Still learning. Still building.