Guan Yang

Guan Yang

Guan Yang is a data scientist based in New York who is passionate about technology, history, and financial data. Guan has contributed several insightful editions for WITI, covering topics from ancient Venice's Dogal Elections to the intricacies of IBM's System/360 mainframe computers. He enjoys exploring how global fast-food chains adapt their menus locally and has a particular fondness for Cash App's financial services and IBM’s POWER instruction set. Guan's diverse interests and expertise make his contributions uniquely informative and varied.

Recommendations

03 AUG 2021
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month

A book based on Fred Brooks's experiences on the System/360 operating system project.

05 NOV 2021
Donna Leon's Brunetti Mysteries

Guan Yang's favorite content set in Venice.

13 MAY 2022
Haendel - Alcina (Act I) with Catherine Naglestad, Alice Coote & Helene Schneiderman
Haendel - Alcina (Act I) with Catherine Naglestad, Alice Coote & Helene Schneiderman

Handel’s best opera, premiered in 1735 featuring the famous aria 'Tornami a vagheggiar'.

13 MAY 2022
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera

In his book, composer Matthew Aucoin describes opera as 'an imagined union of all the human senses and all art forms—music, drama, dance, poetry, painting.'

13 MAY 2022
Eurydice: “This is what it is to love an artist”
Eurydice: “This is what it is to love an artist”

A 2020 opera by Matthew Aucoin with each sung line projected into the set, offering complete control over what the audience sees, hears, and reads.

05 NOV 2021
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities

A book by Italo Calvino, consisting of 55 vignettes of imaginary cities, which all turn out to be Venice.

05 NOV 2021
The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages: The First Complete English Edition of Weber's Prelude to The Protestant Ethic and the ... Society (Legacies of Social Thought Series)
The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages: The First Complete English Edition of Weber's Prelude to The Protestant Ethic and the ... Society (Legacies of Social Thought Series)

Before his better-known work on politics, religion, and bureaucracy, Max Weber wrote his doctoral thesis on the commenda structure, translated into English in this title.

05 NOV 2021
26 FEB 2021
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

Nicole Perlroth's book on cybersecurity and the digital arms race.

Editions

13 JUN 2024
The Go Bag (Paperwork) Edition

On spare citizenships mattering more than multitools.

24 OCT 2023
The Instruction Set Edition

On the IBM System/360, microarchitectures, and sanctions

22 AUG 2023
The Culinary Inversion Edition

On fast food, regionalization, and business

04 APR 2023
The Dogal Elections Edition

On Venice, decisions, and policy outcomes

13 MAY 2022
The Titles Edition

On Italian, diction, and subtitles

05 NOV 2021
The Dogal Elections Edition

On Venice, decisions, and policy outcomes

03 AUG 2021
The Instruction Set Edition

On the IBM System/360, microarchitectures, and sanctions

26 FEB 2021
The Bitcoin Accounting Edition

On market making, revenue, and GAAP

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