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
A book based on Fred Brooks's experiences on the System/360 operating system project.
Guan Yang's favorite content set in Venice.
Handel’s best opera, premiered in 1735 featuring the famous aria 'Tornami a vagheggiar'.
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.'
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.
A book by Italo Calvino, consisting of 55 vignettes of imaginary cities, which all turn out to be Venice.
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.
Max Weber's doctoral thesis on the commenda structure before his better-known work on politics, religion, and bureaucracy.
Nicole Perlroth's book on cybersecurity and the digital arms race.
Editions
On the IBM System/360, microarchitectures, and sanctions
On fast food, regionalization, and business
On Venice, decisions, and policy outcomes
On Italian, diction, and subtitles
On Venice, decisions, and policy outcomes
On the IBM System/360, microarchitectures, and sanctions
On market making, revenue, and GAAP