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Back to Work 119: Big Bag of Pandora's Potatoes

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Macintosh Nostalgia and Utter Apple ID Madness.

This week, after an entirely appropriate amount of very important follow-up, Dan and Merlin talk about Susan Kare's original Mac icons, why they're not going to be appearing on John Siracusa's t-shirt, plus the litany of completely monkeyballs problems that now has Merlin ready to literally shoot his Apple ID in the back of the head, mob-style.

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Beyond the To Do List - "Merlin Mann Interview"

For the 1st time, the origin story behind Back to Work can be told.

5by5 | The Incomparable #140: The Sublime Magicks of Exposition

No more mutants! We discuss the 2005 Marvel Comics miniseries "House of M," in which writer Brian Michael Bendis gets to show off his love of meetings, Doctor Strange, and meetings chaired by Doctor Strange! Also, there's a crazy "What If?" style parallel universe, approximately a billion spin-offs, and in the cruelest twist, Peter Parker is briefly allowed to be happy. And finally there's a shocking finale that set the tone for mutant storylines up to the present day. Listen before the Scarlet Witch wishes this podcast out of existence!Special guests Andy Ihnatko, Lisa Schmeiser, Merlin Mann, and Moisés Chiullan.

5by5 | After Dark #372: No More Merlins: Cut From The Incomparable #140

Plenty of comics nerdery from The Incomparable's "House of M" episode.Special guests Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, Lisa Schmeiser, Merlin Mann, and Moisés Chiullan.

Creative Think - Roger von Oech

Roger von Oech is an author, inventor, and speaker. His seminars and products have enriched the creativity of millions of people around the world.

Roger von Oech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roger von Oech (born Feb. 16, 1948) is an American speaker, conference organizer, author, and toy-maker whose focus has been on the study of creativity.

Roger von Oech (RogervonOech) on Twitter

Author (A Whack on the Side of the Head, Creative Whack Pack), inventor (Ball of Whacks, X-Ball, Y-Ball), iPhone/iPad App http://j.mp/cwpap

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For years the heroes of the Marvel Universe have lived in fear that the artificial intelligence known as Ultron would one day evolve to fulfill its desire to wipe out all organic life and take over the Earth -- that day has arrived. The Avengers worst nightmare is here-- the Age of Ultron has begun.

Age of Ultron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Age of Ultron" (abbreviated AU) is a 10-issue limited series comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics, that involves the return of Ultron and his conquest of the earth.

On preventing a tug-of-war

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Making musical influences your own, a followup | Nathan Shubert

I think it’s incredibly important for all creative people to actively search out that which inspires them, and to figure out what it is about it specifically that speaks to them. But after that, it’s time to move on to the artist persona, to create something truly your own.

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5by5 | Mac Power Users #136: iOS Automation

David and Katie talk about their favorite apps and tools for automating tasks on iOS

The Devil's Advocate (1997 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Devil's Advocate (marketed as Devil's Advocate) is a 1997 American mystery thriller film based on Andrew Neiderman's novel of the same name. It is directed by Taylor Hackford and stars Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron.

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Apple Lisa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Lisa is a personal computer designed by Apple Computer, Inc. during the early 1980s. It was the first personal computer to offer a graphical user interface in an inexpensive machine aimed at individual business users.

Apple II series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Apple II series (trademarked with square brackets as "Apple ][") is a set of 8-bit home computers, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products,[1] designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) and introduced in 1977 with the original Apple II. In terms of ease of use, features and expandability the Apple II was a major technological advancement over its predecessor, the Apple I, a limited-production bare circuit board computer for electronics hobbyists that pioneered many features that made the Apple II a commercial success.

The Model III TRS-80 System

The TRS-80 Model III was one of the most successful computers ever built. It was used in schools throughout the United States, replacing the failing Commodores. It was used in offices, factories, and homes. By 1983, when it was replaced by the Model 4, a couple of million must have been sold. (Radio Shack has never given out the figures.) It was supported by the largest software libraries in existence up to that time, and several other operating systems were written for it. It became the standard grade school computer in thousands of school districts and the mainstay of small business.

The Enchiridion (book) - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

The Enchiridion (which translates to "The Handbook" or "The Manual") was an ancient book with codes of conduct, guidelines, and other helpful information for heroes. The book had great power which allowed it to tear open worm holes between dimensions in the multiverse. It was destroyed by Finn in "The Lich" in order to stop the Lich from gaining access to the multiverse (although, the Lich still made it. See "The Lich" for more details.)

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In some religions and traditions, these titles are separate demons

Demons in Christian Belief - ReligionFacts.com

In Christian belief, angels were created good but were endowed with free will just as humans were. Some of them rebelled against God, were banished from heaven, and became demons. The English word "demon" comes from the Greek daemon (δαίμων), which originally referred to any spirit but came to be associated with only evil spirits.In Christian teaching, the leader of the rebellious angels was Satan, who has became humanity's chief adversary. He is identified with the serpent who tempts Adam and Eve in Genesis.

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Erm. That’s actually Tony’s MK III armor.

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5by5 | Lisa Schmeiser

Lisa Schmeiser is normally very good about making her New Years' resolutions happen, but it looks like this will be yet another year where "write a scintillating biography in the third person" is a nonstarter. She is a veteran writer and editor with expertise in covering the technology and business worlds.

The Avengers #213 (1981) Hank Pym is such a... | kung fu grippe

Hank Pym is such a dick.

Meetings can be…awkward.

"Everyone assumed someone else would bring bagels.But, alas: no one brought bagels."

Brian Michael Bendis LOVES meetings.

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Back to Work 118: One-Step Corn Kerneler

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Toward an (Admittedly Dubious) Unified Field Theory of Creativity

This week, Dan and Merlin consider a framework for understanding the basic modes and focal lengths involved in producing creative work.

Why and how do we get so hung up and frustrated about getting good at what we do? Why's it so hard to take an abstract idea for making something great, then end up feeling pathologically stymied when we struggle to actually make it?

The boys return to the classic topic of expertise, especially the frustrating ironies that separate the pro from the amateur from the, as they say, "failure."

Also under consideration is Roger Von Oech's fascinating modal, character-based approach to making stuff—acknowledging the very different work of the Explorer, Artist, Judge, and Warrior. But, critically, also striving to keep those characters in the right order and on the right parts of the right task at the right time. Then, knowing when to change things up.

Finally, there's a bit of discussion on Merlin's squirrely obsession with focal length—to not only choose the right mode at the right time, but to stay open to the idea of alternately zooming way out and way in at each step of the process. Accepting the benefits and trade-offs of switching between your macro and fish-eye lenses.

It's a really good episode—at least way better than it sounds. And, the hosts agree that, until you find a better model for understanding How to Make Stuff, you could do a lot worse than giving this admittedly Byzantine method a spin for yourself.

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In which Merlin presents his highly dubious Unified Field Theory of Creativity.

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5by5 | Hypercritical #38: Virtually Spotless (October 14, 2011)

Genesis of The Siracusa Flu Principle.

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Written by Frank Miller. No spoilers, please.

Pym Particles - Marvel Comics Database

Dr. Henry Pym originally discovered and isolated a rare group of subatomic particles, which have become known as the "Pym Particles", which could increase or decrease the size and mass of objects or living beings. The Pym Particles work by stunting matter into the Kosmos Dimension when shrinking an subject or accruing extra matter from that dimension when enlarging.

Pym Particles (Concept)

Pym particles first existed in an elixir form that had to be splashed on the object to enlarge or shrink it. Eventually this elixir was made into a gas so if could be quickly aspirated for easier transportation. After accidentally transforming into Giant-Man, Pym further refined the chemical into a variety of color-coded pills. The particles still proved unstable as they trapped Pym at a height of 12 feet. Pym Particles work by the user either shunting mass to the Kosmos Dimension (for shrinking) or taking mass (for growing).

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[VIDEO] "The Shining" - "Have you ever had a SINGLE moment's THOUGHT about MY responsibilities?!?"

JACK TORRANCE: Have you ever had a SINGLE MOMENT'S THOUGHT about my responsibilities? Have you ever thought, for a single solitary moment about my responsibilities to my employers? Has it ever occurred to you that I have agreed to look after the OVERLOOK Hotel until May the FIRST. Does it MATTER TO YOU AT ALL that the OWNERS have placed their COMPLETE CONFIDENCE and TRUST in me, and that I have signed a letter of agreement, a CONTRACT, in which I have accepted that RESPONSIBILITY? Do you have the SLIGHTEST IDEA, what a MORAL AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLE IS, DO YOU? Has it ever occurred to you what would happen to my future, if I were to fail to live up to my responsibilities? Has it ever occurred to you? HAS IT?

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Deconstructing Creativity: The 4 Roles You Need to Play to be Fully Creative - Litemind

These concepts above are not new. The idea of the four creativity roles comes from Roger Von Oech‘s classic work on creativity A Whack on the Side of the Head, as well as the Creative Whack Pack (which is a deck of cards where each of the four roles is a suit — very fun, do check it out too).

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The following is from A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge,

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5by5 | Back to Work #62: Cultural Molasses

TOPIC: Karmasucks, No-Sayers, and Black and White Thinking.

Dan and Merlin consider the karmasucks and black and white thinking that lead to inertia and a culture of derision.

Anyone can laugh at an agenda, and it only takes one turd in the punchbowl to ruin the party, so don't ask permission, ask yes or no questions, and keep your judge behind your explorer.

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Inedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Breatharianism is a related concept, in which believers claim food and possibly water are not necessary, and that humans can be sustained solely by prana (the vital life force in Hinduism), or, according to some, by the energy in sunlight (according to Ayurveda, sunlight is one of the main sources of prana). The terms breatharianism or inedia may also refer to this philosophy practised as a lifestyle in place of the usual diet.

5by5 | The Pipeline #7: Merlin Mann

Merlin Mann is an independent writer, speaker, and broadcaster. He's the creator of 43 Folders, the co-host of You Look Nice Today, a regular guest on MacBreak Weekly, and the author of an upcoming book entitled Inbox Zero.We discuss figuring out and focusing on your values, a new perspective on productivity, ignoring the lizard brain, doing what you like, rejecting novelty, serving the right audience, Picaso, cognition, action, self-discovery, mindfulness, buddhism, and the new book.You can find out more about Merlin on his website, via his weblog, Kung Fu Grippe, and by following him on Twitter.

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All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply an individual yearning to put your creativity to use, The Creative Habit provides you with thirty-two practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-year career.

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Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ (Otto e mezzo) turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8½ was The Beautiful Confusion, and Fellini’s masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.

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Back to Work 117: The Flu Shots of Siracusa County

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Offices, and when to get out of them.

This week—in what will surely be remembered as the greatest Back to Work episode of all time—Dan and Merlin eventually talk about working at a desk and when to take it someplace else.

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Humberto Ramos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Humberto Ramos (born 27 November 1970) is a Mexican comic book penciller, best known for his work on American comic books such as Impulse, The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man and his creator-owned series Crimson.

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Ep. 11: "Everybody Knew What Mr. Finnell Did" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

The Problems: the status of Napoleon’s hat; historically significant panties on the auction block; major issues in corporal punishment; Liza’s mostly lifelike Naugahyde partner; recovering our Oprah memories; John’s investigative broom closet journalism; the IMAX technology that was wasted on the Gunther Gebel Williams clan; conspiracy theories around Pee-wee’s Sarasota jam-up; why Seattle’s goin’ hungry in the lemon yellow sun; Mr. Finnell’s copy is goldenrod; Donovan’s probably fake smile; tackling our usual authenticity issues; some “e”-zy diaeresis häcks; why John’s just not a fan; the salient différence; Merlin’s glass-lined taxi driver problems; how the sunshine bores the daylights out of the one Rolling Stones lick Merlin knows; knowing how or whether to marry the other one from Wham! (U.K.); an opium-dulled death by a thousand mimeographs; the varieties of childhood paddles; in Soviet Alaska, Teamsters bust you; knowing when to save those pedagogically-stained Dolphin shorts; the seasonal difficulties of adjudicating clowns; some sensitive cultural subtleties of ping-pong; and the complex reasons why John can’t stop playing solitaire in traffic.

[VIDEO] Grandpa Simpson explains elderly union-busting

GRANDPA SIMPSON: We can’t bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don’t go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m’shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you’d say. Now where was I… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn’t get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones…

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Back to Work 116: Beagle Removal Service

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Quit & Analyze, and Marvel Character Speculation.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about Dan's "Quit & Analyze" episode, then proceed into a very useful conversation about which characters from the Marvel Universe they're each most like.

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5by5 | Quit! #21: Quit & Analyze

Dan is joined by a familiar guest, Marco Arment, to take calls and discuss Marco's very recent sale of Instapaper. They delve deeper and discuss when to hire, outsourcing, feeling burnt out, when to sell, and being selective about which company gets to buy what you've built. They take some listener calls and answer questions about job-seeking in a new town, how to come up with the next great idea, the reinvention of the corporate stooge, what to consider when you're desperate for freelance work, and what to do when you get let go from your job.

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100 Greatest Marvels of All Time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time was a series of trade paperbacks published in 2001 by Marvel Comics. Earlier in the year, the publisher had held a poll asking readers to vote on their favorite issues of Marvel comic book series. The top 25 issues were then reprinted in trade paperback form, with a list in the back of each volume listing the results of the poll from the 100th issue to the last issue contained in that particular volume. Numbers 25 to 6 were published in volumes one through five, each of which contained four issues. The top five issues were each reprinted in their own volumes (volumes six through ten).[edit]

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The terms "Alpha" and "Omega" (roughly meaning "first" resp. "final") are blurry in-universe terms used by some writers to categorise different characters. Omega mutants are, in theory, supposed to be the most powerful class of mutants, but with time the scope of the term has widened to include a much wider scope of characters that, following the same logic, could technically qualify half the ones in existence.

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Brown note (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A brown note is a hypothetical sound wave that would cause involuntary defecation.

Methuselah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Extra-biblical tradition maintains that he died on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656 (Anno Mundi, after Creation), at the age of 969, seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood.

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The story is based on the famous "setup" in which three wishes are granted. In the story, the paw of a dead monkey is a talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.

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Ugh.

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Back to Work 115: Invitation to a Blame Party

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Fixing the Culture of Meetings

This week, Dan and Merlin address the problems with meetings, and how we can each choose to improve them.

Ten quick ideas?

Purpose
Agenda
Grazing Policy
Hard Edges
Scheduling Guests
Timekeeper
No Ratholes
Focus
Follow-Up
Consistency

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[VIDEO] Merlin Mann - "Broken Meetings (and how you'll fix them)"

There's a big elephant in the office today that's becoming harder to ignore—meetings.Even the best meetings can eat up massive person-hours, but those really awful ones will just kill you. You know the type.Those time-wasting, rudderless, repetitious, zombie meetings where "deep dives," "drill downs," and "face time" often mean much is debated, little is accomplished, and everybody leaves feeling broken--AND, often as not, late for their next meeting.In the premiere of this all-new presentation, Merlin Mann attacks Bad Meeting Culture with the same brand of practical, funny, and thought-provoking advice that his popular Inbox Zero talks brought to the topic of email.

[SLIDES] BROKEN MEETINGS (and how you'll fix them)

[ESSAY] Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule (by Paul Graham; 2009)

When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in. Plus you have to remember to go to the meeting. That's no problem for someone on the manager's schedule. There's always something coming on the next hour

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

What’s New in Drafts 3.0Extend Drafts with ready-to-install Actions from the Action Directory! ?Drafts is a different kind of note taking app. In Drafts, text comes first – open the app and get a new, blank draft. Don’t get bogged down in a timeline to tweet or post to Facebook and App.net. Don’t tap through multiple screens to compose an email or SMS. Don’t navigate folders, create files and name them just to jot down a note or create a todo. Drafts is available for both iPhone and iPad.

Mushroom War - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

The Mushroom War (usually referred to as the Great Mushroom War) is the cause of the post-apocalyptic condition of the Land of Ooo. Not much is known about the war at the moment, but the inclusion of "mushroom" in the title is probably referring to the mushroom shaped explosion generated by atomic weapons. If so, then it is likely that the Land of Ooo and the creatures who inhabit it were created from the nuclear fallout that irradiated the land. The Mushroom War is most likely started by mankind being at war with one another, but on a nuclear scale (such as during the Cold War or the end of WWII).

The Enchiridion (book) - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Amazon.com: The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia (Encyclopedia): Inhabitants, Lore, Spells, and Ancient Crypt Warnings of the Land of Ooo Circa 19.56 B.G.E. - 501 A.G.E.

What time is it? Adventure Time?! Explore the magical world of Ooo with Jake the dog and Finn the human, along with the Ice King, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen, and all your favorite Adventure Time characters, in this first official guide to Cartoon Network?s hit animated series.Written and compiled by the Lord of Evil himself, The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia matches the playful, subversive tone of the series, detailing everything anyone will ever need to know about the postapocalyptic land of Ooo and its inhabitants?secret lore and spells, fun places you should visit and places where you will probably die, whom to marry and whom not to marry, how to make friends and how to destroy your enemies?plus hand-written marginalia by Finn, Jake, and Marceline. An indispensable companion to the show, this side-splittingly funny love letter to Adventure Time is sure to appeal to fans of all ages. Heck yeah!

[GUIDE] Success! Install 10.8 on old unsupported Mac - MacRumors Forums

Hi, Welcome. First of all. What is "MLPostFactor" you might ask. Well. As we all know, Apple has dropped OSX Mountain Lion support for older generation of Macs (2006~2008 Macs). The goal of the project is to support all those "drop out" Macs. So we designed this app to do just that. Read more @ Post

Billy - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Billy was a character who first appears in "His Hero." Billy is Finn and Jake's idol and the most powerful hero seen in the series. Thus, the two are immense fans of him.

The Lich (episode) - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Finn is led by Billy on a quest to save the world and beyond from the Lich.

Image Comics | East of West #1

"OUT OF THE WASTELAND"The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us. A Sci-Fi Western set in a dystopian America where all hope for the future rests in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...who just happen to be trying to kill the President of the United States. One of the most exciting new books of the year, this is EAST OF WEST, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the award-winning team of Marvel's FF, JONATHAN HICKMAN and NICK DRAGOTTA.

East of West Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us. A Sci-Fi Western set in a dystopian America where all hope for the future rests in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...who just happen to be trying to kill the President of the United States. One of the most exciting new books of the year, this is EAST OF WEST, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the award-winning team of Marvel's FF, JONATHAN HICKMAN and NICK DRAGOTTA.

Twitter / trammell: Watching @hotdogsladies' talk ...

Watching @hotdogsladies' talk "Broken Meetings (and how you'll fix them)". Again. It's the best. http://vimeo.com/15579561

Passwords for the Manly Man

Generating passwords so strong and secure they rise like the phoenix.

Twitter / hotdogsladies: After a mere 30 hours in LA, ...

After a mere 30 hours in LA, I’m already awesome at casually scoping out someone more important to talk to.

Actually…could you excuse me?

Amazon.com: The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) (0785342835953): Frederick P. Brooks Jr.: Books

Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 years after the initial publication of his book, Brooks has revisited his original ideas and added new thoughts and advice, both for readers already familiar with his work and for readers discovering it for the first time.

The Mythical Man-Month - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brooks' observations are based on his experiences at IBM while managing the development of OS/360. He had added more programmers to a project falling behind schedule, a decision that he would later counter-intuitively conclude to have delayed the project even further. He also made the mistake of asserting that one project — writing an ALGOL compiler — would require six months, regardless of the number of workers involved (it required longer). The tendency for managers to repeat such errors in project development led Brooks to quip that his book is called "The Bible of Software Engineering", because "everybody quotes it, some people read it, and a few people go by it." The book is widely regarded as a classic on the human elements of software engineering.

QPR: Quotidian Public Radio - QPR: Quotidian Public Radio - “Commentary by Anton...

Commentator Anton Cantrusku has been thinking about technology, communication, and the future of books.

End-of-life (product) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

End-of-life (EOL) is a term used with respect to a product supplied to customers, indicating that the product is in the end of its useful lifetime and a vendor will no longer be marketing, selling, or sustaining a particular product and may also be limiting or ending support for the product. In the specific case of product sales, the term end-of-sale (EOS) has also been used. The term lifetime, after the last production date, depends on the product and is related to a customer's expected product lifetime. Different lifetime examples include toys from fast food chains (weeks or months), cars (10 years), and mobile phones (3 years).

Diceware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diceware is a method for creating passphrases, passwords, and other cryptographic variables using an ordinary die from a pair of dice as a hardware random number generator. For each word in the passphrase, five rolls of the die are required. The numbers from 1 to 6 that come up in the rolls are assembled as a five digit number, e.g. 43146. That number is then used to look up a word in a word list. In the English list 43146 corresponds to munch.

[PHOTO] kung fu grippe - "Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Alien - Riddley Scott 1979"

Sigourney Weaver in…uhhhhh…a space helmet.

Really very special.

[VIDEO] Merlin Mann - "Steampunk DIY"

As you may know, I'm an ardent fan of "steampunk." Here's a DIY project I recently completed.

Dr. Nick (The Simpsons) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dr. Nick Riviera, usually referred to as Dr. Nick, is a recurring fictional character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. He is voiced by Hank Azaria, and first appeared in the episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car". Dr. Nick is an inept quack physician, and a satire of incompetent medical professionals. Dr. Nick is known for his exclamation of "Hi, everybody!" upon entering a scene, which is immediately followed by the other characters present with, "Hi, Dr. Nick!", with one exception: in "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", Mr. Burns replies with "Ho, mersimp son!", but with the same inflection as the usual greeting.

Pain & Gain (2013)

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

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Back to Work 114: I'm Moving to FudgePacker

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Quicksilver and the OS X App Launcher Landscape

This week, Dan triumphantly returns from two weeks of crippling illness. So, the boys ease their way back into the groove with a grab bag of great follow-up, some Adventure Time talk, and a longer discussion of popular OS X App launchers, including Quicksilver 1.0, LaunchBar, and Alfred 2.

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While we’re pushing out changes and improvements to Squarespace 6 almost daily, we wanted to point out a few recent updates that you might find helpful:

[PODCAST] 70Decibels - CMD+SPACE - 038 - Inbox Zero and New Projects, with Merlin Mann

On a very special episode of CMD SPACE Myke is joined by Merlin Mann to discuss Inbox Zero, starting New projects and a fun discussion about Adventure Time (as well as a little about comics, of course).

[PODCAST] 5by5 | Mac Power Users #132: Merlin Returns

Returning for his annual appearance, Merlin Mann joins Katie and David to talk Evernote, GTD, iPad, Podcasting and his favorite Apps.

Fat Cat Software – iPhoto Library Manager

iPLM also gives you the ability to copy your photos from one library to another, while keeping track of photo metadata that is normally lost when exporting from one library and importing into another. Titles, dates, descriptions, keywords, ratings, faces, and place information are all transferred along with the photos, ensuring that you keep all that information you spent hours entering into iPhoto. Event and albums are also reconstructed when copied, and both the edited and original copies of each photo are copied as well. You can split up a large library into multiple smaller libraries, merge entire libraries together into a big one, or rebuild a corrupt library that is causing iPhoto to hang or crash.

Drafts: Action Directory

This directory contains pre-configured custom actions to extend Drafts beyond the actions that come preinstalled with the app. If you have Drafts, browse this directory on your iOS device – when you find an action that interests you, tap the "Install" link and it will be installed in your local version Drafts. Any actions you install can be modified or deleted in the Drafts settings.

[GUIDE] Success! Install 10.8 on old unsupported Mac - MacRumors Forums

App Cubby • Hand Crafted iPhone Apps - Launch Center

It’s like speed dial, but for more than just phone calls! Launch Center Pro creates lightning quick shortcuts to specific features buried deep within apps. Call a loved one, message a friend, launch Instagram’s camera to quickly snap a pic, tweet, or turn your iPhone into a flashlight. Launch Center Pro gets you to where you’re going faster than ever before!

[PODCAST] 5by5 | Mac Power Users #133: Alfred 2

David and Katie take a deep dive into Alfred 2.0, an application launcher and productivity application for Mac.

Forecast

[awesome web app with detailed weather conditions]

Allen Hoskins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Allen Clayton Hoskins (August 9, 1920 – July 26, 1980) was an American child actor, most famous for portraying the character of Farina in 105 Our Gang short films from 1922 to 1931.

Quicksilver — Mac OS X at your Fingertips

Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly. Quicksilver learns your habits, making your everyday chores simple and efficient.

Quicksilver — LoveQuicksilver Blog

After almost 10 years of testing, Quicksilver lays the beta tag to rest. (If the lack of an eszett brings a tear to your eye, you can always reminisce by hitting ?S on your keyboard). What does this release mean? It means more than just a change in the version numbering system - it signifies a maturity of Quicksilver and a sign of what’s to come.

Quicksilver — LoveQuicksilver Blog

With the release of Quicksilver v1.0, I sat with Quicksilver’s lead developers (at our respective far-flung computers) to gather their thoughts on this historic occasion, and to find out a bit more about Quicksilver behind the scenes.

Alfred App - Productivity App for Mac OS X

Alfred is an award-winning productivity application for Mac OS XAlfred saves you time when you search for files online or on your Mac. Be more productive with hotkeys, keywords and file actions at your fingertips.

Share your Workflows - Alfred App Community Forum

Share your workflows with fellow Alfred v2 users.

LaunchBar 5

LaunchBar is a smart and powerful, keyboard driven productivity utility that lets you access and control every aspect of your digital life. Whatever you want to get done on your Mac – with LaunchBar it’s only a few keystrokes away.

LaunchBar - Switcher’s FAQs

We’ve noticed an ever increasing number of former Quicksilver users who switched over to LaunchBar, so we’d like to provide an overview of some of the differences and to answer the most frequently asked questions in this regard.

Butler · Many Tricks

Butler's purpose is to ease all those routine tasks you do every day: controlling iTunes, opening programs and documents, switching users, searching for stuff on the web, and more.

Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde | This American Life

Dr. Benjamin Gilmer gets a job at a rural clinic. He finds out he’s replaced someone — also named Dr. Gilmer — who went to prison after killing his own father. But the more Benjamin’s patients talk about the other Dr. Gilmer, the more confused he becomes. Everyone loved the old Dr. Gilmer. So Benjamin starts digging around, trying to understand how a good man can seemingly turn bad.

Ep. 69: "Campfire Spaghetti Party" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

The Problem: People would treat you so differently if you were literally riding a bear.

malinger - Wiktionary

malinger (third-person singular simple present malingers, present participle malingering, simple past and past participle malingered)(intransitive)

To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation.It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.[edit]

kung fu grippe - "Chasing the RIght Zero"

Once you’ve dedicated yourself to making the things you love, every inbox can and should become a well-monitored servant rather than a merciless master.

Because, at the risk of sounding a little fruity, I believe that a life in which we habitually abandon the known Good Things in order to helplessly stab at ““managing”” a nebulous morass of chaoses that we can never control is not much of a life at all.

Snitchware – WeatherSnitch 2

The search for the perfect weather app is over.Beautiful weather conditions, a brilliant interface,and all the weather information you need.

Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1: Cory Walker, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley: 9781582405001: Amazon.com: Books

Get in on the ground floor! This massive hardcover collects the first 13 issues of Robert Kirkman's Eisner-Nominated super-hero, along with all the extras from the first three trade paperback volumes and even more on top of that! Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 1 is a can't-miss for anyone who's wanted to start reading Invincible, but needed an easier way to start from the beginning.

The Enchiridion (book) - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Simon & Marcy - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Ice King and Marceline 996 years ago.

A Glitch Is a Glitch - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Ice King creates a computer virus to delete everybody except him and Princess Bubblegum.

Dad's Dungeon - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Jake feels conflicted when his father forces him to try and hold Finn back in a dungeon meant to toughen Finn up.

Please Stop Fighting About Your Smartphone | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Here’s the thing: Every phone can be right, for the right reasons. Every platform can be wonderful. (Do you know how easy it would be to make a BlackBerry joke right here? Do you? I’ve got the joke right here in my pocket. You sense it even. You’re dying to make it yourself. Go ahead. This one time. Just do it. Whisper it. I’m listening.) Here’s the thing. That Blackberry Z10? It’s right for someone, somewhere. It really is. There’s someone out there who will take that phone home and love it. Just completely love it. Not in a romantic, or sexual way. (I hope.) But nonetheless, love.

Mac OS X Automation: Services Manager

[An indispensable app for turning OS X Services on and off and easily setting command keys]

Cobook Contacts - the new iPhone and Mac address book

A better address bookFind contacts faster and organize them with tags. Get integrated social profiles and keep contacts up-to-date automatically.

Soulver | Acqualia

Soulver helps you work things out.

It's quicker to use than a spreadsheet, and smarter and clearer than a traditional calculator.

Use Soulver to play around with numbers, do "back of the envelope" quick calculations, and solve day-to-day problems.

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

Drafts is a different kind of note taking app. In Drafts, text comes first – open the app and get a new, blank draft. Don’t get bogged down in a timeline to tweet or post to Facebook and App.net. Don’t tap through multiple screens to compose an email or SMS. Don’t navigate folders, create files and name them just to jot down a note or create a todo. Drafts is available for both iPhone and iPad.

Accidental Tech Podcast

A Tech Podcast We Accidentally Created While Trying to Do a Car Show.

Featuring Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa.

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

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Back to Work 113: Entropy's Gonna Do Its Business

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Drafts for iOS, and Who You Want to Be

This week, Dan and Merlin cover two very different topics.

First, there's a detailed discussion of one of Merlin's favorite iOS apps, Drafts, including a deep dive on the app's extraordinary interactions with everything from Twitter to calendars to Dropbox.

Second, Dan and Merlin have an A-plus conversation on the hardest question you’ll ask yourself this week: “Is this who I want to be?”

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Fancy Monkeys - Scruffy Thinking - Scruffy.TV

On this special That Scruffy Post Show Kanen sits down with Stu Maschwitz and Merlin Mann on their second visit to the show! They discuss delegation, dealing with email and to do lists, assistants, and working hard to make being lazy possible. Does it get better than that?

Why 'Adventure Time' Is the Best Sci-Fi Show on TV Right Now | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire

Sometimes you love a show so much it can do weird things to your head. I've gone out on a limb with Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time" by deeming it a groundbreaking form of cartoon storytelling that fuses several eras of animation into a delightfully surreal and yet oddly familiar experience. I also wondered if the entire show was one big metaphor for sex. I stand by the former and wince a little when contemplating the latter as anything other than one more manifestation of the fun possibilities involved in reading into a show that has a deceptively simple surface and tangibly dark interiors. But after last night's wonderful flashback special episode, "Simon and Marcy," I'm convinced of one thing: "Adventure Time" is the best science fiction show on television right now.

Quicksilver — Mac OS X at your Fingertips

Quicksilver — LoveQuicksilver Blog

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

Amazon.com: "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Gunter - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical! | kung fu grippe

Depeche Mode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Depeche Mode (pron.: /dɨˈpɛʃ/) are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group’s original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals, occasional songwriter since 2005), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andy Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980–81). Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, Speak & Spell, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, occasional songwriter) with Gore taking over songwriting. Wilder left the band in 1995; Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher have since continued as a trio.

Prolost - About

Stu Maschwitz is a filmmaker, photographer, and writer, with a passion for kinetic storytelling. A graduate of CalArts, Maschwitz spent four years at Industrial Light

Stu Maschwitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stuart T. Maschwitz, commonly known as Stu Maschwitz, was the co-founder and chief technology officer of The Orphanage, a visual effects company that was based in California. He has worked as senior visual effects supervisor on several films. He previously worked at Industrial Light and Magic.

Stu Maschwitz (5tu) on Twitter

Filmmaking nerd.Bay Area, CA
http://prolost.com

Stuart T. Maschwitz - IMDb

I Remember You - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Ice King visits Marceline to ask for help in creating a song to attract princesses, but Marceline struggles to deal emotionally with his presence.

Simon and Marcy - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Synopsis: Ice King and Marceline 996 years ago.

Simon and Marcy/Transcript - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Gunter - The Adventure Time Wiki. Mathematical!

Gunter is the name of the penguin that most commonly accompanies the Ice King, although in "Princess Monster Wife," it is shown that multiple penguins have subtle variants of that name but the Ice King pronounces the other penguins' names differently. The Ice King uses Gunter as his personal servant, whereas the other penguins working for the Ice King are more or less slaves. It is not completely clear whether Gunter is male or female.

A Bug's Life (1998)

David L. Lander - IMDb

Dunbar's number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. These are relationships in which an individual knows who each person is, and how each person relates to every other person.[1] Proponents assert that numbers larger than this generally require more restrictive rules, laws, and enforced norms to maintain a stable, cohesive group. It has been proposed to lie between 100 and 230, with a commonly used value of 150.

Audiobus: Live, app-to-app audio.

Bring your audio apps together.

Drafts for iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store

Drafts, where text starts on iOS.

Sherlock - TV.com

This three-part series retells the tale of England's most celebrated detective but in a modern-day setting, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman taking the leads as Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson respectively.

Nuts (Pitiful Old Man) / Remember You - Marceline and The Ice King (aka Simon) - YouTube

This is from the cartoon Adventure Time from episode 4x25 called 'I Remember You'. Olivia Olson played Marcy and The Ice King is played by Tom Kenny.

Anna Debenham (anna_debenham) on Twitter

Front-end Astronaut
Brighton · http://www.maban.co.uk

Marceline & Simon - "Remember You"

This magic keeps me alive
But, it's making me crazy
And, I need to save you
But, who's going to save me?
Please forgive me for whatever I do
When I don't remember you

Remember you (Marceline & the Ice King) lyrics - ADVENTURE TIME

"Marceline…I can feel myself slipping away"

Flexibits | Fantastical for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.

The Mac calendar you'll actually enjoy using

App Cubby • Hand Crafted iPhone Apps - Launch Center

Launch actions, not just apps!

5by5 | Hypercritical #15: The Bridges of Siracusa County

5by5 | Back to Work #13: The Kid's Great

Dan and Merlin talk about "Cranking" - Merlin's latest post at 43folders.com.

5by5 | Mac Power Users

Fancy Monkeys - That Scruffy Post Show with guests Merlin Mann and Stu Maschwitz on Huffduffer

IMDB: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Fantastic Mr Fox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fantastic Mr Fox is a children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was published in 1970 by George Allen & Unwin in the UK and Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S., with illustrations by Donald Chaffin. The first UK Puffin paperback edition, first issued in 1974, featured illustrations by Jill Bennett. Later editions have featured illustrations by Tony Ross (1988) and Quentin Blake (1996). The story is about Mr Fox and how he outwits his farmer neighbours to steal their food from right under their noses.

Fantastic Mr. Fox | Fox Searchlight

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists

A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.

Marceline the Vampire Queen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marceline the Vampire Queen is a main character in the American animated television series Adventure Time created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by Olivia Olson in most appearances, by Ava Acres as a child and by Cloris Leachman as an old woman. Marceline is a fun-loving 1,000-year-old trickster vampire queen. The name Marceline is based on the middle name of a childhood friend of Ward's, Marie. The artistic design for Marceline was created by Ward, with small changes and additions added by Phil Rynda, former lead character designer and prop designer for Adventure Time. Unlike a traditional vampire, Marceline does not need to drink blood to survive; rather, she eats the color red. Marceline is a musician who plays an electric bass that she made from her family's heirloom battle-axe.

About handleOpenURL: - handleOpenURL: Shared Interapp Communication on iOS

We set up handleOpenURL.com because we were looking for a central place where we could find more info about the schemes other apps were using and where we could share the schemes we implemented in our apps.

Searching the Internet turned up information scattered all over the net. We thought it would be a nice thing to set up a place where this information is collected.

handleOpenURL.com is open to developers to share their URL schemes.

IPhone URL Schemes - akosma wiki

This page centralizes code samples for URL schemes available in many iPhone applications, not only in Apple's but in many others. It also includes programming tips and references about implementing apps registering or consuming URL schemes.

Writing Kit 3.x · Unitasking at its finest

Advanced Markdown Text Editor…Meets Awesome Researching Tools

whacker - The Jargon File v4.4.7

A person, similar to a hacker, who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities. Whereas a hacker tends to produce great hacks, a whacker only ends up whacking the system or program in question. Whackers are often quite egotistical and eager to claim wizard status, regardless of the views of their peers.

Antonio Gramsci (Hegemony) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Gramsci, hegemonic dominance ultimately relied on a "consented" coercion, and in a "crisis of authority" the "masks of consent" slip away, revealing the fist of force.

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Back to Work 112: Touching Pizza and Robotron

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Choosing Your Forks.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about some of the deeper and more slippery issues behind changes in our career and life.

In particular, how do we go from a vague tickle to that feeling of full-blown intolerability that can end up driving a change? Are we looking backward at what we should be doing as we slavishly catalog our many petty aggrievements? Or, do we take two giant steps back and apply a cooler eye to what we really want to do next?

Even before we find our forks in the road, how can we know a big decision might or should be coming our way? And, how do we stay current on that never-ending need to accept and plan for the changes we never could have anticipated?

It's tough at 23, it's super-hard at 30, and, brother, is it ever murder at 50.

Sure, it's a little fruity, but, yeah: you need to write the story you really want to live. Rather than just cobbling together a flattering post-mortem on how you magically ended up where you are.

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PDFpen for Mac Version 6 on Vimeo

PDFpen for the Mac version 6 has some great new features including a new user interface, conversion to Word, and auto form generation. This screencast shows off some of my favorite things about the new version.

Find The Thing You're Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

I can’t stress this enough: Do what you love…in between work commitments, and family commitments, and commitments that tend to pop up and take immediate precedence over doing the thing you love.

Ep. 67: "All of the Small Beer" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

The Problem: Fixing the problem at the attitude level.

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A whiff of history - The Boston Globe

But despite its primacy in our lives, our sense of smell is often overlooked when we record our history. We tend to connect with the past visually - we look at objects displayed in a museum, photographs in a documentary, the writing in a manuscript. Sometimes we might hear a vintage speech, or touch an ancient artifact and imagine what it was like to use it. But our knowledge of the past is almost completely deodorized.

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State-dependent learning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

State-dependent learning, or state-dependent memory, is the phenomenon in which the retrieval of a memory is most effective when an individual is in the same state of consciousness as it was when the memory was formed.[1] The term is typically used to describe states of consciousness induced by psychoactive drugs—most commonly, alcohol.[2]

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How to Memorize a Deck of Cards with Dominic O'Brien - YouTube

This is a great clip from a Dutch TV show, in which Dominic O'Brien shows you how to memorize a deck of cards.

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Transactive memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A transactive memory system is a mechanism through which groups collectively encode, store, and retrieve knowledge. Transactive memory was initially studied in couples and families where individuals had close relationships but was later extended to teams, larger groups, and organizations to explain how they develop a "group mind"

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You Can Have an Amazing Memory: Learn Life-Changing Techniques and Tips from the Memory Maestro: Dominic O'Brien: 9781907486456: Amazon.com: Books

Never forget a name or a number again! Dominic O'Brien is legendary for winning the World Memory Championship eight times and outwitting the casinos of Las Vegas to win a fortune at blackjack. Here, for the first time, he reveals his secrets for memory mastery. Follow his brain-boosting techniques and turn your mind into a super-powered computer that will recall PIN numbers with ease, remember directions, and help bring you success in business, leisure, and relationships.

Good from the First Drop - The New Disruptors - Mule Radio Syndicate

Tony Konecny, better known as Tonx, has been sourcing and roasting beans for a numbers of years, and recently founded Tonx Coffee, a subscription service that delivers whole beans from small batch roasting every two weeks. It’s not a bean of the month club. It’s a way to bypass the overchoice that one can face in specialty coffee shops, and get the assurance that the beans are fresh and good every time. In this episode, listen to Tonx and his ecommerce guru Nik Bauman talk about the joys of coffee and the joys of starting a business in which you can talk directly to your customers without anyone else getting in the way. There’s a brief interlude in which the host and a friend have a little Tonx tasting, too.

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New Field Guide: Markdown — MacSparky

Markdown started as a clever way to write for the web but has become so much more. This book demystifies Markdown, making it easy for anybody to learn. This book includes 130 pages and 27 screencasts totaling more than one and a half hours of video. There is also an additional hour of audio interviews. This book will take you from zero knowledge of Markdown to being a Markdown pro and change the way you write for the better.

Memory and Forgetting - Radiolab

Remembering is an unstable and profoundly unreliable process--it’s easy come, easy go as we learn how true memories can be obliterated, and false ones added. And Oliver Sacks joins us to tell the story of an amnesiac whose love for his wife and music transcend his 7-second memory.

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Crazy: The Best Pick Pocket Ever On The Today Show - YouTube

Apollo Rollins is a mind-blowing pickpocket.

Adam Green: The Spectacular Thefts of Apollo Robbins, Pickpocket : The New Yorker

A few years ago, at a Las Vegas convention for magicians, Penn Jillette, of the act Penn and Teller, was introduced to a soft-spoken young man named Apollo Robbins, who has a reputation as a pickpocket of almost supernatural ability. Jillette, who ranks pickpockets, he says, "a few notches below hypnotists on the show-biz totem pole," was holding court at a table of colleagues, and he asked Robbins for a demonstration, ready to be unimpressed. Robbins demurred, claiming that he felt uncomfortable working in front of other magicians. He pointed out that, since Jillette was wearing only shorts and a sports shirt, he wouldn?t have much to work with.

"Come on," Jillette said. "Steal something from me."

The Rock-afire Explosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Rock-afire Explosion is an animatronic robot band that played in Showbiz Pizza Place from 1980 to 1990, and in various Showbiz Pizza locations between 1990-1992 as Showbiz rebranded and the band was steadily replaced by Chuck E. Cheese characters. The show was pioneering in many respects to other animatronics shows of the early 1980s, featuring life-sized characters capable of facial expression

Steven Seagal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seagal moved to Japan in his late teens after he went to Japan with his father who was visiting for military purposes and met karate masters and decided to remain in Japan. He received his 1st dan degree (Shodan) under the direction of Koichi Tohei. He continued to train in aikido as a student of Seiseki Abe, Koichi Tohei (whose aikido organization, Ki Society, Seagal refused to join in favor of staying with the Aikikai), Kisaburo Osawa, Hiroshi Isoyama and the second doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba. He attained a 7th dan degree and Shihan in aikido and became the first foreigner to operate an aikido dojo in Japan

5by5 | Quit! #4: The Answer Is "Do Both"

Dan talks with Phil Coffman, Shlok Vaidya, Producer Robin Welch, and callers about so-called "moderate success", passion, starting out, paying your dues, making changes, the myth of job security, and finding a mentor.

5by5 | Quit! #14: Don't Run A Sh*tty Company

Dan is joined by David Heinemeier Hansson, Shlok Vaidya, Producer Haddie Cooke to discuss telecommuting vs. being in the office.

5by5 | Quit! #9: Four O'Clock In the Morning Courage

Dan Benjamin is joined by Joel Bush, Shlok Vaidya, Tina Nikolova and producer Haddie Cooke to discuss what it means to have "four o'clock in the morning courage".

Aikido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aikido is performed by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing it head-on. This requires very little physical strength, as the aikid?ka (aikido practitioner) "leads" the attacker's momentum using entering and turning movements. The techniques are completed with various throws or joint locks.[5]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 #1 - Comics by comiXology

There's a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! Join the brightest stars in the Marvel U: Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot and Iron Man, as they embark upon one of the most explosive and eye-opening chapters of Marvel NOW!

Søren Kierkegaard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (/?s?r?n ?k??rk???rd/ or /?k??rk???r/

Leap of faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something intangible or unprovable, or without empirical evidence.

Chris Bachalo Illustration : Profile

CHRIS BACHALO is internationally recognized as one of the most popular artists in the comic industry. His body of work covers a wide spectrum of genres ranging from the critically acclaimed “Sandman,” “Shade,” “Death, The High Cost of Living” and “Batman” series for DC to “Incredible Hulk,” “Uncanny X-Men,” “The Amazing Spider-man,” “Captain America” and the quirky pop favorite “Generation X,” which he co-created with Scott Lobdell for Marvel Comics. Generation X, became the first title from Marvel that was adapted into a live action film for Fox.The short story “The Wheel” written by Stardust and Beowulf writer Neil Gaimen and illustrated by Chris featured the Death character and was inducted into the library of Congress in 2003. It was created as part of a tribute to 911. His cover work for the title Hunter, The Age of Magic for DC was included as part of a New York gallery show for the Society of Illustrators. He is currently working on Marvels’ newest XMEN title, the critically acclaimed, Wolverine and the X-Men with Jason Aaron.

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Freelance front end developer based in Brighton, UK

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“Hey, everybody! Look at me! I’m Dr. Octagon!”

5by5 | Systematic #35: Rob Corddry - Fiddling for Fun and Profit

Rob Corddry (Daily Show, Hot Tub Time Machine, Warm Bodies...) guests to talk about screenwriting, GTD, workflows and why we spend our free time fiddling with all of the above.

Fountain | A markup language for screenwriting.

Fountain is a simple markup syntax for writing, editing and sharing screenplays in plain, human-readable text. Fountain allows you to work on your screenplay anywhere, on any computer or tablet, using any software that edits text files.Taking its cues from John Gruber’s Markdown, Fountain files are eminently readable. When special syntax is required, it is straightforward and intuitive.

5by5 | Mac Power Users

Learn about getting the most from your Apple technology with focused topics and workflow guests. Creating Mac Power Users, one geek at a time since 2009.

Robotron: 2084 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robotron: 2084 (also referred to as Robotron) is an arcade video game developed by Vid Kidz and released by Williams Electronics in 1982. It is a shooting game that features two-dimensional (2D) graphics. The game is set in the year 2084, in a fictional world where robots have turned against humans. The aim is to defeat endless waves of robots, rescue surviving humans, and earn as many points as possible.

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Back to Work 111: You Get There Early for Pancake Day

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Memory.

This week, Dan and Merlin try to tackle the complexities of memory.

Why do we remember things from childhood with unimpeachable detail, but then forget our own phone number or PIN code? How can the same person remember the name of everyone he's ever met, and then space a phone call a couple hours after it was scheduled? Why do we remember and why do we forget?

Unsurprisingly, few concrete answers appear, but there's plenty of lively conversation on savant syndrome, tactical memory aides, and the precise location of Merlin's pills.

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Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry - YouTube

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Tip of the tongue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon (TOT), sometimes called presque vu, is the failure to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent.[1] The phenomenon's name comes from the saying, "It's on the tip of my tongue."

Papenhausen Hardware

We are now carrying SodaStream products. That's right you can make your own sodas or carbonated water drinks. The machine is simple to use and the cartridges are refillable. Just bring down your empty one and exchange it for a full one.

Chunking (psychology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chunking, in psychology, is a phenomenon whereby individuals group responses when performing a memory task. Tests where individuals can demonstrate "chunking" commonly include serial and free recall tasks

Heuristic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In more precise terms, heuristics are strategies using readily accessible, though loosely applicable, information to control problem solving in human beings and machines

Jamie Phelps (jxpx777) on Twitter

Smartsure and cocksure.

Jamie Phelps | Smartsure and cocksure

Rain Man (1988) - IMDb

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie

Rain Man (1988) - Trivia - IMDb

Dustin Hoffman spent a year working with autistic men and their families to understand their complex relationships. Also, when he was a jobbing actor, he had worked in a psychiatric care home, and drew from his experiences then for the film.

Kim Peek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Rain Man. Unlike Babbitt, who had autism, Peek probably had FG syndrome.

Kim Peek - The Real Rain Man [1/5] - YouTube

Savant syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Savant syndrome is a condition in which a person with serious mental disabilities, including autistic disorder, demonstrates profound and prodigious capacities and/or abilities far in excess of what would be considered normal

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief: Lawrence Wright: 9780307700667: Amazon.com: Books

A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower,?the now-classic study of al-Qaeda?s 9/11 attack. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with?current and former Scientologists?both famous and less well known?and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative ability to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology.

Operating Thetan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Scientology, Operating Thetan (OT) is a spiritual state above Clear. L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer and creator of Scientology, defined it as "knowing and willing cause over life, thought, matter, energy, space and time (MEST)"

The downside of the outboard brain | 43 Folders

Clive Thompson writes on a phenomenon I think about constantly: if you really do start entrusting all your ephemeral memory work to external systems, might your wetware start to atrophy?

David Brooks on his "Outsourced Brain" | 43 Folders

NYT's David Brooks on outsourcing memory, reference, and decision-making to things that theoretically do it better:

Tips on becoming a better listener | 43 Folders

No, friend, you will be deeply annoyed to hear me ask you to repeat your name at least twice, and possibly five times, during our inaugural conversation. And, in subsequent meetings, even though your face will be forever etched upon my brain (a skill at which I absolutely excel), I will probably call you "Champ," "Chief," or possibly "Tex." Because, yes, I will have completely forgotten your name.

SI Football Phone commercial - YouTube

Sports Illustrated Football Phone. Late 80s

Albert Einstein - Wikiquote

[I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. ...The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

Who Will Own Your Next Good Idea? (Part Three)

"A weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime in seventeenth-century England" --Richard Saul Wurman

5by5 | After Dark #360: After Back to Work #111

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MI Spliff UB40 - YouTube

Neuroplasticity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neuroplasticity (from neural - pertaining to the nerves and/or brain and plastic - moldable or changeable in structure), also known as brain plasticity, refers to changes in neural pathways and synapses which are due to changes in behavior, environment and neural processes, as well as changes resulting from bodily injury. Neuroplasticity has replaced the formerly-held position that the brain is a physiologically static organ, and explores how - and in which ways - the brain changes throughout life.

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Back to Work 110: Okay, Then.

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Stupidity.

This week, Dan and Merlin tackle stupidity. And, brother, there sure are a whole lot of flavors of stupid.

Are we really talking about being clueless, unaware, dumb, absent-minded, or just plain-old ignorant? Because they're actually pretty different animals.

Whether you're dropping your library book in the mailbox, leaving your iPad at home, following baseless medical advice, or doing whatever Dan did with his garage door (don't worry: the car is fine), it's really helpful to understand where your real problem really lives.

From a tactical standpoint, try some useful failsafes, rituals, and habits. But, at a higher level, learn to develop the curiosity to keep evolving. Stay open to how you might be wrong by always seeking out the smartest person you can find who disagrees with you.

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Superman Family Adventures Vol. 1 (Superman (Graphic Novels)): Franco, Art Baltazar: 9781401240509: Amazon.com: Books

Superman! Superboy! Supergirl! Krypto the Superdog! The entire Superman family is reimagined here in this energetic all-ages graphic novel. Don't miss the heroes of Metropolis fighting such foes as Bizarro, Metallo, Lex Luthor and more in these tales from issues numbered 1-6 of the all-ages series.

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SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES #1 | DC Comics

Superman's closest allies take the stage like you have never seen before, from the Eisner Award-winning team of Art Baltazar and Franco (TINY TITANS)

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Superman's closest allies take the stage like you have never seen before. Classic Superman elements reinterpreted for all ages--pack your bags and meet us in Metropolis! An all-new all-ages title from the Eisner Award-winning creative team of TINY TITANS, Art Baltazar and Franco!

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Gamechanging 'Marvel Unlimited' App Offers Digital Subscription Model — Gutters and Panels

This is news many of us were hoping for - it was just a matter of time. Gizmodo reports that Marvel Comics will now begin offering their digital catalog of back issues for use on iOS (iPhone and iPad, with Android coming soon)? for a flat subscription rate. Prices start at $10 a month, or limited-time offer of $60 for a year of service, which will allow access to over 13,000 digitally-scanned comics from Marvel's extensive history.

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Dreyfus model of skill acquisition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the novice stage, a person follows rules as given, without context, with no sense of responsibility beyond following the rules exactly. Competence develops when the individual develops organizing principles to quickly access the particular rules that are relevant to the specific task at hand

Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.

Four stages of competence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In psychology, the four stages of competence, or the "conscious competence" learning model, relates to the psychological states involved in the process of progressing from incompetence to competence in a skill.

Dreyfus: A five-stage model of the mental activities... - Google Scholar

SE Dreyfus, HL Dreyfus - 1980

Abstract : In acquiring a skill by means of instruction and experience, the student normally passes through five developmental stages which we designate novice, competence, proficiency, expertise and mastery. We argue, based on analysis of careful descriptions of skill acquisition, that as the student becomes skilled, he depends less on abstract principles and more on concrete experience. We systematize and illustrate the progressive changes in a performer's ways of seeing his task environment. We conclude that any skill- training procedure must be based on some model of skill acquisition, so that it can address, at each stage of training, the appropriate issues involved in facilitating advancement.

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Daredevil, Vol. 1: Frank Miller, Bill Mantlo, Marv Wolfman, Roger McKenzie, David Michelinie, Klaus Janson: 9780785134732: Amazon.com: Books

A classic Marvel hero defined by one of comics' greatest visionaries! A Marvel Comics mainstay since 1964, Daredevil got a new lease on life in a landmark 1979-1983 run by writer-penciler Frank Miller and inker-penciler Klaus Janson, whose daring reinvention of the character quickly made Miller one of the biggest and most influential stars in the comic-book industry. Miller put his own stamp on established cast members such as reporter Ben Urich, femme fatale Black Widow, mad assassin Bullseye, the saw-fisted Gladiator, and monstrous crime boss Kingpin. Miller also introduced Daredevil's mysterious mentor Stick, deadly ninja foes the Hand, and Matt's long-lost love Elektra, a beautiful assassin who would become one of Marvel's most memorable characters. Mixing traditional super-heroics with mysterious martial artistry, doomed romance, and dark personal drama, Miller's character-defining DD run is collected across three titanic trade paperbacks! Collecting Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man

Daredevil by Mark Waid, Vol. 1: Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, Marcos Martin, Emma Rios, Kano Kano, Khoi Pham: 9780785168065: Amazon.com: Books

A fresh start for the Man Without Fear! Matt Murdock is back in New York and hoping to resuscitate his law practice, but not everyone is happy to see him. And Daredevil hits the streets as Klaw, master of sound, makes his deadly return! Then, a blind client holds the key to a global conspiracy perpetrated by some familiar foes. Can Daredevil protect him long enough to bring down an international criminal organization? And when a piece of cutting-edge technology goes missing, Daredevil and Punisher team up to track it down and clear the Black Cat of the crime. But is Black Cat really innocent?! And after someone exhumes Battlin' Jack Murdock's grave, DD heads underground to find the villain responsible. Mark Waid's fantastic rejuvenation of Daredevil begins here!

Amazon.com: Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Ultimate Collection - Book 1 (9780785143888): Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Alex Maleev: Books

During a character-defining run, Brian Michael Bendis crafted a pulp-fiction narrative that exploited the Man Without Fear's rich tapestry of characters and psychodrama, and resolved them in an incredibly nuanced, modern approach. Now, this Eisner Award-winning run is collected across three titanic trade paperbacks! In this volume, witness the Kingpin's downfall at the hands of Sammy Silke and see how a down-on-his-luck FBI agent can change Matt's life forever. Collects Daredevil

I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You: Ben Peskoe, Bill Green, Scott Shuffitt, Will Russell: 9781596912465: Amazon.com: Books

To some The Big Lebowski is just a movie, to others it's THE MOVIE. Over the past several years the movie has developed a massive and passionate cult following, led by the creation of Lebowski Fest, a traveling festival celebrating all things Lebowski. Held in a bowling alley, it features bowling, costume and trivia contests, live music, a screening of the movie, White Russians, and what-have-you. Attendance has grown exponentially and the Fest has been featured in virtually every national media outlet, from NPR to the New York Times. The Associated Press called it "kind of a 'Star Trek' convention, but without all the geeks." SPIN Magazine called it one of the "19 events you can't miss!" Now, at last, comes the book that the legion of Lebowski fans (aka Achievers) has been waiting for. I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski is a treasure trove of trivia and commentary, hilarious throughout and illustrated with photos from the film, including dozens taken on the set by Jeff Bridges. It includes interviews with virtually every major and minor cast member including John Goodman, Julianne Moore and John Turturro, as well as the real-life individuals who served as inspiration for the characters such as Jeff Dowd and John Milius. Fellow Achievers Patton Oswalt, Tony Hawk and Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken give their thoughts on the movie and the phenomenon that surrounds it. The book features a handy guide to speaking Achiever, tips on how to Dude-ify your car, office, and living space, Lebowski Fest highlights and so much more.

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Maria Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maria Hill is a fictional character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. As the former director of the planetary defense/intelligence service S.H.I.E.L.D., she appears in various storylines in which that organization figures prominently, which often feature the Avengers or members of that group, such as the late 2000s Civil War and Secret Invasion miniseries, and the monthly Iron Man series, in which she was a prominent supporting character during the "Dark Reign" and "Stark Disassembled" storylines.

Alternative versions of the Hulk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In addition to his mainstream incarnation, Hulk has also been depicted in other fictional universes, in which Bruce Banner's transformation, behavior, or circumstances vary from the mainstream setting. In some stories, someone other than Bruce Banner is the Hulk.

Ben-Day dots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely spaced, widely spaced or overlapping. Magenta dots, for example, are widely spaced to create pink. Pulp comic books of the 1950s and 1960s used Ben-Day dots in the four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) to inexpensively create shading and secondary colors such as green, purple, orange and flesh tones.

She-Hulk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) is a Marvel Comics superheroine. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she first appeared in Savage She-Hulk

Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy: Matthew Reinhart: 9780439882828: Amazon.com: Books

Matthew Reinhart has created another spectacular pop-up book for George Lucas's epic STAR WARS movies! Bestselling pop-up artist and engineer Matthew Reinhart has designed a thirtieth anniversary commemorative edition that comes packed with a variety of novelty features -- pop-ups, working light sabers, pull tabs, and other interactive looks at the exciting and popular movies. This beautiful book will impress all fans of STAR WARS and gives a whole new perspective to the films.

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Back to Work 109: Two Paragraphs on Bourbon

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Not So Much

This week, Dan and Merlin eschew ““topic”” to freely discuss razors, beef, They Might Be Giants, prolapse, Genesis, dogs, Spider-Man (and -Womyn), pretender marteenies, truck butt, the lonely plaster casts of our youth, blind harmonicists, those awesome blue IKEA bags, ceviche, E.L.O., Goldenberg's Peanut Chews, bumping, hypoglycemia, how Merlin named his daughter, Hyman Roth, endive, and, of course, The Big Lebowski.

Then, they go and blow it all by unintentionally having a really useful discussion about Merlin's three key elements of optimal and sustainable workflows.

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OmniFocus is an incredible piece of software. I and countless others rely on it every day to manage increasingly hectic lives and complex, multi-facetted projects.This script is an effort to reduce one of the largest sources of friction remaining in my OmniFocus setup: maintaining and creating projects that don't recur on even intervals, but occur frequently enough that their planning and capture becomes a time sink.

Arnold Robbins - O'Reilly Media

Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU project's version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.

Arnold Rothstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 – November 5, 1928), nicknamed "the Brain," was a Jewish-American racketeer, businessman and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish mob in New York. Rothstein was widely reputed to have organized corruption in professional athletics, most notoriously conspiring in the fixing of the 1919 World Series.

Hyman Roth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hyman Roth is a fictional character in the Godfather series of books and films. He was a Jewish investor and a business partner of Vito Corleone, and later his son Michael Corleone. He is based on the late Florida-based mobster, Meyer Lansky, and played in the movie by Lee Strasberg.

Meyer Lansky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meyer Lansky (born Meyer Suchowljansky; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant," was a Russian-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States. For decades he was thought to be one of the most powerful people in the country.

5by5 | Systematic #33: Merlin Mann - Failing gracefully

Merlin Mann guests to talk about failure, success and self perception in an organic and enlightening conversation.

Store Lemons in the Fridge to Keep them Juicier Longer

The folks America's Test Kitchen wanted to see how to keep lemons juicy and fresh as long as possible, and the answer is simple: put them in a zipper bag and toss them in the fridge.

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Open Compose Takes You Straight to Gmail's New Email Window to Avoid Inbox Distractions

Chrome: Your inbox gets distracting […] and sometimes you just want to send an email without seeing everything else requiring a response. Open Compose lets you click a button and compose a message in Gmail, no distraction required.

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Back to Work, so you can be creative and collect comics — PIE Isn't Easy

Andy introduced me to Merlin Mann last year, and since then I kind of feel like we've moved in together.?

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Unix in a Nutshell is the standard desktop reference, without question. (Manpages come in a close second.) With a clean layout and superior command tables available at a glance, O'Reilly's third edition of Nutshell is an essential to own.

Tarsier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.

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Back in the team-up biz! He's been Amazing, he's been Spectacular, he's been Sensational. Now, Spider-Man is doing a little Avenging, and he's brought a few of his pals along for the ride. Ever the social animal, the wallcrawler has a proud tradition of fi ghting side-by-side with heroes from across the Marvel Universe. And now that he's a card-carrying member of both the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, he can't go far without swinging into a teammate or two. Step forward the rascally Red Hulk, the hotheaded Hawkeye and the legendary Captain America as Spidey bonds with Earth's Mightiest Heroes!

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Genesis - “Turn It On Again” (Duke; 1980) A very... | kung fu grippe

A very painful confession. I often listen to this song on repeat literally all morning.

The Tourists - "I Only Want To Be With You" (1979)

Hit single promo video featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart a mere 12 months before leaving the band to form Eurythmics whilst on tour in Australia.

The Tourists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Tourists (1977–1980) were a British rock and pop band, but are better known for two of their members (Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart) who went on to achieve great success as Eurythmics. The band formed around a nucleus of two musicians from Sunderland in north-east England, Peet Coombes and Dave Stewart.

Wallace Shawn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor and playwright. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre (1981), Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), and Rex the toy dinosaur in the Toy Story animated film series.

The Smart Set: Movers and Shakers - March 4, 2013

What’s the difference between SkyMall and the Shakers? One creates products for comfort, the other for independence.

Paleo Recipe: Robb Wolf’s Nor Cal Margaritas

Ingredients: 2 shots (4 oz) of clear alcohol – we used Rum, Robb uses Tequila; juice of one lime; club soda; ice

They Might Be Giants - "Ana Ng" (1988)

Make a hole with a gun perpendicular to the name of this town in a desktop globe.

Exit wound in a foreign nation, showing the home of the one this was written for.

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Cue - Know What's Next - for iPhone and web

Cue enhances your existing calendar by automatically connecting your events to related phone numbers, people, and addresses. Cue makes it easy to contact the people you care about, get to where you are going, and stay informed.

Noodlesoft | Hazel

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Hazel is a System Preference pane that works silently in the background, automatically filing, organizing and cleaning.

How I went paperless with Hazel and Evernote | Macworld

That process isn’t necessarily difficult, but it is tedious and repetitive. Multiply it by the half dozen or so statements I receive in any given month, and it’s easy to see why I decided to automate the process.

Flexibits | Fantastical for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.

Fantastical's natural language engine is expressive and intelligent so you can write in your own style. Even better, Fantastical automatically recognizes the location of your event and can even invite people from Contacts (Mountain Lion) or Address Book (Lion and Snow Leopard) to your event.

[VIDEO] White Stripes - "Fell in Love with a Girl"

She says, 'Come and kiss me by the riverside. Bobby says it's fine—he don't consider it cheating.'

Led Zeppelin IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Jimmy] Page has explained that the cover of the fourth album was intended to bring out a city/country dichotomy that had initially surfaced on Led Zeppelin III.

[IMAGE] Baby covers et al. from Dan

Nobody sends a CARE package like Dan Benjamin sends a CARE package.

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Easy to clean; just rinse with water and let dry.

Rectal prolapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rectal prolapse (rectal procidentia) refers to a medical condition where a section of the wall of the rectum prolapses (falls down) from the normal anatomical position with associated pelvic floor dysfunction. This may occur while straining to defecate, or during rest.

Urban Dictionary: docking

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Pentateuch (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 108: What Can I Spray?

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Shaving a Yak

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about The Hierarchy of Fiddling. When does self-improvement silently shade into navel-gazing, and how do we realize that it's happening?

Some fixes mean applying a fast change that produces outsized results (a true "life hack"). But, most of our more circuitous excursions into the world of ““productivity”” lead straight into a recursive black hole of lost time, sheer frustration, and soul-sucking existential onanism (let's call that one a "life whack").

Learn how to live with your dirty debit card, just satisfice with your dish-washing skills, and quit trying to solve non-problems with non-solutions.

Yes, learn the key commands, but, don't feel like you need to learn all the key commands. Iterate with mindful sanity.

And, like it says on the tin: always focus on how you'll get back to work.

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yak shaving - Wiktionary

(idiomatic) The actually useless activity you do that appears important when you are consciously or unconsciously procrastinating about a larger problem. I thought I'd get more work done if I just fixed a problem with my .emacs file, but then I spent the whole afternoon yak shaving.

Yak Shaving

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Yak-shaving is that time when you set out to do something and end up completely off-track – bogged by little details, that actually seem crucial and dependent on the goal at the time, but later turn out to be irrelevant.

bikeshedding - Wiktionary

bikeshed +? -ing. The word originates in Berkeley Software Distribution culture and implies technical disputes over minor, marginal issues conducted while more serious ones are being overlooked. The implied image is of people arguing over what color to paint the bicycle shed while the house is not finished. The word has its origins in Parkinson’s Law of Triviality. [edit]

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5by5 | Systematic #33: Merlin Mann - Failing gracefully

Merlin Mann guests to talk about failure, success and self perception in an organic and enlightening conversation.

5by5 | Back to Work #4: Failing with Style

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about trying to change other people, how things really aren’t that bad, balancing fear or being driven by fear, leaving capacity for when you get The Pitch, procrastination (eventually), and giving yourself permission to fail in an interesting way. You’re not gonna get black lung from a spreadsheet.

Consilience (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist E. O. Wilson. In this book, Wilson discusses methods that have been used to unite the sciences and might in the future unite them with the humanities. Wilson prefers and uses the term consilience to describe the synthesis of knowledge from different specialized fields of human endeavor.

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Historically, all of the sciences were once united under the rubric of "natural science." Over time, they became fragmented and specialized. Nevertheless, Wilson argues that there is a genetic and neurological basis for knowledge and that all subjects of human inquiry can be reunited under the umbrella of "consilience."

Sugar ant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus)—also known as the banded sugar ant—is a relatively large ant, identifiable by their orange-brown bodies, black head and mandibles. The sugar ants' name comes from their liking for sugar, but they are attracted to other savory food.

Mounds (candy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mounds is a candy bar made by Hershey's, and is the sister product of Almond Joy. Like Almond Joy, it consists of a coconut based center; however, it is enrobed with dark chocolate rather than milk chocolate and does not contain almonds.

World War Hulk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The plot is the culmination of a series of events that began with the Hulk being tricked into space by the Illuminati and a life model decoy of Nick Fury, the Hulk's subsequent exile seen in Planet Hulk and his imminent return to Earth to seek revenge on the Illuminati.

Image Comics | Saga #10

Marko and Alana's long-lost babysitter Izabel finally returns to the fold, but at what cost?

Like I say. Help yourself: Three. Hours.... | kung fu grippe

Like I say. Help yourself:Three. Hours. DUNGEON.http://i-0.us/three-hours-dungeon

Jim Eno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim Eno (born February 8, 1966 is the drummer and one of the founding members of the Austin, Texas band Spoon. He is also a record producer and a semiconductor chip designer.

Arnold Robbins - O'Reilly Media

Exchequer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Exchequer is a government department of the United Kingdom responsible for the management and collection of taxation and other government revenues. The historical Exchequer developed judicial roles. A similar office existed in Ireland during British rule from 1299 to 1877.

Merlin’s Awkward Hair Odyssey - a set on Flickr

One's man's frequently unfortunate journey of discovery.

Particoloured - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Particoloured, particolored or parti-color – showing different, often bright, colors or tints.

Twitter / hotdogsladies: Cheese Dog Life Hack

"[LIFE HACK] A chili cheese dog can be very messy to eat with your hands. So, eat it over your french fries and—hey—free chili-cheese fries!"

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Safe (1995) - IMDb

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Back to Work 107: Pull Out Your Dingus

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Compression

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about compression. What happens when we don't account for how long something really takes to do? And, worse still, what if we don't think about what has to happen before we can even start it?

If you find you're stressed-out, over-scheduled, under-resourced—and not particularly loving the things you're making—there's a pretty good chance you've become a victim of your own compression.

Acknowledge and understand the problem, and then learn how to avoid the classic pitfalls by falling in love with your calendar all over again.

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Hofstadter's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Planning fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Planning Fallacy - Less Wrong

Overcoming Bias

Oliver Burkeman on why everything takes longer than you think | Life and style | The Guardian

Task Times, The Planning Fallacy, and a Magical 20% | 43 Folders

The Experience and Perception of Time (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2004 Edition)

Time perception - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Timeline of Events in X-Men Comics – 1963-2012 | Comics Back Issues

Comic Book Reading Order | Comics Back Issues

Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman - Penguin Books

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Alien (1979) - IMDb

Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series 1993–1999) - IMDb

Deadpool (2012) #1 Baby Variant cover by Skottie Young | Apps | Marvel.com

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5by5 | Back to Work #5: Chigger Bites on the Bus Driver

Mac OS X Automation: Services Manager

2013 Ford Super Duty Truck | Powerful, Efficient & Productive | Ford.com

Civil War: Mark Millar, Steve McNiven: 9780785121787: Amazon.com: Books

The Road to Civil War: Brian Michael Bendis, J. Michael Straczynski, Alex Maleev, Ron Garney, Mike McKone, Tyler Kirkham: Amazon.com: Books

5by5 | The Comic Shack #26: SuperTeam-Building

Publication history of Marvel Comics crossover events - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5 Ronin: Peter Milligan, Tom Coker, Dalibor Talajic, Laurence Campbell, Goran Parlov, Leandro Fernandez: 9780785151012: Amazon.com: Books

Amazon.com: Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52) (9781401235413): Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo: Books

Fantasy Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | Back to Work #61: I Handed Him My Luke

Mint - Personal Finance, Budgeting, Money Management, Financial Management, Money Manager, Budget Planner, Free Budget Software, Online Banking

Toward a hygienic credit card | 43 Folders

Men's Razors, Buy Razor Blades Online | Dollar Shave Club

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Civil War (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

INTERVIEW: Joe Caramagna Letters The Marvel Universe

Satisficing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"…no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad" —Roger Ebert

Hoist with your own petard

The lady doth protest too much, methinks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We Source, Roast, and Ship Coffee. You Brew. | Tonx

"Bob, darn you, we can't blow cover again!" —Helen Parr

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No Country for Old Men - "The Coin Toss" [Friendo!]

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Search in a Giphy

Manage search engines - Google Chrome Help

Staying on Top of Calendar Events | Jamie Phelps

Derry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Every Six Weeks (E6W) — Tech & Coffee

From Civil War: The Road To Civil War (2007) ... | kung fu grippe

The Aviator (2004) - IMDb

Flexibits | Fantastical for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.

Way of the Future

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Back to Work 106: Enough Candy to Last Forever

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Duplicates, duplicates, duplicates.

This week, Dan and Merlin conclude their discussion of media management by focusing on dealing with duplicates. Just so many duplicates.

Music, Photos, Contacts, and Finder files. It's all thorny business, but a canny combination of backup, cool apps, and paranoid discretion can make your digital life more manageable and fun.

Also, some handy tips on sharing files, hosting media, and finding a digital home for your comic collection.

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Snapseed for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Kleenex Cool Touch Moisturizing Tissues | Kleenex®

70Decibels - Generational - 021 - Raising a Human

Great Comic Stuff — Merlin Mann

The Immortal Iron Fist, Vol. 1: The Last Iron Fist Story: Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, Travel Foreman: 9780785124894: Amazon.com: Books

Hawkeye Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Matt Fraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Aja - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brattoo Propaganda Software - Products

Gemini: The Best Duplicate File Finder and Cleaner for Mac OS X | MacPaw

CameraSync

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Gemini F.A.Q. - Frequently asked questions regarding Gemini| MacPaw

Great Comic Stuff — Merlin Mann

Jonathan Frakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes ? - dougscripts.com

CameraSync for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

PhoneView for iPhone and iPad - Save SMS, iMessages, Voicemail, Call History, Music, Photos, Notes - Ecamm Network

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Mac App Store - Contacts Cleaner

Home - TextDrop - Online text editor for Dropbox

Drafts for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Comic Book Database Software, organize your comic book collection on Windows or Mac OS X

Collectorz.com Connect: merlinmann: My Comics

Moving from a Drobo to a Synology NAS

Amazon.com: Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200RPM 2 TB SATA 6 GB/s NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive: Electronics

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Doug's Apps for iTunes ? Dupin - iTunes Duplicates Manager - v2.5.4 - Find, FIlter, Delete iTunes Duplicates

Kung Fu Grippe - “Keep Watching, Internet Bozos.”

Syncman | Synchronize Address Book with Gmail

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Back to Work 105: Fissures of Men

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Cool stuff Merlin loves.

This week, Merlin is delirious and may be in a fugue state, so he and Dan talk about a bunch of cool apps and gadgets--stuff that Merlin likes and really recommends.

Special attention goes to Drafts for iOS, the Logitech K760 Bluetooth keyboard, Verbatim's Tuff 'n Tiny USB drive, Cortex Camera for iOS, Cobook Address Book, with many more suggestions along the way, including handy tips based on how Merlin uses each.

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And now it’s all this

Drafts for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Amazon.com: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 for Mac/iPad/iPhone (920-003884): Computers & Accessories

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Cobook for iPhone for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

BusyCal

Syncman | Synchronize Address Book with Gmail

Readdle

Bokononism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Drafts 2.5.2 and Drafts for iPad 1.5.2 - Blog - Agile Tortoise

iOS Automation and Workflows with Drafts

Review: Drafts for iPhone and iPad | Macworld

Drafts: A Truly Indispenable iOS App

Drafts: Action Directory

SuperDuper!

1Password for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

1Password 4.1 for iOS adds… way too much great stuff to fit in a post title | Agile Blog

1Password for iOS wins an Editor’s Choice Award from The Mac Observer! | Agile Blog

Jamie Phelps | Smartsure and cocksure

Jamie Phelps (jxpx777) on Twitter

Sparse image - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coding Horror: The Hot/Crazy Solid State Drive Scale

Amazon.com: NewerTech Voyager Q Quad Interface Dock for 2.5" and 3.5" Serial ATA Drives: Electronics

Evernote Hello | Evernote

Flexibits | Fantastical for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.

nvALT - Brett Terpstra

Rorschach & Friends Boner. | kung fu grippe

Matthew 4:19 "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

70Decibels - Generational

My curtain calls - All this

Balls - All this

App Cubby • Hand Crafted iPhone Apps - Launch Center

Apple URL Scheme Reference: Introduction

IPhone URL Schemes - akosma wiki

Jonathan Coulton

OmniFocus for iPhone - The Omni Group

Pastebot — Tapbots

Swiss+Tech UKCSB-1 Utili-Key 6-in-1 Keychain Multi-Tool : Amazon.com : Automotive

Avatar: The Last Airbender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

70Decibels - Generational - 015 - Curiosity and Analytical Thinking with Dr. Drang

Cortex Camera for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Prednisone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 104: Grab Your Revolver

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Modern Media Management: Metadata and Smart Playlists

This week Dan and Merlin continue their 3-part series on Modern Media Management: handling your iTunes Library, iOS Devices, and iTunes Match without making yourself crazy.

In this episode, the focus is on fixing audio metadata, with a big discussion of the awesome MusicBrainz and Picard.

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Tangled - Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin HD - YouTube

Watch Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe Online | Netflix

Maria Bamford's One-Hour Homemade Christmas Special! on Vimeo

Nerdist Podcast: Maria Bamford Returns! « Nerdist

MusicBrainz - The Open Music Encyclopedia

MusicBrainz Picard - MusicBrainz

Manage your Video Collection with iTunes | iFlicks

Mac App Store - Smarts

Apple - iTunes - Match

iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match

FFmpeg documentation : :

Keystone Cops - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TMDb — The Movie Database

Online TV Database - An open directory of television shows for HTPC software

Comic Book DB - The Comic Book Database

Roku 2 XS 1080p Streaming Player:Amazon:Electronics

5by5 | The Crossover #7: We Met at a Tequila Bar

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Back to Work 103: Lotta Little Knives

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Modern Media Management: iTunes Match

This week Dan and Merlin begin a 3-part series on Modern Media Management: handling your iTunes Library, iOS Devices, and iTunes Match without making yourself crazy.

In this episode, they cover setting up and using iTunes Match, being safe and paranoid, what to do after you get the iTunes ping, some smart playlists that will help you exclude kwanzaa music, find stuff you don't want to listen to, and maintain your sanity.

Next episode they'll discuss wrangling metadata and smart playlists. Then in the last episode of the series, they'll cover managing the libraries on your devices and some grab bag stuff.

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Dealing with iTunes Match's 25,000 Track Limit | Macworld

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Apple - iTunes - Match

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How to upgrade tracks to iTunes Match, fast | Macworld

iTunes Match: One year in | Macworld

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Inscribed Something very, very special has... | kung fu grippe

Debutante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Bonham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

8-Bit "Plica Plica" [B2W theme song] by slashram

Pokémann

A podcast with Merlin: SodaStream, BULKBUG, comics - 2000 Nickels

Maintain – Cocktail

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Back to Work 102: Hunter Ready to Write

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Creative Costumes vs. Pushing Out Product

This week Dan and Merlin talk about how the legends and mythologies around creative people and beautiful losers can become such a destructive MacGuffin for us aspiring civilians.

Getting gakked out on Hunter S. Thompson's cocaine and buying Sylvia Plath's oven are unlikely to take you anyplace useful, interesting, or…creative.

Also: "BRIANMICHAELBENDIS!"

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Spider-Man Read Order

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How to Start Reading Avengers Comics!

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Spider-Man: Big Time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human (9780812981384): Grant Morrison: Books

Marvels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Warren Ellis on "writer's block"

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William Faulkner: Trouble in Oxford

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[Brown-Haired Rapunzel Sampler]

Tangled (2010) - IMDb

[Rapunzel with awesome, short, choppy brown hair]

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - IMDb

Dan Slott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Grant Morrison

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Back to Work 101: Sprinting Straight Into a Wall

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Those New Years When We're Not Actually Resolved.

This week, Merlin and Dan step back from resolutions and shooting yourself in the face with a wrist rocket to talk about what you're actually trying to change.

You're failing and feeling bad and eating a whole bag of cookies because you're resolving to be someone you're not (yet). What are you really trying to address? Are you being honest with yourself? Where do you actually start?

Find the real reasons, build a real infrastructure, and build yourself a real habit.

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Ep. 21: "Dead Rubber Girl in My Closet" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Thousandfold: Some podcast fan art. Love me some 5by5

Make a Given Wish | You Look Nice Today

5by5 | The Comic Shack #23: Lying Cat is My Spirit Animal

Amazon.com: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned (9781563899805): Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra: Books

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Robert Earl Hughes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Man’s Belt Guide – What you need to know when buying a men’s belt

Wu Tang-Triumph - YouTube

Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake | 43 Folders

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Back to Work 100: Go Ahead, Caller.

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Yes. The caller is there.

This week, in celebration of their hundredth episode, Dan and Merlin do the first call-in episode of Back to Work.

A bevy of the beloved jackals and nerds ask questions about GTD, creative autonomy, sleep and energy, interpersonal work communications, moving up at work, self-publishing, finding your rabbi, Marines, X-Men, and more.

Links for this episode:

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

Astonishing X-Men By Joss Whedon & John Cassaday Ultimate Collection - Book 1: Joss Whedon, John Cassaday: 9780785161943: Amazon.com: Books

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5by5 | The Comic Shack

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The Truth Beyond the Sky (The Epic of Aravinda): Andrew M. Crusoe: Amazon.com: Kindle Store

Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Kobayashi Maru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | Back to Work #7: Vocational Wheel

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Saga, Vol. 1: Brian K Vaughan, Fiona Staples: 9781607066019: Amazon.com: Books

Saga Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

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Back to Work 99: Nobody Wants to Live in a Scaffolding

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Troubleshooting for Saner GTD

This week, Dan and Merlin wrap up their epic summer crossover series on David Allen's book Getting Things Done, focusing on the trouble spots, hang-ups, and occasional rat holes that people often encounter in implementing and maintaining their GTD system.

Links for this episode:

Saga #1 - Comics by comiXology [Get it FREE!!!]

[Huffduffer MP3] Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen (2006)

5by5 | The Frequency #45: Something of a Hipster Geek

Does this "next action" belong someplace else? | 43 Folders

Mental dialogues, yak-shaving & the triumph of the 'mini-review' | 43 Folders

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Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen | 43 Folders

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

Fractal Implementation, or, On the Dangers of David Allen's Finger | 43 Folders

Back to GTD: Do a fast "mind-sweep" | 43 Folders

Back to GTD: Simplify your contexts | 43 Folders

GTD: Priorities don't exist in a vacuum | 43 Folders

6 powerful "look into" verbs (+ 1 to avoid) | 43 Folders

A Year of Getting Things Done: Part 2, The Stuff I Wish I Were Better At | 43 Folders

43 Folders: Best of GTD | 43 Folders

The OmniFocus Setup

Omni’s Plans for 2013 - Blog - The Omni Group

Collectorz.com Connect: merlinmann: My Comics

Complete Marvel Comics Reading Order | Marvel Comics in Order

Marvel Chronology Project - Main

Publication history of Marvel comics crossover events - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ep. 59: "Insufferabilityism" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Anita Ekberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Freshman (1990 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazing Spider-Man #669 Amazing Fantasy Comics variant cover by Todd Nauck | Apps | Marvel.com

Avengers, Vol. 5 #1C [Avengers Babies!]

Using OmniFocus | Mastering Productivity [GREAT ebook!]

First Look: Amazing Spider-Man #700 | News | Marvel.com

Charlene - "I've Never Been To Me" - YouTube

Anita Ekberg modeling for Milton Greene, 1954 | kung fu grippe

It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff: Peter Walsh: 9780743292658: Amazon.com: Books

Paper Snowflakes - Free Instructions

Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders

Because buying new running shoes is more fun than actually running | 43 Folders

Do Stuff — MacSparky

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Back to Work 98: Bagged and Boarded

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Working Getting Things Done to stay current, complete, and creative.

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of David Allen's Getting Things Done system.

Learning how to leverage GTD's modality to firewall time for guilt-free creative work.

Links for this episode:

5by5 | Back to Work #95: She's Five for a Living

5by5 | Back to Work #96: Compensatory Muscles

5by5 | Back to Work #97: Pope of the Office

David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®

About GTD | David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®

Getting Things Done - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GettingThingsDone - MineZone Wiki

Getting things done : the art of stress-free productivity (Book, 2001) [WorldCat.org]

Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders

Trigger List - 43FoldersWiki

Collectorz.com Connect: merlinmann: My Comics

All New X-Men #1C in merlinmann's Comic Collector Connect collection

Skottie Young (on Tumblr)

FF, Vol. 2 #1A - Parts of a Hole in merlinmann's Comic Collector Connect collection

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The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy: The Complete Fragments and Selected Testimonies of the Major Presocratics: Daniel W. Graham: 9780521845915: Amazon.com: Books

In the Valley of the Shadow of Doubt - Radiolab

Nothing is so obvious that it’s obvious. | kung fu grippe

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Back to Work 97: Pope of the Office

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Using GTD to sanely and intelligently decide what to do, and when, and where.

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of David Allen's Getting Things Done system.

Hopping over the basic workflow and setup (you'll definitely need the book for that), this is all about doing—leveraging the horizontal and vertical axes of GTD to intuitively choose exactly the right task at any given moment.

Regardless of interruptions, regardless of unexpected change, and regardless of what you're mindfully not doing.

David Allen calls GTD, "The Art of Stress-Free Productivity," and this is the episode where you'll find out how having put this system in place can yield astronomical improvements in how your actual things get done.

Also included: a teaser for January's "iTunes management" series, plus recommendations for the three best comic series Merlin read this week.

Links for this episode:

Getting Things Done - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Getting Things Done is a book by productivity consultant David Allen that describes the method/procedure that he created with the same title name, often referred to simply as GTD. The Getting Things Done method rests on the idea that a person needs to move tasks out of the mind by recording them externally, so the mind is free from the job of remembering the tasks that need to be completed. One can then concentrate on performing the tasks, instead of remembering.

Getting things done : the art of stress-free productivity (Book, 2001) [WorldCat.org]

Trigger List - 43FoldersWiki

GettingThingsDone - MineZone Wiki

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done can transform the way you work, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.

Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders

David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®

About GTD | David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®

GTD® is the shorthand brand for "Getting Things Done®," the groundbreaking work-life management system by David Allen that provides concrete solutions for transforming overwhelm and uncertainty into an integrated system of stress-free productivity.

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[GTD Series, Part 1] 5by5 | Back to Work #95: She's Five for a Living

TOPIC: Intro to David Allen's "Getting Things Done"

This week, Dan and Merlin start a long-overdue three-part storyline on David Allen's book, Getting Things Done.

How do you unwad that giant crapball of stuff you call a life? The answer is simple, but it's not so easy. You need a trusted system in which to collect, process, review, and---yes---do all the things that matter.

[GTD Series, Part 2] 5by5 | Back to Work #96: Compensatory Muscles

TOPIC: A Better System for Dealing with Life’s “Stuff”

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done.

PDFPen - Signing a PDF on iOS

Indispensable.

Matt Killmon (killmoms) on Twitter

The very generous gifter of Merlin's "67 Points of Articulation" Spider-Man.

[AUDIO] Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen | 43 Folders

As promised, here's the single-file compilation of the Productive Talk podcast interviews I did with David Allen, the author of Getting Things Done. The final version's eight episodes clock in at a considerable one hour and twenty-six minutes, so this should give you plenty to listen to while you're in line at the DMV.

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Wolverine: Weapon X: Barry Windsor-Smith: 9780785137269: Amazon.com: Books

Secret War: Brian Michael Bendis, Gabriele Dell'Otto: 9780785142287: Amazon.com: Books

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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - IMDb

After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending USA ideals.

Saga Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Y: THE LAST MAN writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN returns to comics with red-hot artist FIONA STAPLES for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! Star Wars-style action collides with Game of Thrones-esque drama in this original sci-fi/fantasy epic for mature readers, as new parents Marko and Alana risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war. The adventure begins in a spectacular DOUBLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE!

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Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

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The X-Men must travel in time to change a major historical event that could globally impact on man and mutant kind.

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Especially for someone who’s been stuck living in Bane’s wrecked, nightmarish, and amenity-constrained Gotham City for five months.

So.

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An epic of ambition, betrayal, and comeuppance culminates with the world learning the devil's mask hides a pair of blind eyes! The hero of Hell's Kitchen is assailed as both civilian and super hero by a wave of his worst enemies - including the Owl, Mister Hyde, Bullseye, Typhoid, and the Kingpin of Crime! But it's the heart of the Man Without Fear that gets the real workout with not only the introduction of Milla Donovan - but also the Black Widow, Elektra, and Echo! Who? Echo! Plus: the mystery of Leap-Frog and the trial of the White Tiger! Also featuring Luke Cage and Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, and enough other guest-stars to fill a jury box! Collects Daredevil

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Alex Maleev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He first teamed with Bendis on Todd McFarlane's Sam and Twitch series in 2000-2001 before they were recruited for Daredevil. In 2006, Maleev finished his run with Bendis in Daredevil and planned a collaboration with the writer on a new ongoing Spider-Woman series. Bendis and Maleev collaborated once again on the much delayed four part Halo: Uprising miniseries from Marvel Comics. Bendis and Maleev are currently working on a creator owned comic book named Scarlet and on Moon Knight Vol. 4.[2]

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Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and former artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) for his self-published, Image Comics and Marvel Comics work.

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Epicenter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The epicenter or epicentre is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates. The word derives from the New Latin noun epicentrum, the latinisation of the ancient Greek adjective (epikentros), "occupying a cardinal point, situated on a centre", from (epi) "on, upon, at" and (kentron) "centre".

Baldwin's Beans

Baldwin's Beans is a small operation. So small, in fact, that I roast each bag of coffee beans you order, one at a time. I'm picky about my coffee, and you should be, too. I'm in Columbus, Indiana, a town of about 40,000 people with two Starbucks locations and exactly zero options for fresh, locally produced coffee, so I took matters into my own hands and started doing it myself.

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Download 444 (and counting) free user-contributed AppleScripts for Apple's iTunes that will help make managing your digital music collection easier and more fun!

A Therapeutic Dose of Imodium - The Talk Show - Mule Radio Syndicate

Very special guest Merlin Mann joins John Gruber to talk about booze, iTunes 11, and the sorry state of over-the-counter cold medication in the U.S.

MusicBrainz - The Open Music Encyclopedia

MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.

MusicBrainz Picard - MusicBrainz

MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform (Linux/Mac OS X/Windows) application written in Python and is the official MusicBrainz tagger.

Release group “Revolver” by The Beatles - MusicBrainz

5by5 | After Dark #297: After Back to Work #96

In which Dan totally schools Merlin on the surprising extent of Spider-Man's powers.

College Level Examination Program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are 2,900 colleges which grant CLEP credit. Each institution awards credit to students who meet the college's minimum qualifying score for that exam, which is typically 50, but it does vary by school and exam. The tests are useful for students who have obtained knowledge outside the classroom, such as through independent study, job experience, or cultural interaction.

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Beatles Metadata? Fixed! Guru. Productivity... | kung fu grippe

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Jean Vander Pyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[MG01] Good Night

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Back to Work 96: Compensatory Muscles

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: A Better System for Dealing with Life's "Stuff"

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of David Allen's book, Getting Things Done.

Links for this episode:

Fractal Implementation, or, On the Dangers of David Allen's Finger | 43 Folders

Beginner's Mind, Metropolis, and all our unnecessary parts | 43 Folders

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders

Mac App Store - Flycut (Clipboard manager)

Theatrical superstitions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

About GTD | David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®

WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog

kung fu grippe • 67 Points of Articulation. [Merlin's Amazing Spider-Man]

Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks (11 February, 2004)

Notes from Danny's session at O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference; 11 February, 2004; San Diego, CA

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5by5 | Back to Work #95: She's Five for a Living

Trigger List - 43FoldersWiki

You can do anything - but not everything. | Fast Company

Meet the man who can bring order to your universe | Technology | The Guardian

GettingThingsDone - MineZone Wiki

[AUDIO] Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen | 43 Folders

Next actions: Both physical AND visible | 43 Folders

A Year of Getting Things Done: Part 1, The Good Stuff | 43 Folders

A Year of Getting Things Done: Part 2, The Stuff I Wish I Were Better At | 43 Folders

Systems, ciphers, and the dirty little secret of self-improvement | 43 Folders

Cringe-Busting your TODO list | 43 Folders

gtd-workflow.jpg (1051×1630)

OmniFocus for Mac - The Omni Group

Schrodinger's Conference Bag | You Look Nice Today

Ep. 57: "Unfair" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Knowledge worker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The term was first coined by Peter Drucker ca. 1959, as one who works primarily with information or one who develops and uses knowledge in the workplace.

GTD: Priorities don't exist in a vacuum | 43 Folders

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) - IMDb

Wreck-It Ralph - Movie Trailers - iTunes

Merlin Mann at Google on Time and Attention (Getting Things Done) - YouTube

Video: Merlin's Time & Attention Talk (Improvised Rutgers Edition) | 43 Folders

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Back to Work 95: She's Five for a Living

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Intro to David Allen’s “Getting Things Done”

This week, Dan and Merlin start a long-overdue three-part storyline on David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done.[1]

How do you unwad that giant crapball of stuff you call a life? The answer is simple, but it’s not so easy. You need a trusted system in which to collect, process, review, and—yes—do all the things that matter.

Getting Things Done is inarguably one of the best and most influential self-help books of all time for a good reason: it’s a candid, realistic, and painfully honest way to get out of your hole, and then stay out.

This week, we start with the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of GTD, as well as the myriad and thorny problems it can help you address.

So, pick up your own copy of GTD, read it through, then join us for a detailed tour of the system that changed Merlin’s game and helped jumpstart his online career.

©DavidCo, 2001. ↩

Links for this episode:

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders

Getting Things Done | 43 Folders

David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®

About GTD | David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®

gtd workflow map pdf - Google Search

New GTD Workflow Map | DIY Planner

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Ep. 25: "Super Train" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

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UNIX permissions

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5by5 | Back to Work #49: The Field of Completion

Admixture | Define Admixture at Dictionary.com

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Wheel (Unix term) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

wheel - The Jargon File v4.4.7

A Confederacy of Dunces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Confederacy of Dunces:Amazon:Books

Eggs on the Plate Without the Plate - Salvador Dali's oil painting

Entombed (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OmniFocus for Mac - The Omni Group

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Back to Work 94: A False Sun

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: How to be a proper list-maker

This week, Dan and Merlin discuss the pros and cons of lighting your environment properly, how we fall into bad list making habits and how to solve these issues. Also, Merlin makes some sounds for your enjoyment.

Links for this episode:

New Business Templates: Aviator and Devlin — The Official Squarespace Blog

5by5 | The Conversation #27: Missionless Statements

Hammock Stock Photos, Hammock Stock Photography, Hammock Stock Images : Shutterstock.com

Amazon.com: Philips goLITE BLU Light Therapy Device: Health & Personal Care

Shutterstock (use code "dansentme10" for 30% off), Ting ($50 off your first device for Back to Work listeners), and Squarespace (use code "broastedbird" for 10% off).

Back to Work 93: 67 Points of Articulation

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Florida, Education, and Peaking

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their purging personal odyssey through the state of Florida. Isolation, education, and a parting admonition not to throw your cap in the air.

Also, for the comic nerds, Merlin recommends checking out the exciting new stuff happening with "Marvel NOW!"

Links for this episode:

Superheroes Stock Photos, Superheroes Stock Photography, Superheroes Stock Images : Shutterstock.com

kung fu grippe • I ? My Freezer Door I’m a lucky little man.

kung fu grippe • In Which We Literally Marvel This is part...

Shutterstock: Merlin's "Superheroes" Lightbox

Superheroes : Shutterstock Stock Photography

How To Pitch With TextExpander

Marvel NOW! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marvel Now | Comics | Marvel.com

Brian Posehn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Avengers vs. X-Men: Collected Edition - Comics by comiXology

AVX: Consequences Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Amazon.com: Spider-Man 2: The Movie - 18" AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SUPER POSEABLE Action Figure - 67 POINTS OF ARTICULATION!: Toys & Games

5by5 | The Comic Shack #7: Snakt!

5by5 | Giant Size

5by5 | Back to Work #7: Vocational Wheel

Back to Work: Vocational Wheel, unofficial transcript

Avengers Disassembled: Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch: 9780785114826: Amazon.com: Books

House of M: Brian Michael Bendis, Olivier Coipel: 9780785117216: Amazon.com: Books

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Giant-Size X-Mann - The Education of a Non-Talented Non-Youngster

Middle School | This American Life

New College of Florida - Florida's Public Honors College for the Liberal Arts and Sciences - New College of Florida

Featured Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

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Back to Work 92: The Florida Episode

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Florida.

Hinted at since Episode 1—and repeatedly threatened nearly every week since—here, at last: The Florida Episode.

The heat, the driving, the isolation, the driving, the white driveways, the early-bird specials, the menacing parking-lot violence, the driving, the people, the stop lights, the gates, the urology clinics, the driving, the short pants, the driving, and much MUCH more.

In part one of what will surely be an epic, multi-episode arc, Dan and Merlin finally start coming to terms with their undistinguished youths in the Sunshine State.

Links for this episode:

Google Maps

Publix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Winn-Dixie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Florida Stock Photos, Florida Stock Photography, Florida Stock Images : Shutterstock.com

Laissez-faire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Little Boxes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

New Google Search App With Siri-Like Voice Responses Finally Approved For iOS

Guayabera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edward Scissorhands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gulf High School

New College of Florida - Florida's Public Honors College for the Liberal Arts and Sciences - New College of Florida

Elfers, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pensacola, FL to Key West, FL - Google Maps (a 13-hour drive)

1987 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (Merlin's in New College's Palm Court)

[SPONSOR] Ting - Mobile That Makes Sense

[SPONSOR] Stock Photos | Shutterstock: Royalty-Free Subscription Stock Photography & Vector Art

Santería - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 91: Compiling Stallman From Source

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: The tech you want, and the tech you can live with.

On our second Last Show Ever™, Merlin and Dan talk about parenting, Gatsby hats, note taking and sharing, the Techno-Organic virus, and more.

Links for this episode:

kung fu grippe • Features: Our Gatsby Summer Afternoon - Nested...

Our Gatsby Group | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Mr. Mann & the Girls | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Techno-organic virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Warlock (New Mutants) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Snapseed | Snap it. Tweak it. Love it. Share it.

Nebulous Notes

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Back to Work 90: Quit!™

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Sleep and How to Get It

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about sleep—why we need it, why most of us don't get enough of it, and why we all strain to find a million excuses for perpetually walking around like a sad zombie.

Chock-a-block with painful personal anecdotes, horrible cautionary tales, and scary hand-waving about Recent Medical Science, your hosts make their best case for taking your own sleep more seriously. Now.

Also, loaded with tips on how to sleep better, with a heavy emphasis on a wonderful iOS app called, "Sleep Cycle."

Pretty good for our last episode. (Guys, we were kidding! KIDDING!)

Links for this episode:

Turn your iPhone into a cough button - Brett Terpstra

Monte Cristo sandwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sleep Cycle alarm clock

f.lux: software to make your life better

Dan Benjamin vs Sarlacc Pit

The Walking Dead,Book One (Book 1): Robert Kirkman,Tony Moore,Charlie Adlard,Cliff Rathburn: 9781582406190: Amazon.com: Books

Marvel Now | Comics | Marvel.com

Watchmen: Alan Moore,Dave Gibbons: 9780930289232: Amazon.com: Books

kung fu grippe • "Watchmen" Credit Shot

kung fu grippe - "Continuity Stickler"

The Mattress Scam | How to Buy a Mattress

Cat Power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Podcast Survivor: Back to Work #88 - So Many Reasons To Cry | Radio Survivor

Falling Down (1993)

Blue Dog Coalition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Naming convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Icelandic name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Network Naming Schemes

Studio Neat — Cosmonaut

The Employee's Guide to Reduction in Force

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta [1997] - I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well! - YouTube

Deadpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

M. Emmet Walsh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."

How Lack of Sleep Is Killing You - National - The Atlantic Wire

You Can't Do Your Job if You Don't Sleep - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Review

Sleep - Radiolab

Internal Time: The Science of Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired | Brain Pickings

How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With? - NYTimes.com

BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep

Sleep, Sleep, Sleep! How artificial lighting and cortisol impact zzz’s

New 'Light' On Fascinating Rhythms Of Circadian Clock

How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle in One Night | Wise Bread

The Truth About Sleep & Productivity | Inc.com

In Which We Sleepwalk At Our Convenience - Home - This Recording

'Power naps' may boost right-brain activity - CNN.com

Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

NeuroLogica Blog » Sleep and Weight

Dan’s Plan | Eat Move Sleep Blog | Social jet-lag: The difference between the social clock and the biological clock

Sales engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Heaven and Hell in Jewish Tradition - My Jewish Learning

Orange & Green | Flickr - Photo Sharing! [Merlin at 190 lbs.]

Pinboard: bookmarks for merlinmann tagged 'eatsleeplove' [Merlin's eating & sleeping bookmarks]

Twitter / hotdogsladies: “Oh! Were you noticing my ...

A Love Supreme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

family circus not me - Google Search

Walter Hudson (1944–1991) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 89: Burlap Sack Full of Oranges

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Programming Your Kid's Danger Room.

This week, Dan and Merlin discuss the parenthood racket: the advice and expectations, the doubt and the fear, the assessment, the concentric circles, the snow cones.

Parenting means programming a Danger Room that teaches you and the kid to handle the hovering, the hitting, the losing, and the play structure.

Links for this episode:

Shmuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The name is Bond. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

At the playground (ya know?)

Hippie | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The Author at Work | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[SPONSOR] iOS Engineering - Mutual Mobile

[SPONSOR] Build a Website - Squarespace 6

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Ep. 51: "In Pursuit of an Errant Leaf" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Twitter / danbenjamin: GF dining in NYC at L'Asso ...

Hop 'n Play Kids Indoor Playground in Tanforan Shopping Center (San Bruno, CA)

"The Shining" - Production Script

5by5 | Build and Analyze #99: The Podcast

5by5 | Hypercritical #89: Lazy Sunday

Danger Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Danger Room - Marvel Universe Wiki: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios.

x-men "danger room" - Google Image Search

Fiddler on the Roof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glengarry Glen Ross speech - YouTube

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Back to Work 88: So Many Reasons to Cry

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Finding Grit.

This week, Dan and Merlin return to a popular topic from last week: grit.

Why is it we stick with some things but totally abandon so many others? Why'd Merlin give up on learning "Little Brown Jug" on the trombone, then double-down on nailing "Pinball Wizard" on guitar? How come Dan got so good at programming, but can't kick a damned football to save his life? Is there a framework for understanding why we remember hit points, don't travel, can't draw, and forget why every good boy deserves fudge?

Along the way, Merlin accidentally—grudgingly—reveals that he actually knows things about sportsball, Dan breaks down the exhilarating rewards of immediate feedback, and both hosts wonder how Mariano Rivera can keep his cool after giving up a two-run homer.

Also, there's a pseudo-interesting rathole on why Merlin may or may not start spending more time with App.net.

Links for this episode:

New Squarespace 6 Template: Dovetail

New Squarespace 6 Template: Five

Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification: Christopher Peterson,Martin Seligman: 9780195167016: Amazon.com: Books

Salad days - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your Nice New Outfit

Jeff Dee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Five rejected names for Austin BBQ restaurants | 5ives

Re-Creating my Art from S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks by Jeff Dee — Kickstarter

Horatio Alger, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mariano Rivera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chateaubriand steak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Giant-Size X-Mann

New X-Men,Vol. 1: Grant Morrison,Frank Quitely,Ethan Van Sciver,Leinil Francis Yu,Igor Kordey,Tom Derenick: 9780785132516: Amazon.com: Books

Jason Sweeney (sween) on Twitter

rob corddry (robcorddry) on Twitter

hotdogsladies on App.net

[video] The Simpsons - "I Have A Ham Radio"

Amazon.com: I Can Do That Games Curious George Hide and Seek Zoo: Toys & Games

[SPONSOR] Smile Software

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[SPONSOR] Squarespace

Oscar Wilde's 1895 Martyrdom

Little Brown Jug (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive,4th Edition: Betty Edwards: 9781585429202: Amazon.com: Books

Dreyfus model of skill acquisition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moonrise Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Deus ex machina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 87: Nothing to Declare But My Coconuts

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Grit, Confidence, and Intuition.

This week, Dan and Merlin begin a conversation on what researchers and educators are learning about why students of all ages do or don't succeed. Yes, it's about intelligence and other cognitive skills, but it's also about tenacity, courage, self-restraint, and resolve.

It's really about grit.

See our show notes for lots of links to the stuff that inspired our topic, but definitely tune in for Merlin's slight addendum to the formula: mixing in our growing confidence in our own intuition.

Links for this episode:

Back to School | This American Life

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com

kung fu grippe • [MP3] Back to School | This American Life ...

Twitter

How Children Succeed: Grit,Curiosity,and the Hidden Power of Character: Paul Tough: 9780547564654: Amazon.com: Books

Paul Tough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What Makes a Good Teacher? - NYTimes.com

‘How Children Succeed,’ by Paul Tough - NYTimes.com

Amazon.com: Seven (Single Disc Edition): Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Darius Khondji, David Fincher, Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle, Gianni Nunnari, Dan Kolsrud, Anne Kopelson, Andrew Kevin Walker: Movies & TV

Amazon.com: Seven: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley: Amazon Instant Video

General Educational Development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Grit (personality trait) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Teams - Back to Work

EXCLUSIVE - Waffle House grill cook cheat sheet | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The J-Walk Blog: Waffle House Code Cracked

[SPONSOR] Igloo Software (Check out our amazing "Back to Work" community)

Grit, character and academic success: thoughtlessness, part 3 « Granted, but…

Response: An Interview With Paul Tough On Character & Schools - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

'Children Succeed' With Character, Not Test Scores : NPR

How Children Succeed book excerpt: What the most boring test in the world tells us about motivation and IQ. - Slate Magazine

Why kids need to fail to succeed in school - The Globe and Mail

The Future of Self-Improvement, Part I: Grit Is More Important Than Talent :: Articles :: 99U

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - Project Gutenberg

Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde - Project Gutenberg

The Importance of Being Earnest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have nothing to declare but my genius

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock for iOS

Your Nice New Outfit

Your Nice New Outfit: Archive

Your Nice New Outfit | Jean 1977

Your Nice New Outfit | Kitty and Lockheed

Giant-Size X-Mann

Monday is D day for bags, a dime apiece - SFGate

fastball special - Google Search

Fastball Special - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dock Ellis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Se7en (1995) - IMDb

Aggressive S.F. panhandlers, tourist complaints up - SFGate

Oscar Wilde's 1895 Martyrdom

Your Nice New Outfit

Yummy, Yummy X-Men | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Structured Procrastination

Here's The Thing: Chris Rock - WNYC

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Back to Work 86: The Talmud of Claremont

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:15:00 GMT

TOPIC: Anxious about the Change

This week Merlin updates Dan about his schedule changes. They're going to come, but it's probably the anxiety, not the change, that is the problem. Take heart, it may be the change that you need.

While you're at it, take the opportunity to plan your buffers and ramp up times. Your schedule will work better, your vacation may be less stressful, your pie will stay alive.

Bonus: Dan and Merlin's comic book recommendations for new readers.

Links for this episode:

Squarespace Service Updates - Service Blog

Squarespace Developer Center

Home - Back to Work

Wiki - Back to Work

kung fu grippe • Just in terms of a little background. Catching...

Now, don't take this the wrong way...

Back to School | This American Life

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com

Feedburner, Reader and Google's Priorities

Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted: Joss Whedon,John Cassaday: 9780785115311: Amazon.com: Books

Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted - Comics by comiXology

Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann

Manage your Video Collection with iTunes | iFlicks

TMDb — The Movie Database

Online TV Database - An open directory of television shows for HTPC software

BENDIS!

High-fructose corn syrup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twitter / pablosquirrel: @hotdogsladies @danbenjamin ...

kung fu grippe • [MP3] Back to School | This American Life ...

As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity | Psychology Today

Manage your Video Collection with iTunes | iFlicks

Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule

American Vampire Vol. 1: Scott Snyder,Stephen King,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401229740: Amazon.com: Books

American Vampire Vol. 2: Scott Snyder,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401230708: Amazon.com: Books

American Vampire Vol. 3: Scott Snyder,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401233334: Amazon.com: Books

American Vampire Vol. 4: Scott Snyder,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401237189: Amazon.com: Books

Scott Snyder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Comic Book DB - The Comic Book Database

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`dingus`")

[SPONSOR] Shutterstock

[SPONSOR] Igloo Software (Check out the amazing "Back to Work" community)

Nominate the ONE comic for a new comic nerd. - Back to Work

Twitter / hotdogsladies: Just for reference, the connector ...

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

Caddyshack (1980) - Memorable quotes

CaddyShack Cinderella Story - YouTube

Binary Bonsai

MusicBrainz Picard - MusicBrainz

MusicBrainz - The Open Music Encyclopedia

AwayFind - Mobile notifications for priority messages. The email management solution for Gmail and Exchange.

Guided by Voices - MusicBrainz

Grant Shellen: "It's not a successful @hotdogsladies encounter unless you walk away with an inflammatory index card: instagr.am/p/P95M-7HR74/ "

Amazon.com: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Nintendo Wii: Video Games

Discography - Hi, How Are You?

Steenbeck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 85: Schrödinger's Soap Holder

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: One Operational Paper Towel; One Safety Paper Towel.

This week, Dan and Merlin discuss how to use a public restroom.

There's some other stuff, too. But, yeah. Mostly Dan and Merlin discuss how to use a public restroom.

Links for this episode:

Flickr: The 5by5 Pool

Roderick on the Line • Roderick on the Line Ep. 48 Trailer - “Wherever...

Twitter / nebulousapps: Just submitted Nebulous Notes ...

Nebulous Notes 6.0 Features - Pastebin.com

Sandwich Video

lonelysandwich

chit - Wiktionary

Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer

The Aviator towel scene - YouTube

Howard Hughes - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - YouTube

How to Use a Public Restroom: 12 steps - wikiHow

Cleanliness and Hygiene in Public Restrooms - Tork Experts on Designing Spaces - YouTube

Bathroom Hygeine Guide, Tips About Bathroom Germs, Bathroom Cleanliness Tip

Public toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kick procrastination's ass: Run a dash | 43 Folders

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play: Neil Fiore: 9781585425525: Amazon.com: Books

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time: Brian Tracy: 9781576754221: Amazon.com: Books

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen: 9780142000281: Amazon.com: Books

Ganging your mosquito tasks | 43 Folders

Twitter / hotdogsladies: @velorg Are you a ...

Infectious Disease Special Edition - Neckties for Physicians: Rethinking the Practice

Excel Hand Dryer | Hand Dryers | XLERATOR

Adam Lisagor (lonelysandwich) on Twitter

Scott Simpson (scottsimpson) on Twitter

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Back to Work 84: Every Genie is an Actuary

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Superpowers, Madness, and the Pursuit of Interesting Problems

Dan and Merlin talk about the superpowers you have and can't control as well as the demons and drivers that our heroes have and can't control. How sometimes we find ourselves craving the screaming in someone else's head. Because, we surely do love and revere our Beautiful Losers and Genius Lunatics.

Entered into evidence: Hunter S. Thompson, The Incredible Hulk, Sylvia Plath, Brian Wilson, Nightcrawler, Van Gogh, Syd Barrett, Tom Waits, Robert Lowell, Howard Hughes, and Corporate Stooges (n.b.: Dan said that; not Merlin).

The upshot? Try not to get too obsessed with someone else's ether in the convertible or, for that matter, the cake in your own conference room.

Get excited about constantly releasing that "better version of yourself"—and make the world a happy beneficiary of your own particular madness.

Links for this episode:

[SPONSOR] PDFpen for iPad: PDF Editing Software for Mac iOS

Efficiency Ninja Part 3: A Tablet, a Stylus, a Man, and a Plan | GeekDad | Wired.com

How to Transfer Kids' Activity Books to the iPad (GeekDad Wayback Machine) | GeekDad | Wired.com

5by5 | Back to Work #31: You Can Polish AC/DC All Day Long

Scratching an itch through the scalp to the brain : The New Yorker

kung fu grippe • Way of the future. Way of the future.

Amazon.com: The Aviator (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition): Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Stanley DeSantis, Alan Alda, Kelli Garner, Edward Herrmann, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Jude Law, Frances Co

Amazon.com: The Aviator [Blu-ray]: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Stanley de Santis, Sam Hennings, Edward Herrmann, Ian Holm, Vincent Laresca, J.C. MacKenzie, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Alan Alda, Dann

Amazon.com: The Aviator: Leonardo Dicaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly: Amazon Instant Video

The Aviator (2004 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness: Donald L. Barlett,James B. Steele: 9780393326024: Amazon.com: Books

Ultra Man Intro - YouTube

Actuary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ALL THAT JAZZ. Show time - YouTube

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`dingus`")

The Aviator ending scene ("The way of the FUTURE.") - YouTube

kung fu grippe • “That’s What You Do.” Viz. Ibid. Bless you,...

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

God Only Knows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There Will Be Some Changes Made - YouTube

Hell's Angels (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom Waits - Rockpalast 1977 02 Invitation To The Blues - YouTube

Tom Waits - Invitation to the blues - YouTube

The Mountain Goats - "Cubs in Five"

Syd Barrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Lowell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ral Partha Enterprises - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | Mac Power Users #102: Workflows with Jim Dalrymple

Dan at Ultraman-watching Age

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Back to Work 83: Way of the Future

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Obsessions, Compulsions, Obsessions, and Compulsions. Also, Obsessions—and Compulsions.

This week, Dan and Merlin lick the doorknob five times, tap their heads with their shoes, and ponder the problem of obsessions and compulsions.

Links for this episode:

Staying on Top of Calendar Events — Jamie Phelps

Morning Glory | You Look Nice Today

Staying on Top of Calendar Events — Jamie Phelps

Safe (1995)

Five Somewhat Novel Compulsions I had at one time or another | 5ives

5by5 | Back to Work #29: I Download FLAC

How To Start a Meditation Practice

The Aviator ending scene , the way of the future. - YouTube

Cognitive behavioral therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Aviator ending scene , the way of the future. - YouTube

In Which We Sleepwalk At Our Convenience - Home - This Recording

Edge of Sanity | This American Life

History of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy - MayoClinic.com

Best "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" Titles

[SPONSOR] Ting - Mobile That Makes Sense

Trepanning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Naked (9780316777735): David Sedaris: Books

Attractive nuisance doctrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hearts of Space

Winston Churchill and Manic Depression: A fatal curse or the root of his genius?

Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Amazon.com: Don't Think Of An Elephant!/ How Democrats And Progressives Can Win: Know Your Values And Frame The Debate: The Essential Guide For Progressives (Paperback + DVD edition) (9781931498821): George Lakoff, Howard Dean, Don Hazen: Books

Latest Anxiety Reliever — Jamie Phelps

“Number eighteen in 1988, Charlie Babbitt squeezed and pulled and hurt my neck in 1988.”

Positive feedback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 82: Blue Food in Your Refrigerator

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Capture, Contracts, and Mapping the Territory.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about keeping an honest calendar and ensuring you regularly review your "contracts" with yourself.

Chock-a-block with practical COM-ponents for making sure your map is up to date with the territory.

¿Spanish question marks? ¡Si!

Zibba-zabba! Fax my gal!

Links for this episode:

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`soold`")

Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann

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Garden Gnome | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Rondo Hatton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Timeboxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to GTD: Do a fast "mind-sweep" | 43 Folders

Garden Gnome | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

John Roderick: A Night on the Town - a set on Flickr

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen: 9780142000281: Amazon.com: Books

Day One | A simple Journal

App Store - DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition

[43f] Philip K. Dick: "There's the First Law of Kipple... 'Kipple drives out nonkipple.'"

Map–territory relation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ("The map is not the territory")

Two Cats Comic Book Store - Two Cats Comic Book Store

John Forbes Nash, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Recipes « World Aeropress Championship

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Back to Work 81: LAMP for Your Productivity

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Honesty and Sociopathy Go to Work

Merlin and Dan talk about the cultural divide between you and your work. Coping with work is a little like being a sociopath so you better make sure you're taking away the right lessons and being honest about the right things. Anything else is a little dishonest.

You don't need to quit your job, but you made want to at least resign your certainty.

Nice!™

Links for this episode:

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5by5 | Systematic #6: Merlin Talks A Lot

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen: 9780142000281: Amazon.com: Books

Merlin Mann - Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster

Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann

Ep. 01: Quick Intro — Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann

Ep. 02: Content Collections — Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann

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TextExpander shell script snippet to set Safari 6 default fonts - Mac OS X Hints

The Safari 6 URL crisis - All this

Toward Better Master Passwords | Agile Blog

Urban Dictionary: mann's assumption

Me & You

R. Lee Ermey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Voice procedure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Procedure word - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia {"Say Again")

"Accept loss forever"

5by5 | Back to Work #77: Sadness Harmonica

Retroactive continuity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of retcons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616) - Marvel Comics Database

Story of R. Lee Ermey's "Full Metal Jacket" audition

kung fu grippe • Nice!™

Anhedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 80: Cascading Wave of Bad

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Kicking and Screaming

Merlin has been dragged kicking and screaming into at least two things this week. Sometimes, that works out, and sometimes it doesn't. But, how many of those things do we need? How many can you sign up for? How often do you see Beast coming down the hall?

There aren't that many things you have to do, but how can you see it coming? Well, you know where your cumin is and you haven't checked your MySpace this week. How's that for complicated?

Links for this episode:

1Password is Ready for John the Ripper | Agile Blog

Blizzard and insecurity questions: My father’s middle name is vR2Ut1VNj | Agile Blog

lowe/zxcvbn

Passfault Demo: Password Evaluation

kung fu grippe • Merry Christmas. My office bathroom is a very...

Sublime Text 2 Tips and Tricks (Updated) | Nettuts+

Passfault Demo: Password Evaluation

5by5 | Build and Analyze #90: This Person Isn't Really Here

dan on App.net

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Sublime Text Packages by the Community – wbond

kung fu grippe • "Non-Canonical" (in which two Jean Greys totally make out)

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Toward Better Master Passwords | Agile Blog

textmate/textmate

Textmate: Recent enhancements | 43 Folders (Merlin's first post on TextMate, ca. 2005)

Ep. 34: "A Shit Barge Full of Long Pigs" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

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Back to Work 79: Mayor Pro Tem of Hoboville

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Adapting to the Danger Room of Life

Dan and Merlin talk about how the protagonist of your story handles change in personal and work environments.

How do you respond in the face of change you haven't anticipated or isn't conducive to who you want to be? What is the worst that could happen? Who can help you except you?

Links for this episode:

kung fu grippe • I’m The Old One I love this photo. [via]

Merlin’s Awkward Hair Odyssey - a set on Flickr

badtz & me - march '99 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

FL Driver's License; Summer, 1991 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Manhattan, 1989 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

5by5 | Hypercritical #79: Grandpa Uncle Joe

[BUY THIS!] Back to Work 'That's Fine for Merlin' T-Shirt

kung fu grippe • Sweet Dreams (I love you, Alex Hardy)

Twitter / danbenjamin: In the box http://t.co/NAAGyX9E

Avalanche (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cognitive bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meriln Mann - Indie Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster

Pro tempore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Genosha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Danger Room - Marvel Universe Wiki: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios.

Amazon.com: Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting (9780060391683): Robert McKee: Books

Magical thinking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | The Comic Shack #7: Snakt!

Kobayashi Maru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

'Rubric' - Part 4 of 'Glassworks' - Philip Glass - YouTube

Tony Robbins firewalking injuries: Why doesn’t everyone who walks on hot coals get burned? - Slate Magazine

Nearly Two Dozen Injured at Tony Robbins Seminar - NYTimes.com

Charles Whitman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe • the-x-gene: X-Men Season One by Dennis Hopeless...

kung fu grippe • “I am the walrus?” Part of me thinks it ought to...

kung fu grippe • Li’l Byrne

List of Sanrio characters (Badtz-Maru)

Squarespace 6 Template Tool - Squarespace PluginsSquarespace Plugins

Peak

Read Me — Peak

I'm Waiting for the Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Angst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 78: Scream, Poop, and Run

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Gut Churn, Pointing Arrows, and Recognizing Change

This week, Dan and Merlin talk at length about a recent article by Radiolab's Jad Abumrad, called, "The Terrors & Occasional Virtues of Not Knowing What You’re Doing."

From the genesis of Radiolab through casting about for what comes next, Jad's article reads like a Greatest Hits of Back to Work. Just terrific.

It all comes down to working through the times you don't know what you're doing and making, then accepting that—even once you do know—you still have to push through change and evolution.

Working through the fear to make something awesome? Well. That's Fine for Jad Abumrad.

Links for this episode:

Transom » Jad Abumrad

Behaves So Strangely - Radiolab

Podcasts - Radiolab

Home - Radiolab

Jad Abumrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Behaves So Strangely - Radiolab

Binary Bonsai

Merlin Mann's Wishlist

Official Squarespace 6 Templates and Themes

Back to Work That's Fine for Merlin T-Shirt | 5by5

Jad Abumrad (JadAbumrad) on Twitter

Amazon.com: Radio: An Illustrated Guide (9780967967103): Jessica Abel, Ira Glass: Books

Retraction | This American Life

Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 1 of 4 - YouTube

Ira Glass on Working Through the Suck | 43 Folders

kung fu grippe • I’m The Old One I love this photo. [via]

People - Oliver Sacks - Radiolab

Radiolab (Radiolab) on Twitter

Transom » Radiolab: An Appreciation by Ira Glass

“There are some people who don’t wait.” Robert Krulwich on the future of journalism | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

The 'Decline Effect' and Scientific Truth - On The Media

kung fu grippe • John Cleese - “A Lecture on Creativity” ...

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Amazon.com: Sennheiser HD-280 PRO Headphones: Electronics

Merlin Mann's Wishlist

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Back to Work 77: Sadness Harmonica

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Motivation, Hardware Stores, and Fighting the Last War

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about motivation—how it changes, how it doesn't, and how it can be fueled by anxiety and cognitive dissonance.

There is also discussion of Merlin's pear tart problem, the challenge of the engineering triangle, and, yeah, a new t-shirt That's Fine for Merlin.

Links for this episode:

Back to Work That's Fine for Merlin T-Shirt | 5by5

And now it’s all this

Commuting Takes Its Toll: Scientific American

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Letters: Marx-Engels Correspondence 1864

kung fu grippe • Ubiquitous Capture I already mostly forgot what...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cognitive dissonance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tracy, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fletch (1985)

Search results for 'hipster pda' - All this

B1 battle droid - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

5by5 | Mac Power Users #95: Engineering Workflows with Dr. Drang

5by5 | Systematic

My curtain calls - All this

Bolt upright - All this

kung fu grippe - "Jeff Goldblum"

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Back to Work 76: The Avatar of Dorian Gray

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:00:00 GMT

TOPICS: Better Meat & Working Backwards

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the many strategic and tactical benefits of reverse-engineering your next project.

There is also extensive discussion of choosing, preparing, and cooking meat.

It's not food until is sounds like food and it smells like food.

Links for this episode:

5by5 | The Incomparable #98: Obscure References and Sadness

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How to Tell If That Steak is Done

Amazon.com: Jaccard Supertendermatic 48-Blade Tenderizer: Home & Kitchen

Netflix's lost year: The inside story of the price-hike train wreck | Internet & Media - CNET News

The Finger Test to Check the Doneness of Meat | Simply Recipes

Amazon.com: Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food (9780596805883): Jeff Potter: Books

Cooking For Engineers - Step by Step Recipes and Food for the Analytically Minded

Code Library - Squarespace Code Library

Twitter / hotdogsladies: @MailChimp @markdicristina

Amazon.com: The Complete Meat Cookbook (9780618135127): Bruce Aidells, Denis Kelly: Books

Amazon.com: Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (9780684814650): Cheryl Mendelson, Harry Bates: Books

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kung fu grippe - (Phoenix at Comic-Con. Sigh.)

Fernet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Flat iron steak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | After Dark #193: Grillin' with Marco and Dan

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Project Gutenberg

Ep. 13: "Then There Was Pump Chili" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

TextExpander Shortcuts (per Back to Work e76) — Gist

2011/12 Creative Mornings with Ben Chestnut on Vimeo

Screencast on TextExpander 3 fill-in snippets (by Merlin)

PURE Solutions: Hypoallergenic Hotel Rooms, Purifiers, Bedding

Guerras Deli & Meats, San Francisco Deli, Bay Area Deli, Steak, Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb, Sausages, Poultry, online deli ordering

Home :: EmpireStateSouth.com

NPR.org » Delicious Turkey Tips From Food Scientists

Farm Egg - "ESS pepperoni, crisp carolina gold rice, corn puree, beech mushrooms, lambs quarter"

Interpunct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prime Rib or Standing Rib Roast - Recipe File - Cooking For Engineers

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Back to Work 75: The Mayor of Perspective

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Feeling Stuck in the Middle

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about a topic suggested by listener, @toddsandends: what happens when you're stuck enforcing rules you don't agree with?

Whether you're a security guard, an RA, a SysAdmin, a character on The Wire, or pretty much anybody else, sometimes there's just stuff you gotta do. Even when you think it's a terrible idea.

So, who's allowed to corrupt you, what's it worth, and how long is that going to be okay with you?

As ever, work is a lot of work.

Links for this episode:

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The Wire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

dog diapers - Google Search

X - See How We Are - (Acoustic) - YouTube

kung fu grippe - Trinity “C’mon, help ol’ Gil out here!”

Brainstorm (1983)

Brainstorm Movie Trailer - YouTube

SF bay area all housing classifieds "birds" - craigslist

MarsEdit 3 - Desktop blog editing for the Mac.

The Wire - "These are for you McNulty" - YouTube

Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan | Achieving balance between people and dogs

San Francisco Multimedia Gulch Nostalgia via Yahoo Maps

Online NewsHour: Multimedia Gulch -- July 20, 1999

Making sense of Multimedia Gulch - SFGate

Gil Gunderson - Simpsons Wiki

LBi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 74: Cheap Liberal Arts Relativism

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: How Much Honesty Can We Stand?

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about how ridiculously complex "Honesty" can be. Do "Candor," "Transparency," "Frankness," and all those other Capital Letter Nouns mean the same thing?

Links for this episode:

Things said can't be unsaid - selfesteem cruelty brutalhonesty | Ask MetaFilter

The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com

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Gellies Local 416 | You Look Nice Today

107.7 The Bone / KSAN-FM San Francisco > Home

kung fu grippe - Mixed Grill

Jester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I Think You're Fat - Esquire

Radical Honesty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: On Bullshit (0218681122946): Harry G. Frankfurt: Books

PowerMate Support | Griffin Technology

Ted From The Internet: On a recent 5by5 AD, Dan and Merlin were throwing around the idea of a 5by5 Morning Zoo.

Great Tools For Your Mac By Andreas Hegenberg » BetterTouchTool, BetterSnapTool & SecondBar

Tackling keyboard shortcut woes in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

How to use services in Mac OS X | Macworld

cough button - Wiktionary

Twitter / hotdogsladies: M: Sorry about my office t

The Fantastic Mr. Fox's 'Trademark'

John Hummer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Urban Dictionary: back door brag

Politics and the English Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946

Pseudologia fantastica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neighbors | This American Life

5by5 | Back to Work #57: Start with Anger, End with a Sign

Pittsburgh in Words - Can You Say ... 'Hero'? by Tom Junod

Merlin and Chauncey Gardiner

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Back to Work 73: Permission to Unclench

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Aspects of Letting Go

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about two very different viewports into doing what you want to do and being who you want to be.

There's the non-fiddly value you earn from getting junk out of your head and into a place you trust (in this instance, OmniFocus location-based contexts).

Then, there's the "what the cuss?" situation faced by listener, "Evan," who's struggling with a work conundrum that's hard on the office freezer and his feelings.

How do you move toward doing the right thing in the face of a lot of wrong? And, how do you take care of the piddly crap that's made your brain such a messy white board?

Also, there's our new t-shirts, some boot scoots, lots of tickles, plus, that total tool who pushed Shlomo out. Don't even get Merlin started. Literally.

Links for this episode:

5by5 | Mac Power Users #91: Workflows with Merlin Mann III

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Recipes « World Aeropress Championship

Tim Wendelboe » Blog Archive » Top 3 Aeropress Methods

TextExpander 4.0 Fill-In Feature on Vimeo

Me & You • In the second issue of the BULK BAG! newsletter of...

Me and You: Tuck and Roll from A Bug's Life

kung fu grippe - The Mandrill Thing For Joel Benjamin and family.

xkcd: Duty Calls

Los Vengadores - LHMPDM 1x06 Español (España) - YouTube

Roderick on the Line (Merlin's Favorite Episodes)

The Long Winters - "New Girl" ["No! YOU are!"]

OmniFocus for Mac - The Omni Group

rm (Unix) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clobbering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - “Here. Put this bandit hat on.” My God, I love...

kung fu grippe - “You Cussing With Me?” (Fantastic Mr. Fox)

kung fu grippe - In Contexts Hey. You. Tune in to Mac Power Users...

kung fu grippe - “Divide that by nine, please.” It’s real...

Fantastic Mr. Fox (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - IMDb

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

Rogue Amoeba | Freebies (SoundSource)

revans/bash-it

5by5 | The Pipeline #7: Merlin Mann

rm -r * by Jeffrey Veen

5by5 | Back to Work #5: Chigger Bites on the Bus Driver

Recology SF • Curbside Recycling Program FAQ

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Back to Work 72: Rocky Balboa Moment

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Confidence, Courage, and the Problem with Thinking

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about why we may or may not feel confident to do stuff. How do other people seem to get it so easily, and where do they find the courage?

Well. You walk through The Forum, you check the mics, and you never let thinking get in your way.

Too much thinking? UNACCEPTABLE!

Dungeon. Seven years. No trials.

Links for this episode:

Dalrympled (Dan)

Dalrympled (Merlin)

solipschtick — By this point in my life, I’d also had enough...

Me & You

Twitter / hotdogsladies: All of you. Dungeon. Seven

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste of Honey (1967)_HQ - YouTube

Tandoor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Designer drug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toilets in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - Accomplished entirely with that Peter Jackson...

Biblical Mount Sinai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom Baker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Presentation Zen

The Mosquito Coast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - Inspire yourself…every day!!!!!

Amazon.com: Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations that Inform, Motivate, and Inspire (Business Skills) (English and English Edition) (9780735627352): Cliff Atkinson: Books

Fake Amazon

Toastmasters International - Home

Chafing-dish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sterno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chrome Web Store - Template

LEMON GRAB UNACCEPTABLE - YouTube

Caltrop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toto - Washlet S400

Glassboard: Know who you're sharing with.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox: You Cussing With Me - Movie Trailers - Video Detective

kung fu grippe - “You Cussing With Me?” (Fantastic Mr. Fox)

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kung fu grippe - x-mann: Yeah. I went there.

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Bath Salts: Deep in the Heart of America's New Drug Nightmare | SPIN

oubliette

kung fu grippe - Nerds of the Corn

kung fu grippe - “So.”

kung fu grippe - jxpx1138, shredding

Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) | 43 Folders

Amazon

Critical précis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - The Mandrill Thing For Joel Benjamin and family.

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Back to Work 71: Sorry to Lose You as a Son

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: The Problem with Passive-Aggression. If that's okay with you.

This week, Dan and Merlin apologize if they've made you unhappy with an episode about passive-aggressiveness, wussy non-communication, and non-apology apologies. But, maybe, that'll just have to be okay with them.

But, could you PLEASE take your tuna out of the fridge, pick up after your dog, make more coffee, change the toilet paper roll, and help with taking trash to the curb?

Thank You In Advance For Your Cooperation!
— The Management

Links for this episode:

kung fu grippe - Q: What’s my next X-Men? Obviously, a lot of you...

Twitter / defunkt: Soon: http://t.co/ufqZ8FiZ

Passive–aggressive behavior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PassiveAggressiveNotes.com

Days of Future Past - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Days of Future Passed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Multiverse (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Earth-616 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PDFpen for iPad: PDF Editing Software for Mac iOS

BULK Bag! Issue #05

kung fu grippe - The Avengers - “Hulk smashes Loki” I can watch...

Five power tools of the unintentionally creepy guy | 5ives

Leave-A-Sign-About-Dog-Poop Guy | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

5by5 | Back to Work #57: Start with Anger, End with a Sign

kung fu grippe - FIN Sigh. Finished #137 last night, drawing The...

The Silent Treatment | PassiveAggressiveNotes.com

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Back to Work 70: Expectation Zero

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Recalibrating Expectations

This week, Dan and Merlin talk more about struggling with expectations. Everybody's expectations. Including yours.

Why it's worth recalibrating your own expectations, managing others' expectations, and accepting the impossibility of knowing—let alone meeting—the expectations of the entire world.

Because, that's monkeyballs.

We also learn that Merlin likes his buttons touched very gently.

Links for this episode:

Language Log » “Factlets”

Back To Work - Igloo Software

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - Back to Work: “Like Patty Hearst in a Closet” ...

Back to Work (b2wshow) on Twitter

Amazon.com: Apocalypse Now (Apocalypse Now / Apocalypse Now Redux / Hearts of Darkness) (Three-Disc Full Disclosure Edition) [Blu-ray]: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola: Movies & TV

Amazon.com: Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions) (9780486264646): Joseph Conrad, Stanley Appelbaum: Books

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Druthers, CA | You Look Nice Today

Ep. 34: "A Sh*t Barge Full of Long Pigs" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

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Back to Work 69: Seven Dwarfs of Bad Emotion

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Boogers and Expectations

Are you making perfect reports when your boss just wants them on time? Are you making crème brûlée when you should be jumping in a trench? Are wangs and boogers causing problems at work?

This week, Dan and Merlin talk more about expectations – whether you're willing to or not – and the risks of expectations of partners, bosses, and kids.

How can you handle expectations? There aren't a lot of easy answers. As you'd probably expect.

Links for this episode:

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Game theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Found My Place - Blog - Song: "Lost in Space"

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Diplomacy (game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 68: The Black Queen is Killing Me

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Incentive, Inspiration, and Motivation

This week, Dan and Merlin are inspired to talk about the incentive and the motivation to make something.

Inspiration is marketed as something you're missing, but it has a short expiration date, and if you're more scared than uninspired then it doesn't matter how many pieces of candy you're offered. And what do you do if selling bottled water cozies affects your intrinsic motivation to make them?

Well. It's complicated. As usual.

Links for this episode:

Replication studies: Bad copy : Nature News & Comment

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Nerd Boyfriend

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Marked - smart tools for smart writers

Marked 1.5 Sneak Peak - Brett Terpstra

ttscoff (Brett Terpstra) on Github

Simpsons - Sideshow bob steps on rakes - YouTube

Bulk Bag at Amy's Ice Creams | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

marvel comics - Why can't adamantium cut through vibranium? - Science Fiction and Fantasy

Adamantium - Marvel Comics Database

Dignan (Character)

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Nerd Boyfriend - Pacino and Walken

AeroPress “Ritual” on Vimeo

The Dark Phoenix Saga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe • "The Black Queen"

Jean Grey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (v. 1) (9780785121015): Chris Claremont, Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne: Books

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Intellivision® TV Commercial: Major League Baseball - YouTube

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Interviews, Writers, Quotes, Fiction, Poetry - Paris Review

Meat is Murder by the Smiths (Album Version) - YouTube

The Smiths - Reel Around the Fountain - Live - YouTube

The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - YouTube

The Smiths - This Charming Man - YouTube

NVAlt Tips « Macdrifter

Simplicity Is Bliss

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Back to Work 67: Ad Hoc Bra

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Trying On The Change

This week, Dan and Merlin (who might not have mentioned he didn't sleep much) discuss the balance between placing nickel bets versus going all-in—or at least thinking all-in.

You might be talking yourself into stasis or change, but if you don't really try it on first, you may find out the techno and combat boots are nothing compared to living under incontinent grackles.

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It's a Wonderful Life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pictures & Photos from It's a Wonderful Life - IMDb

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The surprisingly complicated legacy of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee - Grantland

Hofstadter's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Common Grackle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bullseye | Maximum Fun

Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ya Blew It... - YouTube

Tim and Eric's Awsome Show Great Job- Mr.Henderson - YouTube

MarsEdit 3 - Desktop blog editing for the Mac.

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Back to Work 66: Horseradish on My Raccoon

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: The Pete Campbell Problem

Ever notice how you never really "arrive?" Or, have you ever noticed that right when you think you've "arrived," you don't stay arrived for very long—but now have a whole big bunch of new stuff to do? Yeah, us too.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about expectations, the wrong kinds of ambition, and the unquenchable lust for prestige and respect. Good practitioners practice, great leaders lead, and crummy managers just get their fingers all brown from digging around in your chocolate bag.

How to see yourself more as your team does—and less as That Guy who deserves more everything.

Because there will always be more "everything."

Links for this episode:

Found My Place - Blog - Song: "Staying Up"

I loved Merlin Mann’s song Staying Up so much I...

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Mad Men's Pete Campbell: An interview with Vincent Kartheiser - Slate Magazine

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The Dark Phoenix Saga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Underscorefunk Design

New Order - True Faith - YouTube

New Order - Thieves Like Us - YouTube

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle Music Video - YouTube

Fireballed.org - The Anti-Fireball

New Order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

New Order live, 1984, 'Temptation' - YouTube

Cos Cob, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pete Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Patton Oswalt – "You Are Allowed 20 Birthday Parties"

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Back to Work 65: A Light Dusting of Life

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Stressing Out About Stress

Dan and Merlin talk about what happens when stress meets stress, anxiety feeds anxiety, and 10 guys maybe try to jump you in the woods.

Which kinds of stress are simply unavoidable? Which ones are addictive? Which ones can be tolerated? And, yes, which kinds of stresses can be vanquished by firing your boss?

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Pricing - Squarespace

Amazon.com: Das Keyboard Model S Professional Mechanical Keyboard: Electronics

The Stenciled Approach | You Look Nice Today

MN 82: Ratthapala Sutta

Dorothy Parker: "If all the girls attending it were laid end to end…"

Dorothy C. Fisher: "A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary."

Prayer (Direct petitions to God) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? (9780449208397): Erma Bombeck: Books

The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank: Erma Bombeck: 9780345471727: Amazon.com: Books

The World's Greatest Joke - "One penguin says, 'You look like you're wearing a tuxedo.…'"

The Special Pig Joke - "OK, Fred. So just tell me. How did he get the wooden leg?"

The Aristocrats (joke) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Aristocrats (2005)

Gruber's Das Keyboard | Flickr - Photo Sharing! [1]

Gruber's Das Keyboard | Flickr - Photo Sharing! [2]

Ratatouille (2007)

Ed Gein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gregg shorthand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pincer movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Weltanschauung] World view - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[MP3] "Obstacle Race" by Merlin Mann

Free Custom Domain Names — The Official Squarespace Blog

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The Super Hero Squad Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 64: Frozen Poster

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: The Surprising Problems of "Doing What You Love"

Merlin has some follow up on Agency: be in control of what you give away and why you charge what you charge, and Dan is interested in what happens when you stop loving what you love when you do it as a job.

There are no guarantees, so don't mistake the Federalist Papers for Constitutional Law, and if you miss the signs you shouldn't be sailing, you'll just end up vomiting in your bucket hat.

You're not going suddenly arrive and do what you love. You get there through course correction: look back at all the ugly birdhouses and look ahead for the next step toward building a home.

Links for this episode:

Mad Men's Pete Campbell: An interview with Vincent Kartheiser

Twitter / @danbenjamin: At last, the Bulk Bag at @ ...

The Unofficial 5by5 Soundboard

Micah's tumblog - It’s the post that @danbenjamin and @hotdogsladies...

Greenview Studios - Journal - Back to Work

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The Man Who Broke Atlantic City - Magazine - The Atlantic

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100-sided die - Google Search

Zocchihedron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Prolost - Blog - Chasing Wildebeests

Chasing Wildebeests - Scruffy - Scruffy | Thinking

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Harry Nilsson - Me and my Arrow - YouTube

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Back to Work 63: Bold with the Scissors

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Agency, Independence, and Outing Your Makebelieve "Partners."

Dan and Merlin return to the topic of agency.

Who's allowed to speak and act on your behalf? And, what happens when you discover people who've unilaterally decided by fiat to speak and act on your behalf?

Well. If your work (and your business) matters to you, you tell them to knock it off.

How to reclaim your own stuff, set your own terms, and fire all the non-silent non-partners of the lucrative Free Compliment Industry.

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Workshops | Squarespace Workshops - archive - Beyond the Blog

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5by5 | Back to Work #12: Chewie's Medal is Not Canonical

Free as in "Me" | 43 Folders

Giant Steps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Sodastream Fountain Jet Soda Maker Starter Kit: Kitchen & Dining

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Back to Work 62: Cultural Molasses

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Karmasucks, No-Sayers, and Black and White Thinking

Dan and Merlin consider the karmasucks and black and white thinking that lead to inertia and a culture of derision.

Anyone can laugh at an agenda, and it only takes one turd in the punchbowl to ruin the party, so don't ask permission, ask yes or no questions, and keep your judge behind your explorer.

Links for this episode:

Why isn't that Buddha statue fat?

Monty Python - "Election Night Special" - YouTube

Phineas and Ferb - "My Nemesis" - YouTube

Waldorf education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Creative Think - Roger von Oech

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False dilemma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Splitting (psychology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Creative Prob-solving (KISP)

Spicynodes : Fostering creativity

Grace Hopper: "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission."

"Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade."

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"

VIDEO: "John Cleese - A Lecture on Creativity" (Do NOT miss!)

"Bill Cosby: Himself" - Part One

Bill Cosby: Himself (1983)

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Tim & Eric - "Gravy Robbers Training Video" (with Zach Galifianakis)

Tim & Eric - "Gravy Robbers!" - YouTube

Election Night Special - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Primer (2004)

DAYTUM: Merlin's Running Sodastream Stats

Mitchell & Webb - "That's Numberwang!"

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Back to Work 61: I Handed Him My Luke

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:15:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin talk about Dancing Han Solo, going to college in Florida, and developing smarter patterns for Getting Things Diaried.

Whether you're calling collect, person-to-person, or station-to-station, it's time to get serious, get realistic, and just get it on the calendar.

Send the invite, work those Telephone Thursdays, and make that call E6W ("Every 6 Weeks"). Pick the system that supports your intentions. Then use it.

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LensRentals.com - Hammerforum.com

Lobster Farm | You Look Nice Today

"Old, Old Friend" - Threadless.com - Best t-shirts in the world

Dancing to "I'm Han Solo" on Kinect Star Wars - YouTube

A Sextodecimestrial Letter to YLNT Shareholders | You Look Nice Today

You Look Nice Today — The You Look Nice Today Starter Pack

simplecomic - An uncluttered comic viewer for os-x - Google Project Hosting

Vachina | You Look Nice Today

Wolverine - Marvel Comics Database

Jean Grey - Marvel Comics Database

kung fu grippe - Siracusa "LIKE AN ANIMAL!" ringtone

App Store - Comic Zeal Comic Reader

AwayFind - Mobile notifications for priority messages. The email management solution for Gmail and Exchange.

Tungle.me | Scheduling Made Easy

Cash Duke

Claude Zeins (czeins) on Twitter

Back to Work 60: Living Inside an Unfinished Thing

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:30:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin consider how to rethink your work as a platform. It's not just a job, or just a career, or (God forbid) just a brand--it's about deciding when you need to take your time and attention pro.

How the stuff you've made and done can be leveraged into the next things you'd like to make and do; how to find the orthogonal angles and unexpected branches; how to learn what you need to learn; and how to take your work so seriously that you'll dare a quick dip in the douche pool.

Links for this episode:

Why People Remember Negative Events More Than Positive Ones - NYTimes.com

Twitter / @rands: Reputation is the sum tota ...

Video for Merlin's "Inbox Zero" talk | 43 Folders

Damocles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Everyday Use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sorry to Lose You (sorrytoloseyou) on Twitter

Raynaud's phenomenon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MPU 023: Workflows with Merlin Mann « Mac Power Users

Simple Comic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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How Companies Learn Your Secrets - NYTimes.com

A compelling take on breaking bad habits - FT.com

37signals: Web-based collaboration apps for small business

"If you're proud of your work, don't worry whether everyone loves it…"

Amazon.com: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (9781936891023): Steven Pressfield, Shawn Coyne: Books

Amazon.com: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (9780743235273): Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter: Books

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Kill file - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 59: Brains All the Way Down

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:45:00 GMT

This week, Dan and Merlin tackle the problem of changing cultures at work. It's not a snapshot, it's not a kitchen table, and it may actually have surprisingly little to do with you.

Which is complicated.

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RL Classic for iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad (3rd generation) and iPad Wi-Fi + 4G on the iTunes App Store

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Use “Mobile Documents” Folder To Sync Files with iCloud Across Macs

Eternal September - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Applejack Project Page

Radius 81/110 - All this

Laurelhurst Market Restaurant and Butcher Shop Portland, OR

Video: Merlin's Time & Attention Talk (Improvised Rutgers Edition) | 43 Folders

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Back to Work 58: Girl with the QR Tattoo

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: Changing Inputs

Dan turns Merlin's technical difficulties into a discussion of discovering and paying attention to things that have a high ROI.

It's not about who you think you are, or the latest and loudest thing. You'll miss something even if you follow 1000 blogs, so remember who you really are.

La pregunta: ¿Que hacer?

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Squarespace Food Truck (@ SxSW, Mar 9-17)

[PDF] Squarespace-Food-Truck-Menu

Brightkite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Time Management, Productivity, & Project Tracking Software (Mac/PC) | RescueTime

Spirited Away - drikin.com - the Mac way

Hibari: A Mac Twitter client with keyword filtering, muting, inline saved search results, inline conversations, tweet lookup, and more

The Beatles in Hamburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Razzledazzle | You Look Nice Today

Marked: MultiMarkdown preview, everywhere

Noodlesoft | Hazel

Learn more about Labs features - Google Calendar Help

AwayFind - Mobile notifications for priority messages. The email management solution for Gmail and Exchange.

OtherInbox | Save your inbox for real people

SuperDuper!

OmniFocus for Mac - Products - The Omni Group

Your Outboard Brain Knows All

My Blog, My Outboard Brain - O'Reilly Media

One Foot Tsunami by Paul Kafasis

The Presurfer

kickingbear

Gmail - Priority Inbox – mail

Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) | 43 Folders

Dreyfus model of skill acquisition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple opinion and news | The Loop

Tip of the tongue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Flow (psychology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

File:Challenge vs skill.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Unix in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition (9780596100292): Arnold Robbins: Books

kung fu grippe • tedfromtheinternet: On a recent 5by5 AD, Dan and...

AppleJack Project Page

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Back to Work 57: Start with Anger, End with a Sign

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:30:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about successful lawn care secrets and getting angry over dog poop, paper towels, duck crossings, and the Dark Side.

No one ever saw the error of their ways because they saw a note from Management. Instead of counting piles and grabbing coals, maybe act a little more like Mr. Rogers.

Links for this episode:

Rogue Amoeba | Piezo: Charmingly Simple Recording From Applications and Audio Devices

dop-poop-piles.jpg (768×1024)

Neighbors | This American Life

Pittsburgh in Words - Can You Say ... 'Hero'? by Tom Junod

PassiveAggressiveNotes.com

Right versus pragmatic – Marco.org

The Elimination of Anger: With two stories retold from the Buddhist texts

Three poisons (Buddhism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Five Precepts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Four Noble Truths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noble Eightfold Path - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Star Wars: Machete Order

Tragedy of the commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Edit » Fanedit.org – Home of the fanedits

Star Wars Episode 2: Attack Of The Phantom » Fanedit.org – Home of the fanedits

Mike J. Nichols (theeditdoctor) on Twitter

Woody Allen: "Eighty percent of success is showing up."

Arthur Treacher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"There is 1 person with the first name 'Fedow' in Florida."

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Back to Work 56: One Giant Beholder Dinosaur

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:45:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about your attachment to old coffee cups, Captain America glasses, and Grandma's underwear cabinet—all the physical (and emotional) clutter that keeps you from making the things you love and having the life you want. The Kipple.

See: it's not a red snapper problem, it's an emotional problem. So, quit being scared of your fridge, or your inbox, or your todo list. Just suck it up, buy some contractor bags, and never organize another thing that's not worth keeping.

Links for this episode:

Right versus pragmatic – Marco.org

Amazon.com: It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff (9780743292658): Peter Walsh: Books

Sodastream Fountain Jet Soda Maker Starter Kit: Amazon.com: Kitchen & Dining

ikea lamp - YouTube

Amazon.com: Husky PA3242HD 42-Gallon Contractor Clean-Up Bags, 32-Count: Patio, Lawn & Garden

Amazon.com: Tuff Sak CCB750 42-Gallon Heavy Duty Contractor Clean Up Bags: Home Improvement

Cool Tools: It's All Too Much

Medical uses of silver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leon Trotsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My War on Clutter: Never "organize" what you can discard | 43 Folders

My War on Clutter: Inspiration for Independence Day | 43 Folders

My War on Clutter: The Tools to Purge BIG | 43 Folders

Clutter War II: Attack of the Giant Baby | 43 Folders

kung fu grippe

Back to Work 55: The Pickles Never Touch

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:00:00 GMT

This week Dan and Merlin ponder why there's so much variability in the quality of our work.

Whether we're making code, scrubbing toilets, or stinking up the Arby's, what explains our individual drive to do something better?

Links for this episode:

Features - Squarespace

Back to Work 54: Freemium Mason

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about returning to paleo, the nature of wieners and discouragement, crown vic habits and anxiety addiction.

You won't beat it without a cocktail of grit and care with just the right amount of sacrifice.

Links for this episode:

BRYCE DOT VC

Hot dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | 5by5 Specials #4: Kindacritical

Studio Neat — Welcome

My Family’s Experiment in Extreme Schooling - NYTimes.com

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com

Bear CSS - Helping you build a solid stylesheet foundation based on your markup

Creators of Daily Challenge - MeYou Health

Quills Coffee - Welcome to Quills Coffee

Quit Touching My Toilet Paper

Portland Hotel | Downtown Portland Oregon Hotels | Courtyard by Marriott Hotel

Stu Maschwitz (5tu) on Twitter

Prolost - Blog

IMDb - Stuart T. Maschwitz

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action - YouTube

Hot Pockets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laurelhurst Market Restaurant and Butcher Shop Portland, OR

The Paleo Diet: A Link Primer

Lo-Carb Chicago Dog | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

United Airlines - Airline Tickets, Airline Reservations, Flight Airfare

Back to Work 53: The Wages of Security

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT

In the most average episode ever, Merlin and Dan talk physical and digital work environments so you can get going in the right direction and don't have to spend all day on it.

And, when do you know you don't want 10 times more of something and what do you do about it? There's no guarantee of security, even if you show up sober, so start acting like an entrepreneur and choose what you want 10 times more of.

Links for this episode:

An Unfortunate Little Man - Merlin Mann

Slideshow 2.0 - Blog - The Official Squarespace Blog

Top 10 Programming Fonts

Solarized - Ethan Schoonover

deplorableword/textmate-solarized - GitHub

filmgirl/TextMate-Themes - GitHub

Appearance Manager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Byword • A Simple Text Editor for Mac

octothorpe - Wiktionary

Calepin

Merlin’s Calepin Thingee

Pelican — Pelican v2 documentation

Pygments — Python syntax highlighter

Santa's Village artifacts | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Slideshow 2.0 - Blog - The Official Squarespace Blog

kung fu grippe • An Unfortunate Little Man For today’s Back to...

kung fu grippe

Awkward Stock Photos

Hibari: A Mac Twitter client with keyword filtering, muting, inline saved search results, inline conversations, tweet lookup, and more

CD-i - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

VIDEO: Mitchell & Webb - "A New Führer"

The Front Line

kung fu grippe • “Yet, here we are.” Same way, if you’re caught...

Rabbit #2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[SPONSOR] Squarespace.com - 15% off 6 months with code `bulkbag`

Five terrible fake “Morning Zoo” teams | 5ives

Life Without Gluten: Perspectives | KQED Public Media for Northern CA

Sci-Fi Hi-Fi - "How to form a stampede of engineers at Tumblr HQ."

The compleat Menlo/Vera Sans comparison - All this

Amazon.com: The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety (Vintage) (9780307741202): Alan W. Watts: Books

M+ OUTLINE FONTS | DESIGN

Scared Shitless | 43 Folders

violasong | Hibari design philosophy

Back to Work 52: Walk the Coastline, Bitches

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: The Hidden Cost is the True Cost

Merlin is back from MacWorldPipeiWorld to talk with Dan about the True Cost of iceberg lettuce, an anchor tenant, 20 minutes of your time, and how much of your life you're going to eat sand.

You don't have a TARDIS to make it back to pick up your kid or make it to Built to Spill so walk the coastline.

Links for this episode:

Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: Natalie Portman from Comedy Deathray, Between Two Ferns, Natalie Portman, Zach Galifianakis, Scott Aukerman, and BJPorter

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Conan O'Brien & Andy Richter from Between Two Ferns, Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien, Zach Galifianakis, Comedy Deathray, Scott Aukerman, and BJPorter

Mandy Patinkin - IMDb

Alien Nation (1988) - IMDb

Merlin Mann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

snopes.com: Handyman's Invoice

5by5 | After Dark #75: Pamphlet

Michael Wolfe's answer to Engineering Management: Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3? - Quora

That design is money! A better ATM experience from Wells Fargo

How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fractal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Back to Work 51: Living Inside the Nonsense

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:00:00 GMT

TOPIC: Slipping on Dates, Sliding on Days

Merlin and Dan talk about managing projects, scheduling calls, and being home when you scheduled a party. It SEEMS SO SIMPLE but then Jeannie has to go to Guam and slipping is your SOP.

The way out of this quagmire is to admit you can't get out of it. You can't change a culture of slipping with a poster or a fairy princess. You have to fix the slides if you want to fix the slips.

Links for this episode:

Google Web Fonts

Agile Online Store

Back to Work 50: The Pork Soup Paradox

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:30:00 GMT

TOPIC: What to do if you fear a layoff.

Merlin and Dan talk about rumors of layoffs—when the fear gets you, and you start filing in the narrative with a panther, even if you're developing the best-of-breed cereal portal or have been in the newspaper's Accounts Payable department for 20 years.

What do you do at the fork in the road? Do you interview with The Bobs? Do you just grow up and ask what the hell's happening? Do you try to pray away the hurricane?

Or, do you just get tragically okay with being 10 times more terrified for 10 more years?

Yes: there are lessons from The Wire.

Links for this episode:

Amazon.com: The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap (9780321413642): Stu Maschwitz: Books

Stu Maschwitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prolost - Blog

Noble savage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Wire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Industry Standard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Big Lebowski (1998) - IMDb

5by5 | 5by5 at the Movies #1: Goodfellas

Rodgers Forge Snow Journal: Curbside Lawn Chairs and Parking Wars - Towson, MD Patch

Gorf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ArcadeCab- MAME cabinet plans and related information

5by5 | Back to Work #49: The Field of Completion

5by5 | Back to Work #1: Alligator in the Bathroom

cn_image.size.s-guantanamo-bay.jpg (630×427)

"If anyone wants me, I’ll be in my autographed Batgirl photo with the Big Lebowski reference. "

Chasing Wildebeests - Scruffy - Scruffy | Thinking

Office Space (1999) - IMDb

Amazon.com: Marpac SleepMate 980A Electro-Mechanical Sound Conditioner: Health & Personal Care

Colors of noise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

X-Men Vol 1 110 - Marvel Comics Database

Back to Work 49: The Field of Completion

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:45:00 GMT

John Gruber joins Merlin to talk about blog engines, Lego, bias, credibility, the project triangle, and (duh) Star Wars.

Links for this episode:

Project triangle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Star Wars Vintage KENNER Commercial - Death Star - YouTube

The Phantom Edit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Edit » Fanedit.org – Home of the fanedits

star wars despecialized - Google Search

Behind the Scenes of Harmy's Star Wars "Despecialized Edition" - Screened

5by5 | The Talk Show #57: The Banana Window

5by5 | The Talk Show #71: Hashcow

Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: About the Collections

re: agreements between Stallone and Asso... (hlm56b00)

Amazon.com: Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy (9780439882828): Matthew Reinhart: Books

Amazon.com: Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives (9781931498715): George Lakoff, Howard Dean, Don Hazen: Books

Eco - "Writings: IBM vs. Mac"

43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann's Blogging Panel at SxSW | 43 Folders

kung fu grippe • Star Wars Pop-Up Book Per Back to Work #49. ...

Bullshit – Marco.org

Back to Work 48: An Abrupt Existential Jerk

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: How habits get made.

Dan and Merlin are back for 2012 to discuss how habits are like little hairs or inertia or homeostasis or something. How we build habits, how they get built for us, and what we can learn about habits from making our daily coffee.

Links for this episode:

Shutting Down My Porno Site | Pat Dryburgh

Amazon.com: Thinking, Fast and Slow (9780374275631): Daniel Kahneman: Books

Availability heuristic

Turn your key, sir!

Photic sneeze reflex

kung fu grippe • annicka: zombiesenelghetto: Black Flag,...

Homeostasis

Amazon.com: Cuisinart DCC-1200 Brew Central 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Black/Brushed Metal: Kitchen & Dining

Food drives: Charities need your money, not your random old food. - Slate Magazine

Better

Amazon.com: Sakura IDenti-Pen Permanent Dual-Point Pen, Black: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

Amazon.com: uni-ball Gel RT Micro Point Retractable Pens, 12 Blue Ink Pens(69035): Office Products

Amazon.com: uni-ball Deluxe Fine Point Roller Ball Pens, 12 Black Ink Pens (60052): Office Products

JetPens.com - Japanese Pens and Stationery

Thinking, Fast and Slow - FT.com

This explains so much. | MetaFilter

The Forehead Ticket Trick | 43 Folders

Useful Landmines - 43FoldersWiki

Daniel Kahneman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[SPONSOR] Squarespace.com (use code `bigweek` for 30% off 3 months)

Between the Lines - Features - Los Angeles magazine

Antonio Gramsci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Category:Cognitive biases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golden Gate Bridge: Construction Information

Big Miracle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sponsored by Squarespace and Sponsor 5by5.

Back to Work 47: Utter Failure & Hotel Steak

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:45:00 GMT

TOPIC: Resolving to skip the New Year's resolutions.

In the last episode of 2011, Merlin and Dan talk about fresh starts and modest changes rather than rehearsing for sucking. You don't need a calendar to tell you to change. Whether you want to give up nail biting, onanism, or drinking a gallon of vodka a day, you need a plan and a tolerance for failure. Plus, a little care never hurts.

How to do it? Keep it small, keep it time-limited, keep it action-oriented.

Happy New Year, jackals. We love you.

Links for this episode:

Neven Mrgan's tumbl - "Focused dabbling"

5by5 | The Talk Show #72: H.R. Fluffypuff

Looking back at our fresh starts & modest changes | 43 Folders

Fight with knives

kung fu grippe - Blue-Sky Solutioneering

Five cues that Robert Plant is ready to have sexual intercourse with you « 5ives

Twitter - "GoDaddy's the insane roommate…"

Ep. 14: "Big City Apology" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Saturday Night Live: "Kings of Catchphrase Comedy Tour Vol. 2"

Fresh Start: The Email DMZ | 43 Folders

kung fu grippe • Fresh Start: The Email DMZ | 43 Folders Per B2W...

iTunes - TV Shows - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Remastered Edition

livin' the dream · A Step-by-Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy

Amazon.com: Horton Hears A Who! (9780394800783): Dr. Seuss: Books

Extensible Provisioning Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sodastream | Turn Water Into Fresh Sparkling Water And Soda

Water intoxication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Onan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 46: Not Counting the Mezzanine

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Topic: The Meta-Distractions of "Minimalism"

This week, Merlin and Dan get all "Zen" about bias and minimalism. Your background won't get any blacker, so stop burning cycles arguing on the internet or worrying about what other people think or how minimal you are. It's not about the bird skeletons, lion skins or barefoot girls. Unless that's what works. Just make sure it really works.

Links for this episode:

kung fu grippe • Meet Thorstenson Finlandson

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (30% off 3 months with code `fineformerlin`)

[SPONSOR] 1Password (40% off everything for B2W listeners)

The Hudsucker Proxy - "Thorstenson Finlandson"

Fresh Starts & Modest Changes | 43 Folders

kung fu grippe • 43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life

Larry Wall [Wikipedia]

Marked: MultiMarkdown preview, everywhere

Ray Bradbury's Desk - mlkshk

A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench (and an alleged thread)… TELLER! - Las Vegas Weekly

Amazon.com: Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings (9780804831864): Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki: Books

Amazon.com: Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center (9781582432540): Michael Downing: Books

kung fu grippe • when love breaks down

kung fu grippe • Non-Canonical So.

Twitter / @TJLuoma: After 14 years of putting ...

Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 21, Ernest Hemingway

VIDEO - môr mnml - Merlin's Minimalist Workspace

VIDEO - Penn & Teller's Bullet Catch Illusion (amazing!)

kung fu grippe - Intro to Rockpile

MacBreak: Minimize distractions on your Mac | 43 Folders

MacGuffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

M-O

F.lux: software to make your life better

Amazon.com: Histoire De Babar Le Petit Elephant (9782010025198): Jean de Brunhoff, Jean Brunhoff: Books

kung fu grippe - "Please Read"

Dem Bones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Satori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Music Jokes, U2

Is it safe to use baby powder on my baby? | BabyCenter

The View from Nowhere: Questions and Answers » Pressthink

Twitter: "Turns Out…"

Zazen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | The Talk Show #71: Hashcow

On The Verge, Episode 002: John Gruber | The Verge

Official Gmail Blog: 2 hidden ways to get more from your Gmail address

Duran Duran - Planet Earth - YouTube

IMG: "Some Hot Chick Typing in Her Underwear"

Amazon.com: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (9781590308493): Shunryu Suzuki, David Chadwick: Books

IMG: kung fu grippe • Minimally Zen

VIDEO: Delta Rhythm Boys - "Dem Bones"

kung fu grippe • ‘sda’ TextExpander saves you countless...

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Back to Work 45: Finagling the Tree Bag

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:45:00 GMT

Topic: The Narcissism of Small Differences

This week, Merlin has a quiz for Dan to determine whether Ben Franklin, "The Immigrant Song," or Quantum Mechanics has the most cultural impact--as well as his teasing out Dan's go-to for uninstalling Android apps.

Paying attention to the same degree you care goes nicely with keeping a sense of humor. Especially about those small differences regarding couch cushions, pink spaceships, and Sgt. Pepper's.

The answers are Moby Dick, Julian calendars, ZoSo, chigger bites, and--yes--The Greater Nerd Theory.

Links for this episode:

Benjamin Franklin's daily schedule | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Twitter / @joelhousman: @hotdogsladies @danbenjami ...

Niels Bohr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | The Talk Show #70: Pre-Lit

5by5 | Back to Work #39: A Source of Rice with Velocity

Merlin's Essay: Better

Narcissism of small differences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ZoSo - Google Search

kung fu grippe • Easily, the best edition of this very important...

Amazon.com: How the West Was Won: Led Zeppelin: Music

Larry Wall Quotes

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone.

My Faith in Nerds: Stronger Than Any Gelatinous Cube | 43 Folders

Elvis Presley - "Too Much" [worst. guitar solo. ever.]

Led Zeppelin - "Heartbreaker" (live) [Slamming version; asinine guitar solo]

[SPONSOR] Smile Software (20% off with code `lastchance`)

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (30% off 3 months with code `fineformerlin`)

All My Love (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 44: Circuitous Bridge of My Own Design

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

Topic: Moving from dumb nouns to awesome verbs.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the problem with Capital Letter Nouns; how real and specific verbs will always trounce Excellence, Effectiveness, and Mission Statements--even in the Best-of-Breed Pursuance of Five-Nines Quality Across The Enterprise.

They also look at transitive and intransitive flavors of "feasance," finding your keyboard's Excellence Key, opting-in for The Johnson Treatment, lancing that actionable boil, and (as ever) shooting the obvious fish in the obvious barrel.

Links for this episode:

Merlin Loves 1Password on Vimeo

5by5 Illustrated

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (offer code: `fineformerlin`)

[SPONSOR] 1Password (40% off everything for B2W listeners)

Capgras delusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Six Sigma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Urban Dictionary: johnson rod

Antiques, Collectibles, Shows, Clothing, Food, By the Bay, Alameda Point Antiques Faire and Michaans Auctions

Capital Letter Nouns v. lower-case verbs | 43 Folders

Mission statement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Agile software development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MarsEdit 3 - Desktop blog editing for the Mac.

malfeasance legal definition of malfeasance. malfeasance synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

App Store - Squarespace for iOS

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: The Uncanny X-Men: An Origin Story (9781423142997): Rich Thomas, Storybook Art Group: Books

Amazon.com: Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (v. 1) (9780785121015): Chris Claremont, Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne: Books

5by5 | The Conversation #27: Missionless Statements

IMAGE: Merlin's Giant X-Men Omnibus

Amazon.com: Extreme Programming Pocket Guide (9780596004859): chromatic: Books

IMAGE: Merlin's New Frames

Frakintosh - "Hi."

5by5 | Back to Work #2: Picture of a Boat

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Welcome to BrettTerpstra.com, home of Brett Terpstra and his nerdery

For your enjoyment and potentially limited usefulness - Blog -

5by5 Illustrated

kung fu grippe • “Remember…” Dan has confirmed that this handsome...

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Back to Work 43: I Return Null

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Topic: Asking questions in order to find better questions

This week, Dan and Merlin pick up their discussion of asking better questions and how sometimes the point of asking a question isn't to get an answer, but to get another, even better question.

How do you do this? Blundell Chains, hypotheses, the clackity noise, and iteration.

Links for this episode:

[SPONSOR] TextExpander (coupon code: LASTCHANCE)

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (offer code: `fineformerlin`)

5by5 | Back to Work #42: Coconut Headphones

Adam Lisagor – interview by Merlin Mann

Visual Customization | Squarespace Help & Support

Advanced Customization | Squarespace Help & Support

Roderick on the Line - Merlin's new podcast Dan won't listen to.

kung fu grippe - Check out TextExpander’s new “Fill” functionality....

Amazon.com: The Essential Don Murray: Lessons from America's Greatest Writing Teacher (9780867096002): Donald M. Murray, Thomas Newkirk, Lisa C. Miller: Books

Amazon.com: A Writer's Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work (9781400078691): Jack R. Hart: Books

Amazon.com: Spot Bakes a Cake (9780399227011): Eric Hill: Books

kung fu grippe - I got the “Spot” cake No words.

The Man Who Sold the World (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hüsker Dü - "New Day Rising"

kung fu grippe - Return of Humanity Horse Still brutal. ...

JYI.org :: The Psychology of Time

More of Jack Hart’s practical writing tips for authors, from A Writer’s Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work

Getting Into the Writing Game, With Words of Advice From a Coach | Special English | Learning English

kung fu grippe - Appreciating Donald Murray

kung fu grippe - Making the Clackity Noise

kung fu grippe - Questions, questions 43 Folders - “Makebelieve...

Video: Merlin's Time & Attention Talk (Improvised Rutgers Edition) | 43 Folders

Examples - Squarespace

kung fu grippe - Sample Blundell Chain Super-useful. (Featured...

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Back to Work 42: Coconut Headphones

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:45:00 GMT

This week Dan and Merlin talk about asking good questions instead of massaging your real problem until it fits the comforting solution you found on the cover of a magazine.

Links for this episode:

Macworld Check your music's iCloud Status | Music and Audio

MacSparky - Blog - Macworld 2012 - Rob Corddry and a Magic Show

The Mountain Goats - "This Year" (2005)

Lyrics: The Mountain Goats - "This Year"

[SPONSOR}: Squarespace.com (offer code = `soangry`)

Publication bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As Dutch Research Scandal Unfolds, Social Psychologists Question Themselves - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Thinking, Fast and Slow - FT.com

Arrow’s other theorem « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

How to upgrade tracks to iTunes Match, fast | Macworld

Five terrible fake AC/DC songs about how hard it is to be in a band « 5ives

Earth-616 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe: "…And Snacks"

Jack Cheng

Give Me Something To Read

Longreads: The best long-form stories on the web

file-drawer effect - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com

Magical thinking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cargo cult - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cold reading - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Official Web Site of The Secret and The Power

The Secret (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ghost in the Machine (The Police album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science - Atlantic Mobile

Sophie's Choice (1982)

The Greatest Salesman in the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zig Ziglar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Category:Self-help books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg by Richard Hugo ...

Bank of America hires Malcolm Gladwell to attract small business clients | The Raw Story

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

André Breton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | After Dark #60: After Back To Work #42

VIDEO: Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) [43 Folders]

kung fu grippe - Questions, questions 43 Folders - “Makebelieve...

kung fu grippe

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Back to Work 41: Carpal Tunnel Diem

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin talk more about why we get stuck and how might re-think getting "unstuck." Looking at process over product, remembering how you got here, and getting clear about what you're really trying to make.

Merlin also has some updates and tips for your iTunes Matching and your Google searching.

Links for this episode:

The Great Style Revival - Blog - The Official Squarespace Blog

Search using your terms, verbatim - Inside Search

Captain Beefheart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5by5 | Hypercritical #42: The Wrong Guy

The Metamorphosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elizabeth Gilbert's official website

KeyBindings: new, improved

Marked scripts: nvALT, Evernote, MarsEdit, Scrivener - Brett Terpstra

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

Sestina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ballpark Seating Chart | SFGiants.com: Ballpark

Castilian Spanish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[SPONSOR] Squarespace.com

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

About a little thing called 750 Words

Amazon.com: Captain Beefheart: The Biography (9780815411901): Mike Barnes: Books

The Stranger (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Steve Jobs (9781451648539): Walter Isaacson: Books

Thinking, Fast and Slow - FT.com

IMG: Smart Playlist for troubleshooting iTunes Match errors

How to write a book, part 2 « Scott Berkun

(Planet Money) The Giant Pool of Money | This American Life

Check your music's iCloud Status | Macworld

Amazon.com: Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (0790145196705): Steve McConnell: Books

Amazon.com: Led Zeppelin III: Led Zeppelin: MP3 Downloads

Amazon.com: The Uncanny X-Men: An Origin Story (9781423142997): Rich Thomas, Storybook Art Group: Books

Amazon.com: Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (v. 1) (9780785121015): Chris Claremont, Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne: Books

Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors | AllMusic

Fingertips - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base

Macworld '12 - "40 OS X Tips in 40 Minutes" - David Sparks, Brett Terpstra, Merlin Mann

Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Championship Wrestling from Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - Making the Clackity Noise

Anti-pattern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Back to Work 40: Dirty South Is Off the Menu

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:15:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin talk about what it means for Google to change the meaning of "plus," and how it might bolster the production of "stuff and needy."

They also consider options for "getting unstuck" with a creative project—how, sometimes, the constraints can help a lot more than the options.

Links for this episode:

Code Library - Squarespace Code Library

[SPONSOR] Squarespace.com (offer code: `soangry`)

Back to Work 39: A Source of Rice with Velocity

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:15:00 GMT

On strength and tolerance.

Dan and Merlin talk about the many facets of strength, including the complexity of knowing what to be strong about, to whom, and when.

It's about way more than nailing the "clean and jerk" or yelling at Sips-His-Coffee-Really-Loud Guy. It's also about accepting all the things they just can't stand about you.

Also covered: the inescapability of Italian disco, maintaining an unassailable lawn, confronting skinny ladies in heels, negotiating D-minus hip-hop, and finding the will to spelunk all the way down the personal productivity stack.

Links for this episode:

GarageBand for iOS goes universal, adds new features | Macworld

@hotdogsladies: "Watched a homeless guy throw fried rice at a pigeon for an hour. Would've left sooner but having an audience made them both try WAY harder."

Ted (ted) on Twitter

Roderick On The Line - a set on Flickr (Ted's awesome Roderick on the Line art)

Giorgio Moroder ? Chase (theme from Midnight Express) - YouTube

Giorgio Moroder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Giorgio Moroder Discography at Discogs

Clean and jerk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Priapism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abilify Side Effects | Drugs.com

Parrhesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Slaughterhouse-Five: "Vy you? Vy anybody?"

kung fu grippe - Plastic Dim Sum Thingee (from the artist’s...

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (use coupon code: `soangry`)

Prolapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Celebration, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lil Wayne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Metallica - Fade to Black (1985)

Back to Work 38: Sorry. You Can't Have a Candle.

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:00:00 GMT

On improving presentation culture.

Dan and Merlin talk about bombing the deck, advancing the slides, and striving to improve the self-perpetuating bad culture of presentations.

Slide?!?

(Also, kid germs in the spaghetti, meeting the angry corn guy, and moving closer to the metal with our Showbot hero.)

Links for this episode:

Jeremy Mack (mutewinter) on Twitter

Kurtis Beavers Illustration

Turtle Log | A Programmer Blog

Anapanasati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[SPONSOR] Squarespace.com (use coupon code `merlinlovesus`)

In which Crabby learns The Angry Dancing Corn is called, "Cornzilla" | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Amazon.com: Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire (Bpg-Other) (9780735620520): Cliff Atkinson: Books

Amazon.com: Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (9780321525659): Garr Reynolds: Books

kung fu grippe - No pressure or anything.

kung fu grippe - Prepping my “slides”

Cedilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann's Blogging Panel at SxSW

Video: Merlin's Time & Attention Talk (Improvised Rutgers Edition)

Scared Shitless

Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain on Vimeo

[Merlin's Remote] Targus Multimedia Presentation Remote | AMP09US

App Store - Presentation Clock

How I Made My Presentations a Little Better

kung fu grippe - How my weird brain works If you’re curious—and...

Sample: Presenter Mode

Video: Merlin's Macworld '09 Talk, "Toward Patterns for Creativity" - Merlin's Media - Video, Audio, Photos and More - Merlin Mann

2 types of stories "1. Hero goes on a journey 2. Stranger comes to town."

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Webstock '11: Tom Coates - Everything the Network Touches on Vimeo

Amazon.com: A Writer's Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words That Work (9780375423277): Jack R. Hart: Books

Viddler.com - Merlin Mann - Worst Website Ever - SXSW 2008 - Uploaded by rooreynolds

Business is Rockin | Stock Photo | iStockphoto.com

Countryman Associates, Inc.

Presentation Zen

Sponsored by Squarespace and TinyLetter.

Back to Work 37: It's Never Not Everywhere

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:00:00 GMT

This week, Merlin loves and hates iCloud while loving and REALLY loving Dropbox. He and Dan observe angry corn, discuss emailing files to yourself, wonder what to do with an ugly photo, and explore Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle.

Links for this episode:

Apple - iCloud stores your content and pushes it to your devices.

TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time!

The Setup

Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup - Forbes

DropDAV: Home

Instapaper 4: Deciding to Read | 43 Folders

The Combine 2011 - Eventbee

Sponsored by Sponsor 5by5, Smile, and Squarespace.

Back to Work 36: Writing on the Wind

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann talks with Dan Benjamin about his dogged obsession with the flexibility of index cards—for propping up tables, giving very small cuts, and getting babies hygienically removed. Then, there is much talk of graphing your focal length against your time and attention.

Links for this episode:

The Dan Patrick Show | Official Home

43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann's Blogging Panel at SxSW | 43 Folders

kickingbear» Blog Archive » About Steve

Anne Lamott on index cards | 43 Folders

Richard Stallman Eats Something From His Foot - YouTube

New Podcast: "Roderick on the Line" - John Roderick and Merlin Mann

Scared Shitless | 43 Folders

Geena Davis - The Fly - YouTube

Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders

Mole (unit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kung fu grippe - Synecdoche, New York - Official Trailer I...

This explains everything | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Armand Van Helden - Hear My Name - YouTube

gladwell dot com - the social life of paper

Make Magazine: "Death to Paper! Long Live Paper!"

Video: Merlin's Macworld '09 Talk, "Toward Patterns for Creativity" - Merlin's Media - Video, Audio, Photos and More - Merlin Mann

Steve Jobs: a personal remembrance

Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot

A Strange Sort of Prison, a Strange Sort of Freedom

Passenger 57 (1992) - IMDb

Hype Williams videography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon: "The Creative Habit" by Twyla Tharpe

[SPONSOR] - Squarespace - Build a Website, Create a Blog (coupon code: "`MerlinLovesUs`")

[SPONSOR] - Byword • A Simple Text Editor for Mac

[SPONSOR] - Byword on the Mac App Store

Stallman: "Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died."

[SPONSOR] - Adding an Audio Podcast | Squarespace Help & Support

5by5 | 5by5 Specials #2: Thank You, Steve Jobs

Joe Mande - R.I.P. The Andy Rooney Game

My Neighbor, Steve Jobs - Palo Alto, CA Patch

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com

Focal length - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Should I Email Marco Arment? — Please don't email me.

43 Folders: Thanks, Steve

No One Needs Permission to Be Awesome | 43 Folders

Classic Hype Williams Video: "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" by Busta Rhymes

Marked: MultiMarkdown preview, everywhere

nvALT 2.1 - Notational Velocity Fork

Markdown Service Tools - Brett Terpstra

5by5 | The Talk Show #60: I Tip Profusely

Sponsored by Sponsor 5by5, Byword, and Squarespace.

Back to Work 35: Why My Pants Were On Fire

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT

How to handle job interviews.

Merlin and Dan can't solve the problem of interviews being dumb, but Merlin will tell you what is wrong with you, how long you'll have to wait for your resume to get you a job, how Larry Wall interviews for a Perl job, and whether or not the answer is always Yes, like they were just telling Stephen (yes, Hawking).

Links for this episode:

Seduction community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Merlin's Talk: "With All Due Respect to the Seduction Community"

Larry Wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twitter / @hotdogsladies: "You guys know if there's any Monopoly Guy/Sir Topham Hatt slash fiction?"

Cold Stone Creamery Ice Cream Catering

Blackjack Classroom

Serial position effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: What Color Is Your Parachute? 2011: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers (9781580082709): Richard N. Bolles: Books

JobHuntersBible.com:

Résumé of Merlin Mann (10/2000)

Alexandre Dumas, père - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexandre Dumas, fils - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Category:Candy bars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Résumé of Dan Benjamin (06/2001)

Awesome B2W-related sketchbook drawing. So great.

kung fu grippe - You stay classy, Marriott

KeyBinding madness - Brett Terpstra

Siracusa said so. - Actual quotes, complaints, and wise sayings from John Siracusa as heard on 5by5's entertaining Hypercritical broadcast.

Sales Representative at 5by5 Studios ~ Authentic Jobs

Good Will Hunting - Funny Job Interview (Ben Affleck) - YouTube

Viddler.com - Merlin Mann - Worst Website Ever - SXSW 2008 - Uploaded by rooreynolds

Quote Details: Woody Allen: Eighty percent of success... - The Quotations Page

Aphasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tumblr

Back to Work 34: Rectangular Door Conspiracy

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT

How to say "no."

Merlin talks with Dan about saying No to toilet paper diamonds, mints on pillows, and things you don't have the wallet for instead of saying Yes to a crate of bananas you don't have enough information about or giving a qualified Yes to planning Christmas parties you don't have any interest in.

Links for this episode:

THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager

Amazon.com: Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy (9780385531733): Martin Lindstrom: Books

5by5 | Hypercritical #34: Pride in Craftsmanship

Cognitive dissonance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How Whole Foods "Primes" You To Shop | Fast Company

Back to Work 33: The Hypocrite You Can Live With

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin have a totally natural emotional reaction to the unreasonable demands they place on themselves after reading The Spongebob Report. Maybe they wouldn't have offended non-ex-Marines if they had just taken some time and consulted their Manager of Expectations.

Links for this episode:

kung fu grippe - [Probably the Greatest Keynote Slide of All Time]

Dan Benjammin' (danbenjammin) on Twitter

Eddie Van Halen: The Complete 1978 Interviews

[Dan] with the Les Paul (circa 1991) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Is SpongeBob SquarePants Bad for Children? - NYTimes.com

kung fu grippe - ["the visual equivalent of being told you’re eating human flesh"]

Macramé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks (Amoeba Records) - YouTube

Ashton Kutcher's Lady in Her Panties

Hypercritical #33 [Jay-Sir on Markdown and why he doesn't use it]

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science - Magazine - The Atlantic

snopes.com: Microwaving Plastic Releases Cancer-Causing Agents

FAQs: Using Plastics in the Microwave

Tech Myth: Is it Safe to Microwave Plastic? | Apartment Therapy Unplggd

Chancre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

AwayFind - Mobile notifications for priority messages. The email management solution for Gmail and Exchange.

Gesneriaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Caillou: Games, Coloring and Activities | PBS KIDS

Designing With Web Standards, 3rd Edition

Won’t somebody please think of the gerbils? [dive into mark]

Blueprint: A CSS Framework | Spend your time innovating, not replicating

The Effects of Fast-Paced Cartoons

Nickelodeon Responds to Study Claiming ‘SpongeBob’ Hinders Preschoolers’ Attention Spans - ABC News

Dorf on Golf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dorf On Golf 1 of 3 - YouTube

Build and Analyze #42 [Dan explains 'The Double Speed Bit']

Don Draper: "No. You do not 'COVER' for me; you MANAGE people's expectations."

Sponsored by Campaign Monitor and Shopify.

Back to Work 32: The Beertruck Scenario

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about Dan's sabbatical, hotdogs, services, triggers, Quicksilver, Launchbar, and why there's no 'I' in 'ordnance.'

Back to Work 31: You Can Polish AC/DC All Day Long

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:00:00 GMT

With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by John Roderick of The Long Winters to talk about life as a bull in a china closet, craving real-world constraints, making better records, and being banned for life from Interpol’s corn chip bowl.

Links for this episode:

Van Halen - Hot For Teacher - YouTube

Def Leppard- Bringing on the Heartbreak - YouTube

Robert John "Mutt" Lange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Highway to Hell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

University of Washington - washington.edu

The Long Winters

john roderick (johnroderick) on Twitter

John Roderick (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

012: Interview: John Roderick | The Merlin Show

016: Interview: John Roderick, Part 2 | The Merlin Show

017: Interview: John Roderick, Part 3 | The Merlin Show

018: Interview: John Roderick, Part 4 | The Merlin Show

Video: John Roderick on String Art Owls, Copper Pipe, and Bono's Boss | 43 Folders

Flickr: Merlin's extensive "John Roderick" gallery

"Blue Diamonds" - the Long Winters - YouTube

The Long Winters: "The Commander Thinks Aloud" - YouTube

The Long Winters - Through With Love Preview - YouTube

Harvey Danger - Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo - YouTube

reading room | the long winters library & archive

Impasto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Helen Frankenthaler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard Hugo reads "Degrees of Grey in Philipsburg"

Wesley Stace | John Wesley Harding

MISSPEAK: "For Those About to Rock We Salute You" (not "Highway to Hell")

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[SPONSOR] Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp

[PDF] The Believer: John Roderick Interview (June/July 2005)

Venom (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ashcan Rantings: Interview with John Roderick of The Long Winters

Harm's Way by Jeff DeRoche - Seattle News - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper

The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964) High Definition [HD] - YouTube

John Roderick: A Night on the Town - a set on Flickr

Alex Van Halen: Artists: Modern Drummer Magazine

Comparative History of Ideas Program

Cheer-Accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Vanderslice

AC/DC - “Back In Black” (1980)

kung fu grippe - "Before my heart overflowed."

Air-Raid #60: Hobos of the Future with John Roderick – The Air-Raid Podcast

Hanford Site

Mr. Show: Gay Son/Grass Valley Greg - YouTube

Western State Hurricanes "Car Parts" - YouTube

Tampabay: 'They said they were glad it wasn't me'

kung fu grippe - Jim? What a horrible, foul-mouthed little man. ...

Sponsored by Byword, MailChimp, and Smile.

Back to Work 30: I'm Not Working in an Abattoir

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:45:00 GMT

With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by Jonathan Coulton to talk about traveling, horn sections, and Jonathan’s new album, Artificial Heart.

Links for this episode:

Jonathan Coulton - Home Page

JoCo Cruise Crazy II: February 19–26, 2012 | A 7-day Southern Caribbean cruise on Holland America’s ms Westerdam, with Jonathan Coulton and friends | JoCo Cruise Crazy II

Thing a Week Redux

002: Interview: Jonathan Coulton | The Merlin Show

007: Interview: Jonathan Coulton, Part 2 | The Merlin Show

abattoir - definition of abattoir by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) - IMDb

Paul and Storm » Original Comedy Music from Professional Singing Persons

Jonathan Coulton - First Track from Artificial Heart

Jonathan Coulton - Store

John Flansburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Flansburgh - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base

Jonathan Coulton - Shirts and Stuff

TopatoCo: Skullcrusher Mountain Shirt

Jonathan Coulton - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base

A Conversation With John Flansburgh And Jonathan Coulton | The Awl

Artificial Heart (album) - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki

Sticking It To Myself - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki

Today With Your Wife - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki

Jonathan Coulton - "Mr. Fancy Pants" in SF - YouTube

Zendrum | Catalog

Rick Springfield - Love Is Alright Tonite - YouTube

Put Your Heart In It | This American Life

Stan Harrison- Composer and Saxophone Player

Dan Levine - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base

Brazil (1985)

Thing a Week - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki

Jonathan Coulton & Merlin Mann | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Jackson Browne - The Load Out / Stay - Live 1978 - YouTube

Jonathan Coulton (jonathancoulton) on Twitter

Road to … - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[SPONSOR] Byword • A Simple Text Editor for Mac

[SPONSOR] Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp

[SPONSOR] TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time!

MP3: Exclusive New Jonathan Coulton Song on Blurt Online

Sponsored by Byword, MailChimp, and Smile.

Back to Work 29: I Download FLAC

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:00:00 GMT

With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by TV’s Rob Corddry (Children’s Hospital, The Daily Show, Hot Tub Time Machine) to talk about Getting Things Done, writing, fear, and finding success as a blood-soaked clown.

Links for this episode:

Who Are You in Sex and the City? from Naked Babies and Jordan_Morris

Rob Corddry Has A Broner from Funny Or Die, Rob Corddry, and Brad

X Lossless Decoder: Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X

HowardStern.com - Official site of The Howard Stern Show

Howard Stern denies 'Super 8' bootleg | Inside Movies | EW.com

YouTube Blog: Broadcast Yourself

Adult Swim Presents: Childrens Hospital Season 3

Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen | 43 Folders

Bruce Seeds (bruceseeds) on Twitter [Thanks for help finding that SPY article!]

PDF: "Celebrity Refuseniks" - Spy March 1993

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

[SPONSOR] Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp

[SPONSOR] Website Builder - Build a Website, Create a Blog - Squarespace

[SPONSOR] Wufoo: Online Form Builder - Create Web Forms & Surveys

Bloody Clowns, Sex, and Sickness: Childrens Hospital Premieres on Adult Swim Sunday - Page 3 - Blogcritics Video

Amazon.com: Let It Beard: Boston Spaceships: Music

Amazon.com: Bakesale: Sebadoh: Music

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream - YouTube

Build and Analyze #35: Fair and Balanced - 5by5

Fluxtumblr - Guided By Voices "Empties Crushed and Fired Away"

Ladies? | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

BigChampagne - Online Media Measurement

FX Networks - Louie - Full Episodes and Exclusive Video

Hairless Whisper - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 06/10/03 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

Flotsametrics and the Floating World: Excerpt

Childrens Hospital Gets Renewed for Season 4 - News - TV.com

blackrimglasses.com

Lake Bell - IMDb

MPU 050: Workflows with David Wain « Mac Power Users

Rob Corddry - IMDb

David Wain - IMDb

Jonathan Stern - IMDb

Lostpedia - The Lost Encyclopedia

Occam's razor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

J.J. Abrams - Lostpedia - The Lost Encyclopedia

Damon Lindelof - Lostpedia - The Lost Encyclopedia

Brian K. Vaughan - Lostpedia - The Lost Encyclopedia

Rob Corddry on Getting Things Done as an Actor

The Winner (TV Series 2007) - IMDb

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) - IMDb

Rob Corddry's Boston - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 07/27/04 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

Sponsored by MailChimp, Squarespace, and Wufoo.

Back to Work 28: One Little Red Egg

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:45:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin talk about kid stuff, including the threat of Hot Wheels® donation, the inevitability of skinned knees, the nefariousness of the hospital gift basket, plus an important way every Dad has to go pro.

Links for this episode:

Wherein I go a touch more insane | dooce®

30 Years Ago Today: The Day the Middle Class Died | MichaelMoore.com

Woodcarving: What is your secret? « Outside the Cave

Amazon.com: Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities (9780140233032): Erik Larson: Books

Prepping. - mlkshk

Neurosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition) (9780316778008): William Sears, Martha Sears, Robert Sears, James Sears: Books

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bob Einstein - IMDb

Welcome to Amy's Ice Creams

Shabbos goy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Sponsor] Sponsor: Smile Software

TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time!

[Sponsor] Build a Website - Create a Blog - Squarespace

[Sponsor] Wufoo: Online Form Builder - Create Web Forms & Surveys

Theodor Herzl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sandwich Video

Breathless (1960 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hysteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sponsored by Smile, Squarespace, and Wufoo.

Back to Work 27: Danny, Hold the License Plate

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:30:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan discuss the shameful state of film school, the realities of Ape Law, Merlin's rock opera, and the subliminal downside of Spongebob's big promotion.

Links for this episode:

We Commissioned A Rock Opera | MailChimp Email Marketing Blog

Slideshows, Slideshows Everywhere - Blog - The Official Squarespace Blog

Wufoo Docs · Notification Settings

Sometimes There's A Man

kung fu grippe - Get that "Plica Plica" song

Netflix: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Wufoo Blog · Using Wufoo for Project Inquiry Forms

AlexanderTechnique.com

Alexander technique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Marketplace of Ideas

Ham the Chimp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ham chimp - Google Search

Twitter / @hotdogsladies: Show of hands: Who wants ...

ccMixter - Welcome to ccMixter

Build a Website - Create a Blog - Squarespace

AMC Javelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A VC: Subconscious Information Processing

Sponsored by Flow, Squarespace, and Wufoo.

Back to Work 26: Spaghetti Guy Hits Close to Home

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:00:00 GMT

This week Wutang Dan and The MZA bring the ruckus to finding a job, selling your Mustang, and putting your house on the market: remember that you can't negotiate with reality, Merlin can't do anything to make you love him, enthusiasm is irreplaceable, and you've got to find your position of strength. Protect ya neck!

Links for this episode:

A Sandwich, A Wallet, and Elizabeth Taylor's Cousin | 43 Folders

Flow: Task Management and Online Collaboration for Teams

Wufoo: Online Form Builder - Create Web Forms & Surveys

Build a Website - Create a Blog - Squarespace

pony interior - Google Search

Ford Mustang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kat Von D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: What Color Is Your Parachute? 2011: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers (9781580082709): Richard N. Bolles: Books

Back to Work #24: The Daddy for your Destiny - 5by5

Back to Work #23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option - 5by5

The Marketplace of Ideas

Sin-eater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Folk devil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sponsored by Flow, Squarespace, and Wufoo.

Back to Work 25: My Food Court of Functionality

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:15:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin talk about nerds getting problems and about using Markdown in BBEdit, Textmate or any text app because you need to find tools that remove friction, not distractions.

Links for this episode:

OS X Lion and the state of the new 1Password extension (Updated) | Agile Blog

Daring Fireball: Markdown

MultiMarkdown

And now it’s all this (Blog of "Dr Drang")

Welcome to BrettTerpstra.com, home of Brett Terpstra and his nerdery

Macromedia HomeSite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coeliac disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Build and Analyze #34: My Best Dan Benjamin Impression - 5by5

TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 10 is here!

Posting style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Text files and me IV - BBEdit and TextMate - All this

Projects - Brett Terpstra

nvALT 2.0 - Notational Velocity Fork

Blogsmith Blogging Bundle for Textmate

Markdown Service Tools - Brett Terpstra

Sodastream | Turn Water Into Fresh Sparkling Water And Soda

TextMate Manual » Bundles

Byword • A Simple Text Editor for Mac

Untitled-1.jpg

TextMate Blog » Introduction to scopes

Byword MultiMarkdown Guide

Think of Microsoft Word as the internet

Scott Schwartz - IMDb

MPU 046: Workflows with Merlin Mann II « Mac Power Users

Back to Work 24: The Daddy for your Destiny

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Dan's in a closet, but Merlin has a lot of FU from the last show: good jobs don't get posted on Craigslist and while you may not know what's gonna happen next, you're not just gonna install Xcode and retire on your angry bird so either do your research, get mercantile and take the leap of faith or you'll be polishing your golden handcuffs.

Links for this episode:

MacSparky - Blog - Juggling

Satisficing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Principle of good enough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rational ignorance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

YouTube - "Preparing for John Siracusa's Review of OS X Lion"

Karl Van Hœt (karlvanhoet) on Twitter

kung fu grippe - Hi. I’m 12. How am I even allowed to go to...

kung fu grippe - "Plica Pilca" (Back to Work Theme Song)

Anatomy of a Crushing (Pinboard Blog)

Pinboard: social bookmarking for introverts

Back to Work #23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option - 5by5

Sci-Fi Hi-Fi: PodWorks

After Dark #34: After Back To Work 024 - 5by5

Amazon.com: Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (0029236723101): Steve Krug, Roger Black: Books

Cybernetics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Secrets of Successful Web Sites (0752059038236): David Siegel: Books

Amazon.com: Creating Killer Web Sites (2nd Edition) (0752059043315): David Siegel: Books

kung fu grippe - “My Business Papers” Dan’s cover letter. The...

backtowork_final | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The Wand of Brooklyn [Thanks, chainmailformanatees]

Clutch (eggs) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Collective noun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of collective nouns for birds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Showbot | Turtle Log

David Siegel - "The Project Cycle" (1997)

Sponsored by 1Password, Squarespace, and Flow.

Back to Work 23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:00:00 GMT

This week, Dan and Merlin determine that even the Chico Marx of notebooks is the right one if you're writing in it, failure is ALWAYS an option: fully committing didn't do Pickett any good, but you should commit to narrowing scope and deciding what success is. Why? Fact or Fiction: You can start a business on the side.

Links for this episode:

kung fu grippe - Robb Wolff on "Perfection"

Letters of Note: PERSIST

QPR: Jim Fairness and the 14-Second Work Year

QPR: Commentary by Anton Cantrusku

Pickett's Charge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jek Tono Porkins - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Wedge Antilles - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Toward Better Master Passwords | Agile Blog

B2W Squarespace Signup (coupon code: "backtowork7")

AgileBits: 1Password

kung fu grippe - Need a fast primer on storytelling? The Civil...

The Civil War . In the Classroom . Using the Series . Episode Five | PBS

kung fu grippe - “Disjointed” A View to a Kill: Just giving up.

Programmers Notebook

Hypercritical #23: No Sentence Left Behind - 5by5

Schecter/Giffin 'Telecaster'-style Guitars | Pete Townshend’s Guitar Gear | Whotabs

North Coast Music: Rickenbacker 660/12

damn the torpedoes tom petty - Google Search

YouTube - M&Ms Commercial - "Thank you Easter Bunny, Bawk Bawk!"

Tigermilk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leaked! Dan's new show, "Go Ahead, Caller!"

Anti-pattern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Netflix - Watch Ken Burns: The Civil War

kung fu grippe - Need a fast primer on storytelling?

[Merlin's Notebook] Nothing Doesn't Go In Here - a set on Flickr

American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009 Documentary)

Risk and the Bin Laden Raid - Notions: John Dickerson's Blog

Playboy Interview With John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Jack Purvis - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Nothing Doesn't Go In Here: "Two Words" | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

story in a grocery: Back to Work

Word play: A top newspaper editor helps demystify the writing process: PRSA

Getting Into the Writing Game, With Words of Advice From a Coach | Special English | Learning English

Crapping on your Dream: Freelancing 101

The Weight of a Good Notebook « The Bygone Bureau

Sponsored by MailChimp and Sound Studio 4.

Back to Work 22: My Baby Likes Aluminum Foil!

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This week, Merlin and Dan share their Pick: The Macintosh Computer.

Also, a 17-minute experimental startup sound, catching conflicts, shivving the stagecoach, machine-gunning with SoundMaster, the dangers of ResEdit, and the future of recumbent bike baskets. But not Charcoal. Are you KIDDING me?

Links for this episode:

Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual : peterme.com

Welcome to AgileBits

Toward Better Master Passwords | Agile Blog

B2W Squarespace Signup (coupon code: "backtowork6")

(NSFW) Mars bar party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Webstock '11: John Gruber - The Gap Theory of UI Design on Vimeo

Umberto Eco's piece on Mac and DOS, Catholic and Protestant

Music Thing: TINY MUSIC MAKERS: Pt 2: The Microsoft Sound

Welcome to The 1920's Radio Networks

British Sixties Radio: Your Time Machine to Swinging London! - Live on the Internet

Daring Fireball: It's All Software

iCloud and Apple’s truth: can you win if you don’t play? | This is my next...

ResEdit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories

macintosh system 6 - Google Search

Ambient 1: Music for Airports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daring Fireball Linked List: Windows Phone 7 on the Carriers' Pay-No-Mind List?

Appearance Manager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fanedits.com Fan Edits - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope "Revisited" [NTSC] (Adywan) - fanedits.com

YouTube - Music For Airports

YouTube - Brian Eno - Music For Airports Interview

San Francisco (typeface) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charcoal (typeface) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Crystal Quest - mlkshk

After Dark #32: After Back To Work 022 - 5by5

Squidward Tentacles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Macintosh User Manual - Appendices | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Kids in the Hall: Daves I Know | MilkandCookies

Brainstorm (1983) - IMDb

Sponsored by Squarespace, Sponsor 5by5, and 1Password.

Back to Work 21: Assistant TO the Regional Monkey

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about the problem of permanent zeroes, desiring not to desire, why "hypocrisy" is killing you, stepping back on the path without apologizing, Merlin's new tattoo, and—yeah—going a little easier on yourself.

Also, how almost everything is like a glass of water and John Siracusa is literally and uniquely Squidward.

Links for this episode:

Heraclitus - The Fragments

Schadenfreude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Wire (TV Series 2002–2008) - IMDb

Sarlacc - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

the size of tiny changes in the heart

[audio] Alan Watts: “Yet, here we are.”…"You are a wave of the stream itself. So, get with it!" - kung fu grippe

[audio] Introduction to Buddhism by Alan Watts

The Philosophies of Asia--Alan Watts (Introduction to Buddhism)

The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything : Monkey See : NPR

Maha-satipatthana Sutta: The Great Frames of Reference

The Agendas of Mindfulness

Brahmana Sutta: To Unnabha the Brahman

Right Now by Thanissaro Bhikkhu | D.I.Y. Dharma

The 84th Problem

Mindfulness: The practice of being "here" | 43 Folders

Lifehacked by Matt Haughey; mindfulness, ho | 43 Folders

Sometimes There's a Man - mlkshk

Decision Maker Pro

Untranslatability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

B2W Squarespace Signup (coupon code: "backtowork6")

"Adulthood ultimately means becoming a hypocrite on your own terms."

"People who regard honesty & hypocrisy as incompatible strike me as either dishonest, hypocritical, or both. Is that hypocritical? You bet."

"David Simon: 'F*ck the Average Reader'" - kung fu grippe

Wabi-sabi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

After Dark #30: After Back To Work 021 - 5by5

Jan Tschichold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sponsored by Squarespace and Sponsor 5by5.

Back to Work 20: Muscle of Failure

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about getting started, putting on your shoes instead of shopping for pedometers, false dilemmas, doing as much work with your hands as you've done in your head, why you should leave some water in the pump, meta-fiddling, and getting better.

Links for this episode:

Yeah, THIS just happened. Breville. 1800 watts. Toast. BOOM!Photo courtesy of @e_shirt - mlkshk

Amazon.com: Breville BOV650XL Compact 4-Slice Smart Oven with Element IQ: Kitchen & Dining

Hypercritical #21: Reading Playboy for the Articles - 5by5

MaxFunCon: Merlin Mann on Doing Creative Work; The Sound of Young America

“Outline” - MaxFunCon Talk | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Wampa - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Amazon.com: Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (9780805048919): Joan Bolker: Books

Amazon.com: Ernest Hemingway on Writing (9780684854298): Larry W. Phillips: Books

Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking | 43 Folders

Amazon.com: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (9780786880706): Jon Kabat-Zinn: Books

YouTube - Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn

January 18, 2011 - Wolfram|Alpha

Fake Rocks, Salami Commanders, and Just Enough to Start | 43 Folders

Um. Feel the magic first-hand: Episode... - kung fu grippe

On The Media

YouTube - HAPPY DAYS - Richie Almost Dies

Flickr: chrisglass' Photostream

Chris Glass

Amazon.com: Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras: Camera & Photo

parislemon.

YouTube - Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 3 of 4

NPR Fresh Air

Back to Work - 5by5Wiki

Back to Work - iTunes. (Wanna leave us a nice review?)

"Serial Entrepreneur. That's internet for 'I installed WordPress TWICE.'"

Lawn darts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

john hodgman mustache - Google Search

About little thing called 750 Words on 750 Words

HOME « McKee Story

Sponsored by FreshBooks and Sound Studio 4.

Back to Work 19: Corner Casey Kasem

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:30:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about mindful tool adoption, screwdriver museums, why Vi users may (or may not) be cannibalistic insects—plus debate on whether a home video of a toy horse falling down in someone's bathroom is about Humanity. Also, Dan effs with Merlin's head. Again.

Links for this episode:

Maladroite Cheval. on Vimeo

Vimeo

Tumult Hype

YouTube - David Lynch - Funny Moments

How and where not to do The Fishstick on Vimeo

The most popular file utility for the Macintosh

Fetch Softworks

TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X

Dropbox

Elements — Dropbox powered text editor for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch from Second Gear

Notesy

Nebulous Notes

vi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing "?—": A Distraction-Free Writing Environment - kung fu grippe

Bare Bones Software | Welcome

Coyote Tracks - Text Editor Intervention

Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with

Acorn, a great Mac image editor, built for humans.

Pixelmator

Tweetbot — Tapbots

goodiware.com :: products :: GoodReader

Panic - Shockingly Good Mac Software.

The Omni Group

Byword • A Simple Text Editor for Mac

iA Writer

Contacts Cleaner on the Mac App Store

Syncman | Synchronize Address Book with Gmail

Mailplane - the best way to use Gmail on the Mac

Sparrow — The new mail for Mac

BusyCal - Sync calendars on your Mac with MobileMe, Google, and the iPhone

Flexibits | Fantastical | Meet your new assistant.

Blacktree

LaunchBar 5

Alex Payne — How I Use TextMate

QuickCursor — Your text editor anywhere for Mac.

Tags - Simply Organized

Noodlesoft: Hazel

Spirited Away - drikin.com - the Mac way

Rogue Amoeba | Freebies: Free Software for Mac OS X

Amazon.com: Sakura IDenti-Pen Permanent Dual-Point Pen, Blue: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

Amazon.com: Moleskine Plain Reporter, 9cm x 14cm (9788883705502): Moleskine: Books

Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”

Notational Velocity

TuneIn: Listen to Online Radio, Music and Talk Stations

Back to Work 18: Forking the Question

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Merlin and Dan talk about educating "That's Just a Button Guy," practicing more humane pushback, asking better questions, why laundromats don't accept "focus," plus what happens when you put WAY too much crap in your five-pound bag.

Links for this episode:

Mindfulness in Plain English

Back to Work 17: Brick Building Full of Lies

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:30:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about checking email under the table to catch up on your 27 high priority tasks, a good time to use the word priority, blowing cycles on meeting with Narnia's stakeholders, and getting tasks out of your dreamcatcher.

Links for this episode:

BONUS AWESOME: Too Close to the Metal Wallpapers (Chainmail for Manatees)

ESSAY: Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities | 43 Folders

ESSAY: GTD: Priorities don't exist in a vacuum | 43 Folders

ESSAY: First, care. | 43 Folders

WIKI: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Importance vs. Urgency)

WIKI: Alan Lakein (Lakein's question: "What is the best use of my time right now?")

CONCEPT: GTD & "The Four-Criteria Model for Choosing Actions in the Moment" - Google Books

ROCKET: Estes 1948 Big Bertha Flying Model Rocket Kit (Amazon.com)

CONCEPT: Time and motion study - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WEBB: Cheaper by the Dozen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SONG: Bacon Ray - Sundays In A Row

BONUS AWESOME: Cut the bullshit, do the hard work, on your desktop — Ice To The Brim

CHART: covey quadrants - Google Search

ROCKET: 001948 - Big Bertha™ - Skill 1 - Kits By Skill Level - Rockets

VIDEO: Caddyshack: Playing Through ("Over on Briar")

POEM: "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot as hypertext

BOOK: The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound

BOOK: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Amazon)

HOWTO: Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders

HOWTO: Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part I | 43 Folders

OAK of a Man: Ken Case — The Omni Group

OBVIOUS Raymond Carver Joke: "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" (WIKI)

VIDEO: American Tourister "Gorilla" Commercial (1971)

DIAGRAM: Anatomy of the Derail: “You shouldn’t be throwing anyone.”

Sponsored by Harvest and Sound Studio 4.

Back to Work 16: Bracing for the Blow

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin aren't afraid of lawyers, dentists, negative feelings, or of not being afraid of something.

Back to Work 15: Marionette of my own Design

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin are here to discuss the awareness of fear, asking yourself why, and knowing the problem instead of chasing fake confidence, patches, and hacks.

Links for this episode:

Hetty Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noble Eightfold Path - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mindfulness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Audio Dharma - Gil Fronsdal's Dharma Talks

Amazon.com: Mindfulness in Plain English: Revised and Expanded Edition (9780861713219): Bhante Henepola Gunaratana: Books

Mindfulness In Plain English

Abba - "Knowing Me, Knowing You"

MP3: Sometimes There’s a Man - Part II "Then, When?" - kung fu grippe

Canonical Photo of Hetty Green

Alan Watts - "The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety"

YouTube - Joni Mitchell - "Talk To Me"

YouTube - Joni Mitchell - "Blue"

Sponsored by FreshBooks and OmniGroup: OmniFocus.

Back to Work 14: Velocity of Disappointment

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann joins Dan Benjamin to talk about problems that are impossible, problems that are boring, problems that you're scared of, and why you need to differentiate between fear and anxiety so you can be scared of something interesting.

Links for this episode:

5C6017AB.jpg 277×277 pixels

Princess Ardala - Google Search

Do I love Terry Gross? - your monkey called

Jeff Dee's Home Page

Deities & Demigods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks - [Merlin's favorite AD&D module]

After Dark #20: After Back To Work 014 - 5by5

Sometimes There’s a Man (Part I) MP3 Download ... - kung fu grippe

Back to Work 13: The Kid's Great

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin talk about "Cranking" - Merlin's latest post at 43folders.com.

Links for this episode:

Cranking | 43 Folders

100% New Zealand Bacon

Netflix: Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition: Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run

Netflix: Cyrano de Bergerac

» Chip Scanlan | Poynter.

Male Answer Syndrome

Netflix - Watch Louis C.K.: Chewed Up

Amazon.com: The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing - Richard Hugo

Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road" - London, 1975

YouTube: Cyrano de Bergerac Theatre Scene

The Poetry of Project Management, by Jeffrey Veen

"May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?" - kung fu grippe

After Dark #18: After Back To Work 013 - 5by5

Back to Work 12: Chewie's Medal is Not Canonical

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann has some "followup" before he and Dan Benjamin discuss entrusting your agency to others, how to reclaim it, and picking the right balance between expertise and challenge instead of fixing your metadata.

Links for this episode:

The ASC -- American Cinematographer: Post Focus:

002: Interview: Jonathan Coulton | The Merlin Show

Don't Run DOS - 30 Seconds with Phone Guy - Merlin Mann

Kinda My Idea - 30 Seconds with Phone Guy - Merlin Mann

Inbox Zero cover - Merlin's Mockup

ANH:R Change List | Star Wars Revisited News

Csikszentmihalyi: Challenge vs Skill.jpeg

In The Life Of...The Beatles: Purple Chick Discography

kung fu grippe - RE: Chewie's Medal

WIKIP: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (That "Flow" Guy)

Video: John Roderick on String Art Owls, Copper Pipe, and Bono's Boss | 43 Folders

Of Sawdust and Mistakes - kung fu grippe

Back to Work 11: Johnny Heuristic

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann joins Dan Benjamin to talk about futureproofing your passion by finding your obsession and voice, putting away your buggy whip and evolving, spreading your chips out across safe and risky investments, and taking smarter chances.

Links for this episode:

The Pipeline #49: Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 5by5

Sponsored by Shopify and King of the Apps.

Back to Work 10: At Last the 'Inspiration' Show

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin try to remove the airquotes from "inspiration" by talking about what it's great for (shipping better and more interesting stuff), what it's terrible for (getting started). Also covered: Dan's Old Testament name(s), part of Merlin's body that was once believed to be inspired by air, the problem with Some Hot Chick Typing in Her Underwear, TKTKTK writing tips, plus Batgirl. Always with the Batgirl.

Links for this episode:

Music Thing: Practice in front of a bush: Captain Beefheart's rules for guitarists

Salvador Dali Museum (thedali.org) / The official site of the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, featuring a comprehensive collection of works by Salvador Dali.

750 Words

Time Management, Productivity, & Project Tracking Software (Mac/PC) | RescueTime

Letters of Note

TSoYA: "With All Due Respect to the Seduction Community…" (Merlin Mann on Doing Creative Work)

Amazon.com: MERLIN D MANN: Wishlist

Writer's Block 1 by =Scherbius

Kick procrastination's ass: Run a dash | 43 Folders

Procrastination hack: '(10+2)*5' | 43 Folders

At Last the 1948 Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hack your way out of writer's block | 43 Folders

Fresh Starts & Modest Changes | 43 Folders

MPU 046: Workflows with Merlin Mann II « Mac Power Users

Webstock 2011 - Merlin Mann -" Scared Shitless: How I (Mostly) Learned to Love Being Afraid of Pretty Much Everything" [Merlin cries like a hobo pussy. Happy now?]

“Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward Shitstorms | 43 Folders

"Some Hot Chick Typing in Her Underwear" (Now re-Tumblr-d 8656 times. KILL ME. —mdm)

Wu Tang Clan - "Triumph" - In which Inspectah Deck drops the SINGLE GREATEST VERSE in hip-hop history [~00:00:36-00:01:25]

Foo Fighters - "Everlong"

Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"

The Wrens - "Everyone Choose Sides"

R.E.M. - "Moon River" & "Pretty Persuasion" (Live, 1984)

Captain Beefheart on Letterman (ca. 1982)

Blogsmith Bundle - Brett Terpstra

Markdown Service Tools - Brett Terpstra

Sponsored by Sound Studio 4 and Worldview.

Back to Work 9: Out of Scope!

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Merlin improvise topics this week and get from Synechode, NY to dopamine, being scared and being safe, believing your thoughts and coloring your dreams, and solving problems by moving your hands instead of thinking.

Links for this episode:

Literature and Latte

Better - Merlin Mann

Four Years | 43 Folders

Great Tools For Your Mac By Andreas Hegenberg » BetterTouchTool, BetterSnapTool & SecondBar

YouTube - SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK : Official Trailer -- HD

Louis CK - Turning 40 ("That's just a new thing you do")

Amazon.com: Mac at Work (9780470877005): David Sparks: Books

"Each time I sit down to write..." - Don Murray

Audiobook: "Writing Down the Bones" by Natalie Goldberg

Amazon.com: Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting (9780060391683): Robert Mckee: Books

Making the Clackity Noise - kung fu grippe

MPU 023: Workflows with Merlin Mann « Mac Power Users (March 13th, 2010)

Back to Work 8: Little Velvet Hands

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT

This week, Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin eighty-six their restaurant jobs—emptying grease traps, handling logs of meat, and sharing what they learned by bringing mostly bad food to America's table. Dan burns velvet hands, Merlin's Mom gives the guy with the coupon a kung fu, and old people want a monkey dish of sauce before they boost all your Sweet'N Low.

Links for this episode:

43F Podcast: The Perfect Apostrophe | 43 Folders

Back to Work 7: Vocational Wheel

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin relate to Richard–a listener in the middle of a quarter life crisis working jobs he doesn't like–with stories from their pasts, suggestions to combat the cascade of seriousness, and some first steps for breaking out of the vocational wheel.

Links for this episode:

Quarter-life crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saturn return - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Artist's Dates

The Artist's Way

Morning Pages

WCA: "Paul's Case"

Amazon.com: Writing Down the Bones eBook: Natalie Goldberg, Staughton Lynd: Kindle Store

NATALIE GOLDBERG

Making the Clackity Noise - kung fu grippe

The Artist's Way

Where Is the Ham? | You Look Nice Today

FL Driver's License; Summer, 1991 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Excerpts from Natalie Goldberg/Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind

Doodle: easy scheduling

daybooks

Amazon.com: The Essential Don Murray: Lessons from America's Greatest Writing Teacher (9780867096002): Donald M. Murray, Thomas Newkirk, Lisa C. Miller: Books

Vachina | You Look Nice Today

Writing sensible email messages | 43 Folders

Idiocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mind Tools - Management Training, Leadership Training and Career Training

How to Make a Mind Map®

Appreciating Donald Murray (a/k/a, “Quit trying... - kung fu grippe

YouTube - Idiocracy (2006) [trailer]

Baron Karza - Google Image Search [SWEET Micronauts]

"Sounds like pops and buzzes from here"

[ERRATA] Melrin Regrets the Error: Back to Work, s01e07

Vinyl Fever to close its doors this weekend

Back to Work 6: Expectational Debt

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann is back from Webstock and ready to recap with Dan Benjamin, which leads back to caring first, performance and fear, meditation, hypnotherapy, and why you really need the hard answer instead just more tips.

Links for this episode:

The Conversation #27: Missionless Statements - 5by5

MacSparky - Blog - Mac Power Users - Workflows with Merlin Mann

Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders

MacGuffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) (9781934356050): Andy Hunt: Books

Amazon.com: The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (0785342616224): Andrew Hunt, David Thomas: Books

Back to GTD: Do a fast "mind-sweep" | 43 Folders

BOOK: "Creating Flow with OmniFocus," by Kourosh Dini, M.D. (HIGHLY recommended by Merlin)

Hivelogic - The Paleo Diet: A Link Primer

AUDIO: Quotidian Public Radio - "The 14-Second Work Year"

VIDEO: Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) | 43 Folders

PHOTO: "We Look Nice Today" by lonelysandwich - kung fu grippe

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Amazon.com: The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play (9781585425525): Neil Fiore: Books

Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker

Sponsored by MailChimp and CodeConf 2011.

Back to Work 5: Chigger Bites on the Bus Driver

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about the black art of paying attention to the right things, how lamps are no substitute, that it's hard whether you’re working from home or a cube, being honest about your expertise before looking for independence, and the need to move past inspiration.

Links for this episode:

Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Theory of Forms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dreyfus model of skill acquisition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Software Integrity Blog » Blog Archive » The Dreyfus Model - Back In The Spotlight?

Sponsored by Shopify and King of the Apps.

Back to Work 4: Failing with Style

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Links for this episode:

Why Wesabe Lost to Mint - Marc Hedlund's blog

Viktor Frankl - Wikipedia ("…finding meaning in all forms of existence…")

Back to Work 3: The Second Arrow

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discuss ADD, Buddhism, mindfulness, concentration, and insight.

Links for this episode:

Best of Wikipedia

Mindfulness In Plain English

Mindfulness in Plain English [Amazon]

Red Barber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Webstock 2011 — 14th-18th February 2011

Amazon.com: The Wisdom of Insecurity (9780394704685): Alan W. Watts: Books

Bacon Ray - "Tomfoolery" 7-inch (1995) [DL B2W's theme song, "Plica Plica"]

Anne Lamott: Put the puppy back on the paper | 43 Folders

Hillbilly Excel - 30 Seconds with Phone Guy - "It's all buttoned up…"

Book: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life [MDM: "...book with brown and green cover..."]

Merlin @ Webstock 2011: Keynote + Two New Workshops

Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (Side 2 of 4) ["Punch it!"]

Webstock 2011 will be the mostest bestest scientifically proven amazingest conference ever. In the history of the world. Fact.

Back to Work 2: Picture of a Boat

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin formulate a five-minute warning tactic before discussing the reality of bringing change to your company, some patterns that work for startups, solving the right problem at the right level, why you can’t find the innovation button, and using PathFinder as a Finder replacement.

Links for this episode:

Video: Interview: Chris Wetherell | The Merlin Show

Video: Interview: Chris Wetherell, Part 2 | The Merlin Show

Book: The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt and David Thomas

Video: Path Finder video demo on MacBreak | 43 Folders

Book: Dynamics of Software Development by Jim McCarthy, Denis Gilbert

Book: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt

Workshop: "Sinking your Sailboats: Managing Innovation by Saying True Things" by Merlin @ Webstock 11

App Pick: Path Finder 5 by Cocoatech (OS X File Browser/Finder Replacement)

Skunkworks project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image: One of Pavlov's dogs.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MacGuffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Evan Williams | evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups [2005]

Cognitive bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quote: "The awful thing about life is this: Everybody has their reasons" (La règle du jeu, 1939)

Image: "Leave-A-Sign-About-Dog-Poop Guy"

This episode is sponsored by The Omni Group, makers of fine Mac and iOS apps like OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner.

Back to Work 1: Alligator in the Bathroom

Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:00:00 GMT

In the inaugural episode of Back to Work, Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discuss why they’re doing this show, getting back to work instead of buying berets, the lizard brain, and compare the Shadow of the Mouse to San Francisco, and eventually get to some practical tips for removing friction.

Links for this episode: