Back 2 Work
Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin on productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more. Hosted by Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin.
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25: My Food Court of Functionality
Dan and Merlin talk about nerds getting problems and about ...
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.
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24: The Daddy for your Destiny
Dan's in a closet, but Merlin has a lot of ...
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, g
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23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option
This week, Dan and Merlin determine that even the Chico ...
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 succes
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22: My Baby Likes Aluminum Foil!
This week, Merlin and Dan share their Pick: The Macintosh ...
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 ba
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21: Assistant TO the Regional Monkey
Merlin and Dan talk about the problem of permanent zeroes, ...
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 everythi
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20: Muscle of Failure
Merlin and Dan talk about getting started, putting on your ...
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 be
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19: Corner Casey Kasem
Merlin and Dan talk about mindful tool adoption, screwdriver museums, ...
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 Merli
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18: Forking the Question
Merlin and Dan talk about educating "That's Just a Button ...
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.
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17: Brick Building Full of Lies
Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about checking email under ...
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.
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16: Bracing for the Blow
Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin aren't afraid of lawyers, dentists, ...
Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin aren't afraid of lawyers, dentists, negative feelings, or of not being afraid of something.
