Kazu, Amedeo, and Simone deconstruct the song "Penultimo."
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Song ExploderEpisode 28: The Long Winters | Song Exploder
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An Intentional Discussion with Patrick Rhone
Patrick Rhone returns to the show for another free-form discussion with Mike. They talk about intentions, planning and allocating your time wisely, and eventually get around to talking about what saying ‘no’ can do for you and for others.
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What if your product launch fails? This interview will give you $10k reasons to do it anyway. | Unicornfree with Amy Hoy: Creating And Selling Your Own Products
If there’s one thing Amy and I hear from our students, both directly and indirectly, it’s “I’m worried I’m going to fuck this up.”
After teaching hundreds of students the 30×500 processes and techniques, there’s only one difference that stands out between the people who succeed and everyone else:
Action vs. inaction.
Doing the work vs. making excuses.
Trying vs. resisting.
Call it what you want, the source of inaction is the same nearly 90% of the time. People are terrified of doing things wrong.
And then there are the people who take what they’ve learned and try. People like Scott Hurff.
By his own measures, Scott’s first product launch was far from perfect. But he still launched.
Scott hoped to earn $5k during launch week. Instead, his imperfect launch crushed his goal by 2x, earning $10k in the first week. Sales have continued to climb since launch, bringing Scott’s first product gross revenue to over $24k total in it’s first 6 months. And then 3 days into his second product launch, sales of his new product had already exceeded the ENTIRE lifetime revenue of his first product.
First product launch week – $10,000
Second product launch week – $34,000
First product total revenue to date – $24,000
Second product total revenue to date – $40,000
Grand total product revenue to date – $64,000+
In the audio interview below, Scott tells the story of both of these launches…and how they compare to the things he’d attempted to ship in the past. Scott shares some specific techniques that he’s used to connect with his audience, figure out what to build, grow his audience to the thousands, and make his customers love the things he creates.
Scott and I also talk about what he did differently when he launched his second product by incorporating ebombs & our 30×500 launch sequence techniques.
Scott also shared how money isn’t his only motivator. You’ll hear about his more personal goals and ambitions, not to mention certain positive experiences that he didn’t expect.
Hit the orange play button in the top left of the embed below to start the interview, or listen to it directly on SoundCloud.
Ready to learn what Scott learned?
We’ve packaged up the 7 most important lessons you need in order to build products that people want to buy and launch them with confidence.
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Mac Power Users 183: Episode V: Merlin Strikes Back | Mac Power Users
Merlin Mann returns to Mac Power Users for his annual visit. This year we dive deep into Merlin’s new obsession with home automation and talk about what makes some apps stick while others never do.
Thanks to MPU listener
Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!
Links for this episode:
Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster – Merlin Mann
Collected from: Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster – Merlin Mann
News
Projects
Media
Speaking
http://www.merlinmann.com/bio/
FAQs
Contact
All things Merlin across the internet:
Merlin’s site about personal productivity, life ha
Our audio-based Journal of Emotional Hygiene is fo
Back to Work
Merlin Mann’s frank & candid weekly phone call wit
Video of Merlin’s most famous work, the Inbox Zero
Video of Merlin’s 2010 improvised Time & Attention
Video of Merlin’s ‘Patterns for Crativity’ Talk at
Audio: Merlin Mann’s MaxFunCon Talk on Creative Wo
kinda-famous
Merlin’s Inbox Zero book site
Parietal Disgorgement Aid
You’re minutes away from fearlessly tackling your
5ives.com – Merlin’s Lists of Five Things
30 Seconds with Phone Guy – That Guy who’s always
Nothing wrecks your living room decor quite like a
Merlin is ‘hotdogsladies’ on Twitter
Here’s Merlin’s most popular tweets
FAQs about Merlin’s Work
FAQs about Hiring Merlin
Useful info to share in order to book a gig with M
right now
Merlin Mann on Mac Power Users
MPU 023: Workflows with Merlin Mann
MPU 046: Workflows with Merlin Mann II
MPU 091: Workflows with Merlin Mann III
MPU 132: Merlin Man Returns
Dropcam – Wi-Fi Video Monitoring with Cloud Recording. Setup in Minutes.
SmartThings | Home Automation, Home Security, and Peace of Mind
WeMo Home Automation
Put the internet to work for you. – IFTTT
Mac Power Users 176: Everyday Automation
Full Folder of Geek
Screenshot from David’s iPhone
WeMo Insight Switch
SmartThings – SmartThings Hub
Amazon- SmartThings Kit
Amazon – Belkin WeMo
Life & Smart Home Awesomation – Revolv
Z-Wave : Home control
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BG 309: Digital Dharma Gates » Buddhist Geeks
Digital Dharma Gates by Buddhist GeeksPodcast: Download
Episode Description:
Rohan Gunatillake is the creator of buddhify, the mobile mindfulness app for modern life, and the co-producer of Sync, a program that’s helping cultural organizations in Scotland have a more progressive relationship with technology, technologists, design and designers. In 2013 he was appointed a trustee of the British Council, a large scale NGO which promotes Britain internationally through work in the arts, education, and English language training.
In this episode Rohan joins host Vincent Horn to talk about the newly released app buddhify2, as well as the world of “Indie Buddhism”. He begins by describing the updates from the original buddhify app, the general reception the new app has received, and the significance of the project’s success. The conversation then moves to Rohan’s personal experience leading the project and his perception that still more innovation is needed in mindfulness technology.
Episode Links:
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We Need More Buddhist Startups
Transcript:
Transcript coming soon…
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Inboxes Zero: Merlin Mann on anxiety, relationships and expectations – BTTDL059
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Merlin Mann is an Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster at MerlinMann.com and Cohost of Back to Work Podcast on the 5 by 5 Podcast Network with Dan Benjamin. You can find Merlin’s previous appearance on this podcast here.
Covered in this episode:
Back to Work Episode 153: Anxiety’s a Goat
Getting Things Done by David Allen ©DavidCo, 2001.
The unknown inboxes out there that we don’t know about that keep us up at night
The inboxes we have accepted
Being sober about acknowledging the known inboxes we have in our lives
Interruptions vs. Distractions
How thoughts effect our feelings and vice versa
The real inbox zero: What percentage of your brain is somewhere you don’t want it to be right now.
Calendars 5
Fantastical
Omnifocus
Mailbox
Awayfind
Sanebox
Unroll.me
Related guests
Merlin Mann on Inbox Zero, Getting Things Done, Opportunity Cost, and Sunk Cost Fallacy
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Laura Vanderkam talks about what successful people do before breakfast, on the weekend, and at work.
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Technical Difficulties - 057 - Reinventing Yourself with Merlin Mann
Gabe and Erik are joined by Merlin Mann to talk about starting over, what you really should be doing with your life, verbing, inventors, and emotional petshops.
Producer’s Note
This week is the first of what will be monthly episodes with a guest and a slightly longer running time. We don’t think that anyone reading this or listening to the episode needs an introduction to Merlin Mann, but we do want to set the stage a little bit.
Just as this podcast is essentially Generational reborn, many of us have at one point reinvented ourselves. Sometimes this reinvention is more of a realization, and sometimes we make a conscious decision to make a change. When Erik and Gabe decided they wanted to talk about this together, they thought Merlin would be the perfect guest to serve as both foil and therapist. He graciously agreed to join them on this episode, and we think you will enjoy the result.
If you haven’t read Merlin’s own introduction in a while, you should take a look. It’s perfect.
Guest Spotlight: Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann
Father
Human
Humorist
Kung Fu Grippe
As a connoisseur of select tree nuts, Merlin has developed a distinguishing palate of salty treats and healthy living.
Merlin is on Twitter but you probably shouldn’t follow him. Well OK, just follow him for a little while. Maybe until you start to understand his jokes.
Merlin is also on Vimeo.
Merlin’s interview on The Great Discontent is a wonderful introduction.
Merlin as Project Manager
43 Folders
Project Manager
meetings
hipster PDA
Merlin as Podcaster
Roderick on the Line (a.k.a. RotL)
RotL FAQ
Unoffical Supertrain Trailer
Gabe’s Note
John and Merlin are trying to help you . Especially if you think you don’t need their help. See: that’s part of the problem …
There’s really no excuse for missing the supplemental material over at the official Tumblr site.
Merlin has co-hosted Back to Work with Dan Benjamin since January 18, 2011.
You Look Nice Today holds a special place in every nerd’s heart. The trio of Merlin, Scott Simpson and Lonely Sandwich were proof that smart humor is timeless and that we all missed out on the potential for baby butlers.
Merlin’s appearances on MacBreak Weekly are some of the best episodes of tech podcasting and date way back to 2006. Just start in the archives and work your way forward.
Merlin has delivered many tutorials and application reviews through the, mostly defunct, MacBreak show. If you’re like us, it was a Merlin video in 2006 that introduced you to the power of Quicksilver and changed the way you used your Mac (also the first thing he ever did with Leo Laporte). At least until Quicksilver broke your heart.
The Merlin Show
This Week in Tech
Merlin’s most recent visit on TWIT was way back in 2011
Merlin’s been involved with OmniFocus since before the first public release. The application has benefitted from his unique influence and you can watch his most recent video about how he uses the tool.
Gabe’s Note
The show notes you are reading right now take a lot of work. It’s work that we believe is worth the time and effort, thanks to Merlin. The Back to Work show notes are the inspiration that started us along this path. Merlin is very often the originator of the things I find valuable and interesting.
Merlin on Podcasts
Mac Power Users
Beyond the Todo List
Show Me Your Mike
Merlin was the first interview and appeared again later to discuss Inbox Zero on CMD + Space.
MaxFunCon in 2008, 2009 and 2011
The ProfHacker
Merlin as Public Speaker
Speaking to ASAE Members
Fixing Broken Meetings
Inbox Zero
Merlin Mann on Time and Attention
Merlin as Educator
Merlin is a tireless philanthropist. He provides free Internet advice for the ordinary man in series such as how to use a fucking camera and which are the best pants for nerds.
Education in the United States
Say it don’t spray it
Organizing Perspectives
TextExpander
“I am mainly former things”
Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 0:00
Erik begins the podcast by preaching some Apple heresy, is named the Marie Curie of the podcast and is discovered to be the real world Mr. Burns.
“That doesn’t cancer your balls or anything?”
Merlin explains that he didn’t decide to do 43 Folders, but instead realized that he was already doing it and likens early life to a map primarily built around school. Deviations from the map build the resiliency needed to properly navigate the territory.
“I’m not saying go out and just be a hobo”
When you think outside the box, sometimes you realize that you’ve “entered a new” box only by looking backwards. Worrying too much about the box means missed opportunity.
Usually being an undeclared major isn’t about being open-minded.
xkcd
Nouns and Verbs
Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 15:34
Merlin talks about our obsession with naming things,
revisits nouns
and verbs, and prevents us from ever not-imagining a pimply, pudgy, masturbating, 13-year-old version of him.
“…you need a good noun”
Beyond just the nouns and verbs, we are obsessed with labels, but sometimes they can only be applied when the work is done. Maybe it’s chunking, but we need to beware othe lack of creativity that this connotes. We also discover that Merlin’s presentation may be a MacGuffin, but in the end, you’ll still get to pal around with him and have a steak.
Because nothing says Serial Entrepreneur like a good business card.
Success
Quit on 5by5
Jamie Phelps
Full Stack Developer
Swiss Army Knife or Generalizing Specialist
“Nouns and verbs, nouns and verbs, nouns and verbs”
Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
Producer’s Note
Elon Musk is known for many things, but he may just be screwing with us now. Perhaps he is just trying desperately to avoid having a label.
“We’re not even on iTunes”
I… I… I don’t even know what to say… pic.twitter.com/Dy9anfc3Tr— Technical Difficulti (@techdiffpodcast) November 14, 2013
Success vs. fame
Doing this Other Thing
Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 27:39
While nearly returning once more to the nouns-and-verbs well, Merlin helps up know when to un-pot ourselves, even though learning to take risks and thinking orthogonally may land us in a Mississippi chain gang.
“That’s a really, really big question”
Gabe channels Cal Newport, reacting strongly against passions, but Merlin points out the limitless career potential abroad.
Producer’s Note
Ping pong
What Color is your Parachute by Richard N. Bolles
Running Away from Discomfort
Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 35:53
Gabe talks a bit more about why he made his change and another way he is like a cowboy. Merlin problematizes all the way back to Roald Dahl
Charlie Bucket
Chemistry Job Market Outlook
Forced Reinvention
Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 44:45
Whether or not achieving quality of life is a #firstworldproblem or not, sometimes we have to shift into emergency mode and reinvention isn’t a choice. Merlin cautions us that this emergency mindset can taint our decisions long after we have reattained stability. Also, emotional pet shops.
Producer’s Note
The concept of three worlds is a carryover from the Cold War. It came into being after World War II as a way to describe the split of the globe in to two large blocs, Communism and capitalism. The First World represented the capitalist West, democracy, moonbeams, and unicorns. The Second World represented, communism, socialist, industrial states, red stars, and evil. The Third World represented everyone else not aligned with the First or Second Worlds.
This idea was also formed when everything was seen to be evolving, and the First World was defined as the bright and shining light that the other “worlds” would eventually become. Unsurprisingly, this opinion wasn’t universally held, and Mao Zedong’s alternative Three Worlds Theory divides the globe into superpowers (First World) and the superpowers’ allies (Second World), with the leftovers as the Third World.
This term no longer has its original clear definitions, and the First World is now used as a pot-and-kettle shaming technique on Twitter, and the Third World as a convenient “bin” for the aforementioned shamers and politicians to put poor foreigners. Fortunately, First World folks have now defined a Fourth World in which to put the weird people from their own countries.
“They seem to have pretty steady access to the internet”
Producer’s Note
Did Erik create Ping-pong Inception by specifically marginalizing the East? I also found out about Ping-pong Diplomacy. What.
“I’m going to stop with the whores”
“The talk where I cried” Merlin Mann Webstock 2011
“We really have an emotional petshop, not a life”
Producer’s Note
I don’t think transference is the right word.
“It’s better to be dead than look stupid, but it is possible to do both”
Erik revisits fear and failure, and he and Merlin talk about meditation while Gabe silently judges them.
“It’s called therapy”
Producer’s Note
Therapy for whom?
What Happens After Reinvention
Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 55:00
Merlin ponders how we change, what our personal admixture might be, and why feelings of incompetence can be a good thing.
“You’re going to spend a lot of your cycles just trying to figure out what you should be learning”
Producer’s Note
Merlin’s reference to William James is likely the result of the epigram often attributed to him: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” This quip, which runs parallel to Occam’s Razor, has also been attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte and Richard Feynman referred to as Hanlon’s Razor, but the James tie seems most common on the internet due to a Jargon File Entry. I have more about why “Hanlon,” but you’re just here for Merlin anyway….
“My daughter punches me in the nose and says, ‘you’re full of it.’ Very good, grasshoper”
Producer’s Note
Well, that’s all for this week. If you have anything that you’d like to add to or correct in the show notes you can find me on Twitter @potatowire or feel free to send an email to me@potatowire.com
Download Gabe’s iThoughts mind map on this week’s topic.
http://technicaldifficulties.us/episodes/057-reinventing-yourself-with-merlin-mann
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