In which we talk with the brilliantly undefinable—yet always gracious—special guest: Merlin Mann. Best known as a cornerstone of the classic indie band Bacon Ray, he’s apparently also a prolific podcaster, renowned blogger, sometimes-comedian, and index card enthusiast. However, he’s here today because of his (and all joking aside) amazing insight into, advice about, and dissection of the areas of productivity, motivation, and, well, just trying to get there. As he tackles our listeners’ questions (as well as our own), we get a couple hours of some classic Merlin-Mann-ing.
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The Pipeline #7 w/ 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":http://merlinmann.com, via his weblog, "Kung Fu Grippe":http://kungfugrippe.com, and by "following him on Twitter":http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies.
Special guest Merlin Mann.
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In Beta #1
Brevity Is a Feature
In the premier episode of In Beta, Gina and Kevin introduce themselves and the show, noodle on what being "in beta" means, and discuss why and how previously iOS-only mobile apps are making their way onto Android.