Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
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TWiT 133 with Jonathan Coulton and "Rock Bad"Merlin Mann | Feb 25 2008TWiT 133: Jonathan Coulton - Functional And Elegant
Here's a free, direct MP3 download of TWiT 133. Man, I really loved this episode. Jonathan Coulton's music and performances are inspiring in themselves, but as a fellow (albeit, much more modestly successful) "microbrand," I have huge respect for how he runs the business of his career. (more after the jump, including why we were all on this episode together in the first place) read more »6 Comments
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43 Folders: Best of GTDMerlin Mann | Feb 19 2008NPR: Tech Junkies Crazy About 'Getting Things Done' As an insufferably huge public broadcasting nerd, I was happy to hear (via our pal, Ryan) that 43 Folders was mentioned in tonight's All Things Considered story about Getting Things Done. Since this may be the first time some folks have visited the site, I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite GTD posts from the past four years. We talk about lots more than GTD here, but it's definitely a lot of my readers' favorite topic. Thanks for stopping by. Ton of links after the jump... read more »POSTED IN:
More from Peter Walsh on clutter, quality of lifeMerlin Mann | Feb 19 2008Oprah's Clutter Man: "It's Never About the Stuff" Clean Sweep's Peter Walsh (previously) has a new book out, and Mediabistro had the chance to chat with him while he was out promoting it. While I wish Peter had held out for a more cromulent title ("Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?" Ouch.), I so admire this guy's grip on what clutter does to your mind. Or at least what it does to mine. Typically swell quote:
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Video: Merlin's Time & Attention TalkMerlin Mann | Feb 14 2008Macworld '08: Merlin Mann / "Living with Data" Like the talk? Hire MerlinSure, you can hire Merlin to speak to your group. Here’s how. read more » POSTED IN:
NYT on a Paperless WorldMatt Wood | Feb 10 2008Pushing Paper Out the Door - New York Times Is it just me, or is the Times tossing softballs for organizational nerds on purpose? Today's story on the ways people are purging paper from their lives gives lots of ink (digital, of course) to our friend, the Fujitsu ScanSnap, and comes with the kind of grand statements that no trend piece should be without: [M]any families may be closer to entering a paperless world than they realize. Paper-reducing technologies have crept into homes and offices, perhaps more for efficiency than for environmentalism; few people will dispute the convenience of online bill-paying and airline e-tickets.read more » POSTED IN:
Clever web dev trick for checking browser historyMerlin Mann | Feb 8 2008Sniff browser history for improved user experience Talk about sufficiently advanced technology. Although you will surely see this post linked many times this week, I have to throw in my own kudos. Fantastic trick, Niall! In a nutshell, Niall shows how you can use a combination of CSS and JavaScript to selectively display information based on previously visited URLs in your visitor's browser history. Have you been to Digg? Then Niall's site displays a "Digg This" badge (and, importantly for Niall's purposes, not 100 other badges for sites you haven't used). Try Niall's live example to see this stunner in action. Dang. That sound you just heard? That's a few million people scurrying to hit " Now, regrettably, I suspect the race begins for seeing how horribly something like this can be abused. POSTED IN:
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