Interviews

Nerdiest Interview Ever: MPU Workflows Part II

Merlin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:34:26 -0400

MPU 046: Workflows with Merlin Mann II « Mac Power Users

I have the life that I have because I've made a lot of weird decisions, and they've worked out well.

Not gonna lie to you. I'm a huge nerd. Surprised?

Yep. I can recite big chunks of The Big Lebowski from memory. I can argue for an hour on the merits of Dick York over Dick Sargent. And, I can—and frequently do—catch myself thinking Catwoman, Batgirl, Princess Leia, and Emma Peel should have a light-hearted pillow fight that ends with an hour of genial french-kissing.

Pretty much like you, probably. I dunno, maybe your version includes Kitty Pryde. Po-tay-to/Po-taht-o, right?

Perhaps most saliently, by virtue of having spent a solid 2,399 days as a Fake Productivity Guru, I have been provided with an unquestionably Janusian monkey's paw of a gift; I now know a lot about workflows. Nerdy, nerdy workflows.

I can tell you a few things that almost always work, I can tell you a handful of things that almost never work, and—best or worst of all—I can tell you thousands of things that might work. Sometimes. Maybe. Kinda. For some people. For now.

And, at the risk of gay-marrying my arrogance to my hypocrisy, I can tell you that I also know enough about the unholy diarrhea of potential options for Theoretical Productivity to share two big patterns:

Getting your workflow right matters.
Getting your workflow right to the exclusion of the actual work is a fool's game.

But. Managing to get the most useful and most elegant and least fiddly mix of 1 and 2 right is super-hard. Especially for nerds. Especially for me.

So, as I type this today, I believe there can be no greater testament to these claims—or, at least, no greater place to test the veracity of these claims for yourself—than in this TWO AND A HALF HOUR-long interview for Mac Power Users.

It is reeeeeeeeally nerdy. Almost intolerably nerdy. Just…overwhelmingly nerdy.

But, man, is it ever really good, and really fat with the most insanely granular details of How I Work.

Lo, even these 928.5 days after officially retiring from productivity pr0n, my desire to not "vend stroke material for your joyless addiction to puns about procrastination and systems for generating more taxonomically satisfying meta-work" is tempered by a (widely under-reported) practical streak.

Yes: I continue to despise empty advice about rearranging deck chairs on The Titanic. But, yes: I do also still very much enjoy talking about how all the tips and tricks can or can't work in the context of work you care about. That matters. It really does.

So. Here goes. A one hundred and forty six minute-long, Joyce-ian amble through the Big Stuff and the Little Stuff. David and Katie were very patient.

How I name text files. Why I break iOS apps. Why I love the letter "x." Why I won't row out to islands any more. How a 115,000 word book manuscript is "like a house full of confederate money." How "The Cloud" broke in New Zealand. How I use MultiMarkdown, Scrivener, TextExpander, OmniFocus, TextMate, Notational Velocity, Dropbox, and an explosive combination of Elements, Notesy, Nebulous, Simplenote, CF Outliner, iThoughts, Instacast, Good Reader, and wow wow wow.

How I try not to fiddle—how I sometimes succeed and often don't. But, how I try.

Anyhow. There you go. A perfectly nerdy bookend to last year's first Magnum Opus MPU interview on these same topics, Mac Power Users Episode 46 is just insanely nerdy. And, what have you.

I hope you like it. I hope it's useful. I hope you don't use it to replace real work.

And, as ever, I really hope Batgirl starts having more sexy pillow fights.

Enjoy. And, God save you.

MPU 046: Workflows with Merlin Mann II « Mac Power Users

”Nerdiest Interview Ever: MPU Workflows Part II” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on March 27, 2011. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Catching Up: 3 Interviews from a Cooling Crucible

Merlin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:05:20 -0400

After almost a year of hand-wringing, fretting, and occasionally even writing the odd string of English words, I've finally started turning into the home stretch with the first draft of my Inbox Zero book.

If it hasn't been obvious, or you couldn't just guess, this book project's been a big rock for me. Given the effort it's taken (read: most every hour I'm not sleeping, working, or pushing my daughter in a swing), it's also the primary reason why updates to 43 Folders have been so scarce over the last few months. The spirit was willing, but the brain--insanely sick of thinking about these very topics--was weak.

Yes, as it turns out, writing a book does require an extraordinary expenditure of both attention and time. And, in my own case, I'll confess that this often meant working even more than four hours a week. But, who knows? Maybe that's just a consequence of my slow typing and abject lack of lifetrepreneurship.

Thing is, this has also been a fantastic and exhilarating time for me. Despite the pressure, the stress, and the alternating tickity-tock of both clock and keyboard, in the end, performing the architecture and masonry required to build such a large project demanded that I gather a lot of seemingly unrelated material, choose the most promising ingredients, and then heat it all up in a deadline-fueled crucible. Sure, it's been mostly good pressure (who the hell complains about having a book deal?), but it's still been real pressure.

Fortunately, with much relief and abundant gratitude, I can say that I'm really satisfied with the emerging artifact. And, of course, I really hope you guys feel the same way when the book comes out. Probably some time in the fall of 2049.

Coming Up for Air

I mention all this here because, if you follow any of the stuff I do and say elsewhere, you'll have noticed a recent uptick in the number of appearances I've been making around the web. That's the happy confluence of my (finally) coming up for air, combined with my determination to (finally) make good on endless months of snoozed and punted and re-re-re-scheduled interview requests from some very cool people, publications, and podcasts. (Thanks to everyone who's asked and, if I missed you, please ask again.)

So, today, I beg your indulgence to share three recent interviews with me that I like quite a lot.

While all three are profiles of me and what I've been doing and thinking about as I work on this infernal book business, they also each bear directly on the topics that I know mean a lot to you guys, too. Especially, if you're one of the band of brothers who've stuck with me and courageously kept this XML-enabled null space in your feed reader since my much-discussed shift away from productivity pr0n.

Thus, by way of inarguably self-involved catch-up--and as an informal reintroduction to how I truly believe you can "find the time and attention to do your best creative work"--here's three recent interviews:

on the values of voice, openness, and making mindful creative work;
on a very detailed exegesis of my tactical workflow;
on the benefits of diving into the projects that terrify you

I really hope you'll like them.

The Pipeline, ep. 7; with Dan Benjamin

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My longtime hero, Hivelogic's Dan Benjamin, recently invited me onto 5 by 5's flagship podcast, "The Pipeline." While it was intimidating to know I'd be standing alongside such august (and superior) talent as Zeldman, Haughey, Coudal, and Inman, I was honored to be asked, and I'm extremely happy with the results.

We cover a lot of territory in less than 40 minutes, but we basically hit on almost every major topic that means a lot to me right now, including, the power of voice, the challenges of knowledge work, the perils of the Lizard Brain, the primacy of action, the seeming unavoidability of Buddhism, and the hidden dangers of following herds, chasing dumb traffic, and aping the "success" of others.

Thanks much for this opportunity, Dan. You're a real pro.

Mac Power Users, ep. 23; with David Sparks and Katie Floyd

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Averse as I am to promoting productivity pr0n for its own sake, this tour de force podcast should be a lot of fun to anyone who's interested in Mac and iPhone workflows.

Because, believe it or not, I am besieged with daily requests for details on how I actually work. And, if you have even the vaguest passing interest in how I currently sew together OmniFocus, Notational Velocity, TextExpander, Pastebot, Pinboard, Instapaper, Simplenote, Scrivener, MultiMarkdown, Quicksilver, and more, more, more, prepare for your head to explode multiple times. There's a lot here, so don't miss Katie's exhaustive show notes for a full run-down.

But, like I said, please do take all this in doses. This is something I've evolved over years, so you certainly don't need to stop what you're doing to try to implement all of this.

Still, I have to say, this podcast lays out an empirically nerdtastic workflow which even the dorkiest Mac fanboy will find something new and awesome in. And, yes, there's loads of non-tool-fetish advice on how to do the actual work. I promise.

Thanks so much to David and Katie for putting up with 90 minutes of me talking very quickly about the most embarrassing details of my encompassing Mac dorkery.

MaxFunCon Podcast, ep. 12; "Keep Moving"; with Jesse Thorn

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I'm an unapologetic fan of everything Jesse Thorn does, including The Sound of Young America, Jordan Jesse GO!, and, of course, his annual conference celebrating all things awesome, MaxFunCon. In fact, you may remember the talk on "Getting Started" that I presented at MFC last year.

In this admittedly rambling (but hopefully charming) interview, Jesse and I talk about what makes MaxFunCon so special, as well as how a person who's as--to use Jesse's parlance--"ADD-addled" as I am can actually put a 50,000-word book together. Along the way I profess my love for Maria Bamford, Jonathan Coulton, and Chris Hardwick, as well as extol the virtues of drinking vodka from a glass skull with John Hodgman.

Silliness aside, we talk frankly about the pants-be-crapping fear of performing (and the more profound terror of sucking at performing) that dogs anyone who's ever decided to get up in front of a bunch of strangers and try to be entertaining. It's hard. So hard. Which is kind of why I love it.

Alas, MaxFunCon 2010 is now way sold out, but you can claim your spot on the waiting list by writing to maxfuncon at gmail. It is, as I've repeatedly said, easily the best conference I've ever attended. Ever. Even more than DB/Expo '97.

Thanks for your patience with this one, and sorry in advance if this seems all me-me-me.

But, if anything, 43 Folders is a site that started and still exists for me to share what has and hasn't worked for me along the road to trying to make great stuff.

I hope all three of these interviews will be of interest to anyone who walks that same road, stumbles onto those same shoulders, and shares my cardinal interest in always dusting yourself off, stepping back on the path, and plodding toward whatever comes next.

Onward, friends.

”Catching Up: 3 Interviews from a Cooling Crucible” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on March 18, 2010. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Macworld Expo '08: Merlin talks with the makers of 1Password

Merlin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:28:57 -0500

Aha! Embeddable video for a third MacBreak interview at Macworld '08 has turned up -- this one's with Dave Teare at Agile Web Solutions, makers of 1Password.

As we discuss in the video, I'm really looking forward to seeing 1Password's secure password bookmarklet for iPhone.

MacBreak: Macworld 2008/Agile Web Solutions

And, as a bonus -- just so Dave can catch up with his some of his countrymen's peerless pop music -- here's videos of three of my favorite Canadian bands.

Flashing Lights / "Highschool"

Sloan / "The Good in Everyone"

Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)

”Macworld Expo '08: Merlin talks with the makers of 1Password” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on January 22, 2008. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Best of: Our Favorite Videos

Merlin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:05:24 -0500

Back at work killing time? Sure you are. After all, it's nationwide "Thumb up your butt" week, right? You bet it is.

So, from the archives of 43 Folders (and the on-hiatus Merlin Show), here's four of my favorite videos of stuff I've done. Hope you like 'em.

"Inbox Zero" Google Tech Talk

58 minute presentation at Google's Mountain View campus; July 23, 2007
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It's amazing to me that this little fellow has now been watched 213,000 times (If you're counting, that's over 23 person-years of viewing time. yikes.)

Anyhow, I really like how this turned out, and it's been very cool to hear how many people this has turned on to the idea of doing something more responsible with their email.

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Interview: Jonathan Coulton

10-minute interview with internet troubadour, Jonathan Coulton
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I conducted this interview with the wonderful Jonathan Coulton right around the time I found out I was going to become a father. Have to say that, given my mood at the time, I found what he had to say inspirational.

I'd love to catch up with Jonathan again some time and see if his email mojo has gotten any more satisfying for him since we talked.

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Merlin Show Interview: Jeffrey Veen

16-minute interview with Google's Jeff Veen
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Jeff's been a swell pal and great guy to work with (I managed projects for him back in the day). In this particular instance, Jeff's insight into how to move aside the BS and get to the kernel of things is not to be missed.

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IDEO "Know How" Talk

1-hour conversation at IDEO's Palo Alto campus; September 9, 2007
(original post)

Sure, I was high on the Theraflu, but this gave me the chance to talk about the idea that's most got my attention right now: "How do we deal with the lack of scarcity in our electronic world?"

Many thanks to my pals at bOING bOING for putting this on lots of people's radar screens. Much appreciated.

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”Best of: Our Favorite Videos” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on November 27, 2007. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

TMS: John Roderick, Chris Wetherell, and John Vanderslice

Merlin — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:03:46 -0400

The last week or so of The Merlin Show has featured three fun interviews with independent musicians -- talking about Macs, handling email, and figuring out how to get paid. Stop by for visits with John Roderick, Chris Wetherell, and John Vanderslice (or view the videos right here, after the jump...)

John Roderick

John from The Long Winters brings his surly but lovable wisdom to my backyard, clarifying how he's like a building contractor and why he has to make sure no one tries to screw him on copper pipe. (Note: Contains strong language and frank discussion of show business) [View full show notes]

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Chris Wetherell (part 2/2)

Chris from Citizens Here and Abroad and Dealership returns to talk more about how bad (no, really bad) he is with email and how surprisingly little dough a band makes from touring. [View full show notes]

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John Vanderslice (part 3/3)

JV returns to talk about how to take a Mac on tour as well as why he stopped using Apple's Address Book and Mail.app for his 5,000-fan mailing list. [View full show notes]

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”TMS: John Roderick, Chris Wetherell, and John Vanderslice” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on April 05, 2007. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Jeff Veen on simple tools, meetings, and leveraging the commute

Merlin — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:48:11 -0400

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In this second segment of our interview with Jeffrey Veen (here's the previous one), Jeff talks about making the best of meetings (and the time around them), lofi capture, and the beauty of simple tools -- including both paper and UNIX apps.

I especially like when Jeff discusses how he uses his shuttle commute time; by knowing that he can rely on firewalled time to bookend each work day, Jeff can confidently lob tasks out of the moment and into that quiet and reliable commute session. I find this a very GTD-like practice in that it sets aside time for processing, organization, and reviewing -- leaving the hectic work day free for pure doing.

(BTW: here's the book on writing that we talked about: On Writing Well by William Zinsser)

Jeff Veen: Part 1
Jeff Veen: Part 2

”Jeff Veen on simple tools, meetings, and leveraging the commute” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on March 19, 2007. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

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

Merlin — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:05:34 -0500

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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.

Some editing misadventures stole the time I'd set aside to write up my final comments on the series, but those will be coming along soon, I promise. In the mean time, as I said in the podcast ep., I want to sincerely thank David, Rick Kantor, Robert Peake, and Zircon Skye Studios for their participation and help with the Productive Talk series. David in particular was unbelievably generous with his time, and I'm very grateful to have had this opportunity to interview him.

Hope you all enjoy hearing the whole series, in order, all in one place. There's some nuggets of GTD gold in there, if I do say so myself.

You can download the MP3 version, or just listen from here by using the Flash player below:

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”Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on November 28, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

David Allen on GTD's future (and why it just works, as is)

Merlin — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:27:21 -0500

Productive Talk #08: GTD 2.0?

43 Folders and The David Allen Company present the eighth in a series of conversations that David and Merlin recently had about Getting Things Done.

Summary

In this episode, Merlin asks David one of the most popular questions about GTD; if he could write the book all over again today, what would he do differently? David addresses how people’s understanding of GTD evolves on repeated exposures, as well hinting at future plans for making GTD easier for people to start and maintain. He makes some great points on learning to pay attention to your "higher altitudes," and wraps up by underscoring the importance of not having to rethink every task throughout the day. (13:11)

Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen here (after the cut).

Merlin's comments

If you bend David Allen's ear for more than 30 seconds about GTD, you'll hear some variation of a phrase that I heard a lot over the couple days we hung out in Ojai: "It's all in the book!"

Say what you will about The David, but he is not a man who suffers from The George Lucas Complex. Much to the consternation of his publishers, his fans, and -- one suspects -- even some of his colleagues, David feels like he has already written the complete and definitive work on the Getting Things Done system. And he very clearly has no desire to futz with that basic system without a good reason; it's sound and complete, as is, and there you go. Next subject.

And, I have to say, in a lot of ways, I've come to really admire this.

For one thing, it was immediately clear to me that, although David heads up a smart and growing company that enjoys a ravenous fanbase, his interest in the strictly pecuniary aspects of his work sometimes seems hilariously modest. While he long ago could have flipped DavidCo into a Shake-and-Bake franchise of ghost-written paperbacks (an idea I apparently once thought was a pretty great idea myself), David and his staff usually have more interesting things in mind. And while I can't say that I think every idea is a guaranteed winner from my own perspective, I really respect the fact that DavidCo seems unwilling to sacrifice the quality of their product and their message for a fast buck. Not something you see every day.

I'll admit that there's still a part of me that thinks both David, the fans, and the system itself could benefit greatly from more examples of and options for sane GTD implementation and maintenance (and how to narrow the options to what's best for my particular hang-up). Funny thing, though: in talking to David, it became clear to me that, on some level, that dearth of "official" material on implementation options was an undeniable factor in the early success of 43 Folders. So, in retrospect, I probably shouldn't complain too much.

In many ways, though, David's right; it is all in the book, even if you aren't yet at a place to understand how it potentially fits together in your world. So, in this episode, I really like how he highlights the way repeated readings and exposures to GTD inevitably lead to "getting" some part of the system that used to seem corny, pointless, or hand-wavey (God knows that's been true for me). So, I guess I do see part of the challenge from David's point of view; how do you get somebody quickly ramped-up into a system that may not reveal its best stuff to you for two or more years? Definitely tricky business.

But for those of you out there already doing GTD and feeling like you sometimes miss the "there," I think this particular ep provides some very sound insight into how these pieces down on "the runway" are inextricably and necessarily tied to "the higher altitudes."

Last planned episode....but wait...

Although this eighth episode of Productive Talk is our last in this series (yep, we're already talking about doing it again), I do encourage you to stop back by next week.

In addition to offering my own thoughts on the series and what I learned from it (hint: a lot), I'll also be sharing the (very very highly requested) single file download of all 8 episodes. Yes, it will have iTunes chapters. No, it won't have bonus footage or director's commentary. But it will make it a bit easier to take Productive Talk with you and listen to the whole series at a sitting. Subscribe via iTunes to receive the last last episode as soon as it goes live.

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”David Allen on GTD's future (and why it just works, as is)” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on November 21, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

David Allen Interview: Getting Things Done with Email

Merlin — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:00:50 -0500

Productive Talk #05: Email

43 Folders and The David Allen Company present the fifth in a series of conversations that David and Merlin recently had about Getting Things Done.

Summary

In this episode, David and Merlin talk about email. We learn that David coaches people to deal with a high volume of messages by treating them like you would any other input.

(Running time: 17:53)

Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen here (after the cut).

Merlin's comments

Email was one of the topics that I was most interested in talking to David about, and I found his responses to my questions thought-provoking.

David makes the case that email is basically just another input -- like voice mail, for example -- that needs to be emptied and processed every day. That it's not substantially different (apart from how badly mostly people do it right now).

While I absolutely agree on processing to zero, I think opinions may differ on the significance of email's impact on the life of the average knowledge worker.

I think David's approach and advice are tactically quite sound in terms of fixing your own half-acre of the problem, but I'm still ambivalent about a prevailing culture of email in which the implied expectation is that we always need to be on_, for example, responding to business-day messages within minutes of their arrival. My friends working down in the Valley (you know who you are) tell me this is the elephant in the room in terms of trying to get _anything accomplished between 8 and 6.

While email has matured in terms of adoption, I think we're still in the very early days of understanding how to use it responsibly across teams and organizations -- we're still a long way from seeing a standard for sound email usage that acknowledges that most "real work" can and should take place outside of an inbox. I really look forward to seeing how we can each help to initiate these conversations in our own circles.

In the mean time, you'll love hearing David's advice on Getting Things Done in email. He has a way of cutting to the point that I find really refreshing. Also watch for his prediction on the Blackberry's inevitable progeny: _The Watermelon!_

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”David Allen Interview: Getting Things Done with Email” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on October 30, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

43f interview: David Allen on Getting Things Done with your team

Merlin — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:00:33 -0400

Productive Talk #04: Teams

43 Folders and The David Allen Company present the fourth in a series of conversations that David and Merlin recently had about Getting Things Done.

In this episode, David and Merlin talk about the role of GTD in teams and how to lead by example.

(Running time: 08:46)

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”43f interview: David Allen on Getting Things Done with your team” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on October 23, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Interviews

Nerdiest Interview Ever: MPU Workflows Part II

Catching Up: 3 Interviews from a Cooling Crucible

Coming Up for Air

The Pipeline, ep. 7; with Dan Benjamin

Mac Power Users, ep. 23; with David Sparks and Katie Floyd

MaxFunCon Podcast, ep. 12; "Keep Moving"; with Jesse Thorn

Macworld Expo '08: Merlin talks with the makers of 1Password

MacBreak: Macworld 2008/Agile Web Solutions

Flashing Lights / "Highschool"

Sloan / "The Good in Everyone"

Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)

Best of: Our Favorite Videos

"Inbox Zero" Google Tech Talk

Interview: Jonathan Coulton

Merlin Show Interview: Jeffrey Veen

IDEO "Know How" Talk

TMS: John Roderick, Chris Wetherell, and John Vanderslice

John Roderick

Chris Wetherell (part 2/2)

John Vanderslice (part 3/3)

Subscribe to The Merlin Show

Jeff Veen on simple tools, meetings, and leveraging the commute

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

David Allen on GTD's future (and why it just works, as is)

Summary

Merlin's comments

Last planned episode....but wait...

Listen to Episode #08 of Productive Talk

David Allen Interview: Getting Things Done with Email

Summary

Merlin's comments

Listen to Episode #05 of Productive Talk

43f interview: David Allen on Getting Things Done with your team