Episode 249: A John Nash Moment

TOPIC: Personal Crazy Walls

This week, Dan and Merlin start by covering a lot of things that you might actually be thinking of.

The meat of the episode focuses on a listener question about deciding what things go where—leading to a pretty nerdy exegesis of Notes vs. text files, reminders vs. task managers, and where stuff goes vs. where it probably should go.

Links for this episode:

• Ungainly X-Mann Meetup #11 — Merlin Mann
  MERLIN MANN (Back to Work, Roderick on the Line, Reconcilable Differences, You Look Nice Today, et al.) invites you to drop by Two Cats Comics on the evening of Thursday, December 3rd to hang out, talk about comics, and just say, “Hi.”
• There's a Hole in My Sidewalk Quotes by Portia Nelson
  
• Kobayashi Maru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Amazon.com: Panasonic NN-SD681S Stainless 1200W 1.2 Cu. Ft. Countertop/Built-in Microwave with Inverter Technology: Countertop Microwave Ovens: Kitchen & Dining
  
• Captain America: Civil War - Trailer World Premiere - YouTube
  
• Altered States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Challenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Twitter
  
• Markdown and Automation Experiments with 1Writer – MacStories
  
• 1Writer - A beautiful and rich-featured Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad
  
• Editorial for iOS
  
• Drafts | Agile Tortoise
  
• Crazy Walls
  
• Crazy Walls
  
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) - IMDb
  
• Evidence Dungeon - The Flop House Wiki - Wikia
  Mentioned in Episode 8: I Know Who Killed Me, the lair of a killer, which is full of all the things a good serial killer needs to do their work...and to be charged with said work by the police when they find the Evidence Dungeon.
• Programmers Notebook
  "Just pretend that you've got a microphone... and that microphone is always on."
• Log Book
  Definition: A notebook…where you log and probably describe and explain your activities while performing it. Not an agenda.
• Trello
  
• Podcast Universe Map — MuffinWorks
  
• Epicenter vs. Center
  
• Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - YouTube
  
• Thomas Keller’s [3-Ingredient] Roasted Chicken
  
• Getting rid of Open With duplicates - All this
  
• Upgrade #65: Holiday Firewall - Relay FM
  Special guest host Merlin Mann joins Jason to talk about the holidays, Apple TV, iPad Pro, and how to recommend Apple products.
• Pensieve - Harry Potter Wiki - Wikia
  The Pensieve is an object used to review memories. It has the appearance of a shallow stone or metal basin, into which runes and strange symbols are carved and precious stones are fitted.
• The Expanse (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Adventure Time Pilot Episode - YouTube
  
• Sisyphus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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