Back to Work18 Okt 2016

Episode 294: Sufficiently Advanced Friendship

TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.

Dan's a little under the weather.
Maybe kids should be in balls. Who knows?
"Wrap a hot towel around your head."
Westworld. It's definitely a thing.
Follow-up…
TaskPaper 3.5 is awesome.
Yes. There are good board games. Sorry about that.
How Merlin made Candyland more interesting. But only a little.
Followup on smoke detectors. What a mess!
More advice on covering up dumb LED lights.
Merlin has an amazing rice cooker.
Harry Potter talk. Movies we like, etc.
Cool new Harry Potter prints.
MAIN TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.
Trouble getting a response: what's the real problem here?
Merlin learned a lot from being an unsuccessful project manager.
If your results are at odds with your expectations? Something isn't working.
Dan talks about his new interest in informal journaling.
Writing is a 3D printer for your thoughts.

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