Episode 51: Living Inside the Nonsense
TOPIC: Slipping on Dates, Sliding on Days Merlin and Dan talk about managing projects, scheduling calls, and being home when you scheduled a party. It SEEMS SO SIMPLE but then Jeannie has to go to Gu...
24 Jan 20121h 22min
Episode 50: The Pork Soup Paradox
TOPIC: What to do if you fear a layoff. Merlin and Dan talk about rumors of layoffs—when the fear gets you, and you start filing in the narrative with a panther, even if you're developing the best-of...
18 Jan 20121h 24min
Episode 49: The Field of Completion
John Gruber joins Merlin to talk about blog engines, Lego, bias, credibility, the project triangle, and (duh) Star Wars. Links for this episode:Project triangle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaStar...
10 Jan 20121h 41min
Episode 48: An Abrupt Existential Jerk
TOPIC: How habits get made. Dan and Merlin are back for 2012 to discuss how habits are like little hairs or inertia or homeostasis or something. How we build habits, how they get built for us, and w...
4 Jan 20121h 17min
Episode 47: Utter Failure & Hotel Steak
TOPIC: Resolving to skip the New Year's resolutions. In the last episode of 2011, Merlin and Dan talk about fresh starts and modest changes rather than rehearsing for sucking. You don't need a calend...
28 Dec 20111h 4min
Episode 46: Not Counting the Mezzanine
Topic: The Meta-Distractions of "Minimalism" This week, Merlin and Dan get all "Zen" about bias and minimalism. Your background won't get any blacker, so stop burning cycles arguing on the internet o...
20 Dec 20111h 23min
Episode 45: Finagling the Tree Bag
Topic: The Narcissism of Small Differences This week, Merlin has a quiz for Dan to determine whether Ben Franklin, "The Immigrant Song," or Quantum Mechanics has the most cultural impact--as well as ...
13 Dec 20111h 9min
Episode 44: Circuitous Bridge of My Own Design
Topic: Moving from dumb nouns to awesome verbs. This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the problem with Capital Letter Nouns; how real and specific verbs will always trounce Excellence, Effectiveness, ...
7 Dec 20111h 13min
