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Mac Power Users

183: Episode V: Merlin Strikes Back

Mac Power Users

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Tech, Technology, David, User, Stephen Hackett, Sparks, How To, Help, Power, Workflow, Ios, Mac, Set Up

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2014

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

Merlin Mann returns to Mac Power Users for his annual visit. This year we dive deep into Merlin's new obsession with home automation and talk about what makes some apps stick while others never do. Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

Transcript

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0:00.0

MacPower users episode 183, Merlin's fifth. Hello everyone this is David Sparks along with Katie Floyd. Hi Katie how are you.

0:18.6

Hey David I'm doing great.

0:20.6

Excellent and we have our friend Merlin Mann back for the fifth time. Welcome Merlin to the show.

0:25.6

Hello Power Users.

0:27.0

You know I love having you here every year. It's one of the highlights of doing the show is sitting

0:31.6

down with you once a year and catching up and I've talked

0:34.7

about it in the past but you are our first you are our first workflows.

0:38.4

So you're kind of the original workflowsists.

0:40.8

So thanks for coming back.

0:41.8

Yeah, it's my pleasure to be here.

0:44.0

Thanks.

0:45.0

Bring them back every year about this time.

0:46.0

And David, I think you said before the show we've got lots of pressure because you know,

0:50.0

it's number five and you know in my world odds are you know not good you know

0:57.0

well see in my world episode five was the best Star Wars movie so this will be our

1:00.9

best show with Merlin I looked it up before you came on Merlin.

1:04.3

For the fifth anniversary, I'm supposed to give you wood.

1:07.0

You always give me wood David.

1:09.0

Can we take that as, I got you something pleather.

1:11.3

It might be kind of small.

1:12.1

And we've lost our clean tag already I included the receipt in our envelope in case you need to exchange it

1:18.0

Don't return it though would hurt my feelings you're such a nice guy thank you you, Happy Wood. All right.

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