674: Workflows with Shawn Blanc

Mac Power Users

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

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🗓️ 8 January 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Shawn Blanc left his job back in 2011 to become a full-time writer. Twelve years later, he's the mastermind behind sites like The Focus Course and The Sweet Setup and more. Stephen and David ask him about that journey and how he's grown his operation from a solo venture to a team running multiple projects.

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0:00.0	Mac Power Users Episode 674. Workflows with Sean Blanc.
0:13.1	Hello and welcome back to Mac Power Users. My name is Steven Hackett and I'm joined as always by
0:18.0	my friend and yours, Mr. David Sparks. Hey David. Hey Steven, how are you today? I am great. I'm excited
0:26.0	about our guest, our first guest for the new year. Welcome Sean. Hey guys, how's it going? Man,
0:33.9	it's so good to talk to you. Been looking forward to this one, Sean. Man, it's been a long time.
0:38.9	How are you doing? I am so happy to be here doing really great, like literally two of like my best
0:44.4	internet friends in the world. You guys, so very excited to chat for the next whatever, 12 hours,
0:50.8	right? Is that the plan? That's a goal. That's a goal. 12 hours. Yeah, sorry Jim. Our
0:56.9	entire voice is just literally give out. When we were scheduling for today again, Sean was saying,
1:03.2	hey, I can't wait to be on the show, but I'm taking this week off. So I won't be able to look at
1:06.8	anything. So the week between New Year's and Christmas, Sean Blanc just didn't do anything except
1:11.9	probably hang out with his family and work on his truck. And that is one of the reasons why we love
1:16.1	you, Sean. Oh, thanks. Yeah. If you'd like, I could take more time off if that would
1:22.0	introduce me even more. Yeah. Well, I mean, it's aspirational for me, honestly. I keep trying to do
1:26.8	that. And sometimes I succeed. Usually I don't, but you're so good at it. Yeah. I really do admire
1:33.1	that about you. But here you are today on the Mac Power users starting out the new year. And it
1:39.8	is definitely time to check in for people who don't know Sean. He does so much on the internet.
1:46.7	The sweet setup. That's Sean. The focus course that Sean, he does a bunch of cool stuff. I
1:53.8	think the first time you and I met Sean was at Mac World on the floor, Mac World years ago.
1:59.7	But I've just, I've always admired the work you do over there. It's sweet setup and the
2:04.8	stuff you guys make. And you help a lot of people out with productivity and technology. And
2:12.0	you're also very thoughtful. My impression is you're a very thoughtful user of technology.
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