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Back to Work

Episode 105: Fissures of Men

Back to Work

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2013

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Cool stuff Merlin loves.

This week, Merlin is delirious and may be in a fugue state, so he and Dan talk about a bunch of cool apps and gadgets--stuff that Merlin likes and really recommends.

Special attention goes to Drafts for iOS, the Logitech K760 Bluetooth keyboard, Verbatim's Tuff 'n Tiny USB drive, Cortex Camera for iOS, Cobook Address Book, with many more suggestions along the way, including handy tips based on how Merlin uses each.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

because it's a little thingy is so slender.

0:03.9

How are you today, Mr. Man?

0:06.5

Oh, I'm extremely well.

0:07.8

I can't tell how I sound I've had on.

0:09.9

That sound okay?

0:11.3

You know, you sound really good.

0:12.8

Really good, huh?

0:13.6

Yeah.

0:15.0

I had a lot of coffee.

0:16.8

Oh, today you've had coffee.

0:18.6

Yeah, I had just a tiny bit more coffee than usual,

0:21.8

but I'm doing what none, were you at lunch?

0:23.6

Did you go to lunch?

0:24.5

Oh, we ran out, you can get a quick lunch.

0:27.1

Again with the wee.

0:28.6

So you had lunch.

0:30.5

Did you have barbecue?

0:32.0

What did you have?

0:33.2

Elevation burger, which is a grass fed, grass fed burger

0:37.9

with organic toppings and stuff.

0:41.2

Organic toppings, are they locally sourced?

0:43.4

A locally sourced, locally grown, hmm.

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