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Episode 386: Cherry Brown

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

🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Discussed: Merlin sounds like a saxophone, keyboards are extensively discussed, pros and cons of various MacsBooks Pro, Dan likes using one monitor, pining for best-of-class hardware from Cupertino, Merlin has dorky and boring follow-up, recommending an Apple Watch sleep app and an iOS location tracker, some excellent ice replacements, Dan's favorite bespoke cooler, a disappointing belt, a very good belt, Dan gets a creepy email, Merlin did NOT forget something, Cash gets more cool stuff, and Merlin recommends a Zelda tome.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:01.0

Hello, Marilyn.

0:02.0

Hi, Dan.

0:03.0

How are you?

0:04.0

I'm well.

0:05.0

How are you?

0:06.0

I'm actually really good.

0:07.0

Good.

0:08.0

You sound great.

0:09.0

Thank you.

0:10.0

It's my costly John Dickerson microphone.

0:12.0

But you got a different mic?

0:13.0

Yeah, it doesn't matter.

0:14.0

No, it doesn't matter.

0:15.0

I want to hear what it is.

0:16.0

No, no, no.

0:17.0

I've been using it for weeks and knowing that this is the difference.

0:20.0

I will always sound like a soprano saxophone that someone is learning to play.

0:25.0

Not at all.

0:26.0

Not simply not true.

0:29.0

No, I'm doing pretty good.

0:32.0

Pretty good.

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