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Instapaper 4: Deciding to ReadMerlin Mann | Oct 17 2011
Introducing Instapaper 4.0 for iPad and iPhone The lede here is that my pal, Marco, has just released the stellar new 4.0 version of his Instapaper suite. This is fantastic news, and–as if you needed one more of Marco’s beta testers to say so–I do sincerely hope you’ll mark the occasion (and support his hard work) by purchasing the Instapaper iOS app(s). I promise you’ll be treating yourself to a massive update to an already excellent product. Now, it’s fortunate and appropriate that you’ll be hearing this advice at length from a lot of people this week. Because, if it’s not already obvious, Marco’s little app (and its associated services) enjoys a rabid fanbase of sundry paragraph cultists who are as eager as I am to spread the word; and, yes, we do want you to join the Reading Nerd cult. But, I also want to mark the occasion by adding a few thoughts on exactly what Instapaper has done, and continues to do, for me. (As you may already know, I’m a big Marco fan.) Thing is, I want to tell you how Marco has made a magical machine for people who have decided to read. read more »POSTED IN:
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Decision-Making, Instapaper, Marco Arment, reading
CrankingMerlin Mann | Apr 22 20111.Nothing wrecks your living room decor quite like a giant, rented hospital bed. The one my Dad laid in for a couple months in the fall of 1974 was an alarmingly stiff and sturdy affair, the frame of which was forged of impossibly heavy iron, with half a dozen jaggy coats of putty-flesh latex paint doing a shit job of concealing the dings and dents kissed by dozens of clutches of burly rental guys trying to navigate unaccommodating residential doors. Jammed cattywampus between a teddy-bear brown sectional, an antiqued rococo credenza, and what had until recently been my Father's favorite armchair, the hospital bed left little room for easy socializing, let alone aesthetic speculation. This was a living room where a very ill person would mostly die soon. read more »POSTED IN:
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family, Inbox Zero, Personal
Scared ShitlessMerlin Mann | Mar 28 2011Merlin Mann - "Scared Shitless: How I (Mostly) Learned to Love Being Afraid of Pretty Much Everything" Download MP4 Video of "Scared Shitless" This is the video of a talk I did last month at Webstock in Wellington, New Zealand. It's pretty different from a lot of stuff I've done. It's about being scared. read more »POSTED IN:
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Elsewhere, Fear, Merlin Speaks, Webstock
Nerdiest Interview Ever: MPU Workflows Part IIMerlin Mann | Mar 27 2011MPU 046: Workflows with Merlin Mann II « Mac Power Users
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Elsewhere, Interviews, Productivity Pr0n, Workflows
FearMerlin Mann | Feb 5 2011
So, yeah. I'll be speaking at Webstock pretty soon. Which is insanely intimidating. I think I may have my topic. POSTED IN:
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Fear, Merlin Speaks
Video: John Roderick on String Art Owls, Copper Pipe, and Bono's BossMerlin Mann | Jan 21 2011[jump to video] Long story (not very) short? One night in 2003--after killing it in front of audience of about 30 lucky people in Oakland--The Long Winters needed a place to crash, and my wife and I were happy to oblige. So, they drove their Big Stinky Blue Van over the bridge, slept on our floor, and by breakfast the next morning, it'd become clear to me that I'd provided lodging to a man who was not only very likely a member of my karass--he was also one of the smartest bullshit artists I'd ever met. Almost eight years later, although I don't see him nearly as much as I'd like, I still count the guy as one of my best pals ever. That's John Roderick. read more »POSTED IN:
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Brady's Bits, John Roderick, The Merlin Show, video
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CrankingMerlin used to crank. He’s not cranking any more. This is an essay about family, priorities, and Shakey’s Pizza, and it’s probably the best thing he’s written. » Scared ShitlessMerlin’s scared. You’re scared. Everybody is scared. This is the video of Merlin’s keynote at Webstock 2011. The one where he cried. You should watch it. » |