A special episode in three parts: 1) Too many variables: The mechanics of the Microsoft Nokia deal 2) Climbing Everest without oxygen: The implications for Microsoft and 3) Post-abyss: The implications for Nokia.

Links for this episode:

• Does the phone market forgive failure? | asymco
  
• Unforgiven, Continued | asymco
  
• The Innovator’s Curse | asymco
  
• Who’s buying whom? | asymco
  
• 5by5 | The Critical Path #93: The Innovator's Curse
  
• 5by5 | The Critical Path #94: The Limits of Executive Power
  
• Another Nokia Explanation; The Same Tragic Conclusion | stratechery by Ben Thompson
  
• 5by5 | High Density #3: Staying hungry with Ben Thompson
  

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Jason Snell joins Moisés to discuss the chaos of San Diego Comic Con, new Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi, ChromeCast viability, and nerd culture in constant evolution.

Links for this episode:

• 5by5 | The Incomparable #152: The Comic-Con Episode
  
• Jason Snell (jsnell) on Twitter
  
• Articles by Jason Snell | Macworld
  
• The Incomparable - An award-winning geeky podcast about sci-fi and related books, comics, movies, and TV.
  
• 5by5 | The Incomparable
  
• Age of Ultron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Edgar Wright confirms we'll meet Hank Pym in Ant-Man
  
• Who won Comic-Con, Superman/Batman or Avengers 2: Age of Ultron?
  
• BBC News - Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi revealed as 12th Doctor
  

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5by5 Producer Haddie Cooke is interviewed by Chris Enns for Episode 14 of Show Me Your Mic.

Merlin Mann is interviewed by Erik Fisher on the Beyond the To-Do List Podcast and talks about what the word ‘productivity’ really means, Merlin’s super-hero origin story as a student of productivity, The creation of 43Folders, what Inbox Zero started as and what it really means, David Allen and Getting Things Done, Opportunity Cost, the Sunk Cost Fallacy, and a deeper dive into Merlin's prequel story of how the Back to Work Podcast began.

Links for this episode:

• Original interview on the Beyond the To-Do List Podcast Website
  Merlin Mann on Inbox Zero, Getting Things Done, Opportunity Cost and Sunk Cost Fallacy – BTTDL032.
  

Dan Benjamin joins TJ and Joe for episode 42 of The MovieByte Podcast to discuss John Williams, online media consumption versus broadcast TV, some thoughts about J.J. Abrams version of Star Trek, and ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ which leads to some great discussion.

Links for this episode:

• The MovieByte Podcast #42: One Movie A Year
  

Dan Benjamin is interviewed by Tim Smith for The East Wing, a weekly show that talks about design, user experience, problem solving and the keys to creating products with value.

Links for this episode:

• The East Wing #53 - Put a Collar On with Dan Benjamin
  The original interview on The East Wing's website.
  

Dan Benjamin is interviewed by Michael Wolf for the NextMarket Podcast. They talk about a the state of the podcast market, 5by5's early days, how Dan manages being so involved with all aspects of 5by5, how he determines what type of role he should take as podcast host for each show, and we wrap up by Dan sharing some insights into the advertising and monetization of podcasts.

https://soundcloud.com/nextmarket/5by5s-dan-benjamin-on-being

Links for this episode:

• Dan Benjamin on Michael Wolf's NextMarket
  
• A Podumentary
  Michael Wolf talks to Adam Carolla, Ira Glass, Stephen Dubner, Leo Laporte, Dan Benjamin and others about the state of the podcast market in this 'podumentary: a podcast about the podcast'.
  

Dan Benjamin is interviewed by Chris Enns for episode 8 of Show Me Your Mic.

Dan talks with Chris about the gamut of podcasting from his start on the Hivelogic podcast to where he is now, networks vs individual podcasts, getting unstuck when podcasting, taking care of sponsors and plenty of fun discussion on life as a podcaster.

Original episode on SSKTN.

Links for this episode:

• Dan Benjamin on Episode 8 of Show Me Your Mic
  

Dan Benjamin and Myke Hurley of 70 Decibels discuss how Podcasting is evolving, the power of networks and share a huge announcement. This episode is a cross-post of 70 Decibel's CMD+SPACE episode 33.

Links for this episode:

• 70Decibels - Blog - We're Moving To 5by5!
  

Haddie Cooke and Dan Benjamin take callers and discuss the second half of the Lance Armstrong interview by Oprah.

Links for this episode:

• Body language expert David Alssema analyses Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah | thetelegraph.com.au
  
• 192 Banned Performance Enhancing Substances and Methods
  
• Cycling Investigation - USADA
  
• Narcissism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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