Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs

By Elias Lanz & Sean LunsfordSociety & Culture
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Breadcrumbs episodes

  • 168: Somewhere Between Socks and Marriage

    Elias and Sean discuss matching objects and people.

    Links and Show Notes

    • Dating Ring
    • StartUp | Gimlet (Overcast | Castro)
    • So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love eBook: Cal Newport: Kindle Store
    • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World eBook: David J. Epstein: Kindle Store
    • @breadcrumbsfm | @splunsford | @muffinworks

      Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

      1 hr 2 min
    • 167: Fallen Off the Novel Train

      Elias and Sean consider books—from self-help books to novels—and condensing them down to index cards.

      Links and Show Notes

      • MentorBox LLC
      • MasterClass Online Classes
      • The Martian: A Novel eBook: Andy Weir: Kindle Store
      • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity eBook: David Allen, James Fallows: Kindle Store
      • H.I. #39: Getting Things Done -- Hello Internet (Overcast)
      • Visual book review: The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast (Josh Kaufman)
      • Sketchnotable
      • The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast! eBook: Josh Kaufman: Kindle Store
      • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change eBook: Stephen R. Covey: Kindle Store
      • ‎؜@levelsio | Twitter
      • Important Books & Articles - Merci Victoria Grace - Medium
      • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language eBook: Gretchen McCulloch: Kindle Store
      • Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms - Kindle edition by Hannah Fry
      • Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World, Matt Parker - Amazon.com
      • Reading Isn't A Race: How Speed Reading And Spritz Completly Miss The Point -- RyanHoliday.net
      • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World eBook: David J. Epstein: Kindle Store
      • @breadcrumbsfm | @splunsford | @muffinworks

        Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

        1 hr 13 min
      • 166: The Dashboard for My Life

        Elias and Sean return to the task management well.

        Links and Show Notes

        • Todoist
        • OmniFocus
        • Things
        • Bullet Journal
        • Stand-up comedy routine about Spreadsheets - YouTube
        • Opener ‒ open links in apps
        • Amazon.com: Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur eBook: Derek Sivers: Kindle Store
        • Derek Sivers podcast
        • Clear Todos
        • Fantastical
        • Drafts
        • Documents by Readdle
        • 2Do
        • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

          Sean - @splunsford

          Elias - @muffinworks

          Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

          1 hr 3 min
        • 165: A Puddle of Failure

          Elias and Sean look at three different takes on numbering one’s days.

          Links and Show Notes

          (Apologies for Sean's audio. Something weird happened, and then it was completely lost for the last few minutes.)

          • Your Life in Weeks -- Wait But Why
          • WeCroak
          • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

            Sean - @splunsford

            Elias - @muffinworks

            Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

            1 hr 2 min
          • 164: I Envy Your Serenity

            Elias and Sean survey the various inboxes in their lives, how they manage them, and how they feel about them.

            Links and Show Notes

            • xkcd: Inbox
            • Inbox Zero - YouTube
            • Urgency Addiction Assessment -- The Focus Course
            • Tweetbot 5 for Twitter
            • SaneBox
            • Castro Podcast Player
            • Overcast
            • Accidental Tech Podcast
            • Hello Internet
            • Philosophy - YouTube
            • ★ Reeder
            • Instapaper
            • Feedbin
            • Unread: RSS Reader
            • Feedly
            • Planet Money : NPR
            • NetNewsWire: Open Source RSS Reader for Mac
            • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

              Sean - @splunsford

              Elias - @muffinworks

              Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

              1 hr 16 min
            • 163: Surprisingly Existential

              In the 2020 yearly themes episode, Elias and Sean review their previous themes and look ahead to the new year.

              Links and Show Notes

              • The Focus Course
              • Matt Whitman
              • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                Sean - @splunsford

                Elias - @muffinworks

                Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                1 hr 9 min
              • 162: Last Show of the Decade

                Elias and Sean consider significance and fame with respect to time.

                Links and Show Notes

                • Who's Biggest? The 100 Most Significant Figures in History | TIME.com
                • Molekule: The Worst Air Purifier We've Ever Tested - YouTube
                • Amazon.com: Leonardo da Vinci eBook: Walter Isaacson: Kindle Store
                • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up) - Kindle edition by Marie Kondō. Arts & Photography Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
                • Tidying Up with Marie Kondo | Netflix Official Site
                • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                  Sean - @splunsford

                  Elias - @muffinworks

                  Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                  1 hr 17 min
                • 161: Early Analog Emoji

                  Elias nitpicks a language quirk and then presents quadrants relating significance to public consciousness.

                  Links and Show Notes

                  • Invictus (2009)
                  • 42 (2013)
                  • Eigenvector centrality - Wikipedia
                  • A Night to Remember: The Sinking of the Titanic (The Titanic Chronicles Book 1), Walter Lord, eBook - Amazon.com
                  • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                    Sean - @splunsford

                    Elias - @muffinworks

                    Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                    1 hr 6 min
                  • 160: A Less Panda-Happy Time

                    Elias and Sean add a few more people to last week’s list and then take a step back to look at what the public consciousness is and how it works.

                    Links and Show Notes

                    • The Insane Logistics of Formula 1 - YouTube
                    • Canonical's dream for an Ubuntu phone is dead | TechRadar
                    • Kony 2012 - Wikipedia
                    • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                      Sean - @splunsford

                      Elias - @muffinworks

                      Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                      1 hr 20 min
                    • 159: The Scrooge Who Stole Christmas

                      Elias and Sean run through a list of iconic people and characters.

                      Links and Show Notes

                      • Bill Gates no longer 2nd richest person; Jeff Bezos may also lose crown to this fashion mogul - The Financial Express (Sean totally misread this headline)
                      • Songs that Cross Borders | Radiolab | WNYC Studios (Overcast | Castro)
                      • Leonardo da Vinci:Amazon:Kindle Store
                      • Leonardo da Vinci | Louvre Museum | Paris
                      • Steve Jobs:Amazon:Kindle Store
                      • Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity:Amazon:Books
                      • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                        Sean - @splunsford

                        Elias - @muffinworks

                        Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                        1 hr 23 min

                      About Breadcrumbs

                      From the publisher's feed

                      Elias and Sean grew up together overseas before studying engineering in Germany and the US respectively. Breadcrumbs is their weekly chat about things past, present, and future.