Cortex

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CGP Grey and Myke Hurley are both independent content creators. Each episode, they get together to discuss their working lives. Hosted by CGP Grey and Myke Hurley.... more

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How many episodes does Cortex have?

The podcast currently has 163 episodes available.

Cortex episodes:

January 31, 2025163: Start a Timer, Make a Decision
Grey and Myke discuss how and why they track their time, Myke shares his thoughts on announcing his upcoming child, and Grey drops a task management bombshell.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Submit Feedback Baby Hurley Announcement Post – Instagram Analog(ue) #232: My Dad Era - Relay How to Be a Dad, by Dr Oscar Duke – Amazon Selfish Reasons to Have More Kid, by Bryan Caplan – Amazon Asana Cortex #101: Productivity 101 - Relay Timery Toggl Timelines Myke's Time Tracking Comparison
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1h 27min
December 10, 2024162: 2025 Yearly Themes
Subtitle: A Cortex Special
Grey and Myke use Yearly Themes to guide their personal and professional lives. In this episode, they reflect on how 2024 went and reveal their plans for 2025.
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1h 52min
November 19, 2024161: I Fight Prime Numbers
Grey discusses why Apple Intelligence message suggestions feel ‘anti-human’. Myke shares his current iPad Home Screens. Also, Ask Cortex questions on breaking free from the 7-day week, productivity music, and finding balance on text-based social media.
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Links and Show Notes: Submit Feedback Get 25% Off a New Annual Moretex Subscription – Only Until December 18, 2024 OpenAI’s search engine is now live in ChatGPT - The Verge The Assistant by Kagi The Subtle Range – Cortex Brand – Available until November 27 Myke's iPad Pro Home Screen Cortex Brand iPad Pro Home Screen Kindle Colorsoft Kindle Scribe reMarkable Paper Pro Readwise Testing the Vision Pro With New Ultrawide Display Option in visionOS 2.2 - MacRumors Mac mini - Apple Chappell Roan - Wikipedia Endel Portal Croissant App Myke on Mastodon Myke on Threads Myke on Bluesky
(Which he joined after recording)
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1h 22min
October 28, 2024160: State of the Apps 2025
Subtitle: A Cortex Special
Grey and Myke discuss the tools they use to get work done, highlighting new additions and workflow changes. They also showcase their current home screens and reflect on how their work has evolved over the past year.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Submit Feedback Todoist Things Due Timery OmniFocus Working With Templates - Things Timelines Multitimer Spark Slack Notion Figma Obsidian ChatGPT Descript Claude Freeform Darkroom Halide Audio Hijack Logic Pro Fission Forecast Overcast Feedbin Unread Marvel Unlimited Balatro Delta GB Operator GameTrack Fitbod AllTrails Foodnoms AutoSleep Sleep++ Whoop Charty Adobe Acrobat PowerPhotos Croissant Focus for YouTube Dark Reader Duolingo Mosaic Widgetsmith Hand Mirror iStat Menus Overlap Quitter Shareshot Logger Myke - Standard Home Screen Peak Myke - Standard Watch Face Myke - Recording Home Screen Myke - Weekend Home Screen Myke - Sleep Home Screen Myke - Travel Home Screen Flighty Tripsy Myke - Travel Watch Face Myke - Vacation Home Screen Grey - Home Screen Flow Chart Grey - Closed Home Screens Grey - Open and Closed Home Screens Grey - Open Home Screens Endel
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2h 21min
September 16, 2024159: The Magnetic Pull of September
Grey and Myke talk about how they take breaks during their workdays, share some fiction books they’ve enjoyed, discuss a major change Myke is making to his tech setup, and express their sympathy for phone case makers.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Submit Feedback Relay for St. Jude - Donate Today The St Jude Creator Achievement Award — @imyke — Instagram Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2024 - YouTube Greys notes from the event Upgrade - Relay FM How It Works - MFi Program Sidekick Notepad by Cortex Brand How do iPhone 16 cases support the Camera Control (Capture) button?— How do iPhone 16 cases support the Camera Control (Capture) button? — Peak Design Pomodoro Technique - Wikipedia Connected - Relay FM Jony Ive's LoveFrom reinvents the button with Moncler - Fast Company Jony Ive and Moncler Join Forces on the Season’s Most Functional Outerwear | Vogue After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul: Mickle, Tripp: Amazon Marvel Unlimited The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel Daredevil (2019 - 2021) | Comic Series | Marvel The Three-Body Problem: Liu, Cixin, Liu, Ken: Amazon
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1h 31min
August 23, 2024158: Is AI Still Doom? (Humans Need Not Apply – 10 Years Later)
Grey and Myke mark the 10-year anniversary of 'Humans Need Not Apply,' taking the opportunity to share their current thoughts on AI.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Submit Feedback Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube Cortex #133: The Ethics of AI Art - Relay FM Cortex #134: AI Art Will Make Marionettes Of Us All Before It Destroys The World - Relay FM Confabulation - Wikipedia “Do not hallucinate”: Testers find prompts meant to keep Apple Intelligence on the rails | Ars Technica Anthropic’s Claude 3 causes stir by seeming to realize when it was being tested | Ars Technica OpenAI’s latest model will block the ‘ignore all previous instructions’ loophole - The Verge
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1h 31min
July 19, 2024157: Being Better
Grey and Myke contemplate the conundrum of always striving to improve in creative work, evaluate technology that significantly impacts their productivity, discuss how they handle failure, and assess the success of a viral Instagram Reel.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Submit Feedback The Bear (TV series) - Wikipedia The Gap - This American Life Quote by Ira Glass: “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, ...” Relay FM 10th Anniversary Live Show | Hackney Empire The viral Instagram Reel in question
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1h 25min
June 17, 2024156: Average Content
Subtitle: WWDC24
Grey and Myke discuss some of the features from WWDC that excited them, and consider the impact of Apple integrating AI tools directly into iOS. Myke also provides an update on his email and notification experiments.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Check out the Cortex Brand store – Premium Productivity Tools Submit Feedback Sign up for Moretex to get our Lord of the Rings specials Sign in to your Relay FM Membership account to get the Moretex Specials Feed Apple Intelligence Preview - Apple Real-Life LEGO MiniFig Cosplay! - YouTube Apple Details Its AI Foundation Models and Applebot Web Scraping - MacStories iOS 18 Preview - Apple
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1h 34min
May 23, 2024155: State of the Hardware 2024
Subtitle: A Cortex Special
It's time for Grey and Myke to talk about the devices they've chosen to use in their lives. From the computers they use to the offices where they use them, as well as the devices they choose for entertainment, travel, smart home, and fitness.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Check out the Cortex Brand store – Premium Productivity Tools Submit Feedback Cortex #141: State of the Hardware 2023 - Relay FM Sign up for Moretex to get our Lord of the Rings specials Sign in to your Relay FM Membership account to get the Moretex Specials Feed iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max - Apple Everyday Case for iPhone 15 Pro V2 | Peak Design Official Site MagSafe | PopSockets® Buy Apple Watch Ultra 2 - Apple Juice Watch on the App Store Pedometer++ HiRise 3 Wireless iPhone – Twelve South Card Sleeve | Slim Leather Card Holder, Wallet | Bellroy CAXGEK Men's Wallet for AirTag Geometrical Pocket Tripod Venture Ready Sling 2.5L – Bellroy Mac - Apple Thunderbolt 4 Dock | TS4 | CalDigit – CalDigit Neumann stage microphone KMS 105 USBPre 2 - Sound Devices DT 770 PRO | beyerdynamic The Best Laptop Stand for Comfort and Convenience – Nexstand Keychron K7 Ultra-slim Wireless Mechanical Keyboard Keychron M7 Wireless Mouse MONOKEI Systems Sonnet – Mode Designs MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse | Logitech Magic Trackpad - Apple Wacom Intuos Pro Lift Vertical Ergonomic Bluetooth Mouse | Logitech H6 Audio Recorder | ZOOM Tiny XLR Cable – Amazon Mictop 2 Pack Desktop Mic Stand – Amazon MV7+ - Podcast Microphone - Shure MagicBridge Apple Keyboard and Mouse Control Surface Dock for Apple Vision Pro Apple Vision Pro Compatible Stand - Etsy Solotop for Apple Vision Pro – Etsy Fully Jarvis Standing Desk Wooden Monitor Stand & iMac Riser for Desk | Grovemade® HiRise Pro for iMac & Display from Twelve South Embody - Office Chairs - Herman Miller Headrest for Embody Gaming chair Vantum Gaming Chair | Herman Miller Gaming Material Dock – Studio Neat Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe - Anker Philips Hue Lightwave Caseta by Lutron Flic Sonos Immersive Set with Beam, Sub Mini, and Era 100 | Sonos Eve Thermo Nest Learning Thermostat Eve Door & Window Eve Energy Meross Abode Camera Hub G3 - Aqara Aqara G4 Smart Wireless Video Doorbell Presence Sensor FP2 - Aqara Ring Intercom Temperature and Humidity Sensor - Aqara Water Leak Sensor - Aqara Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostats | ecobee PowerBlock Waterrower M460 FID Adjustable Weight Bench | Mirafit The newly-refined VanMoof S5 & A5 | VanMoof Cowboy VanMoof 2.0: a new hope - The Verge PerfectFit Harness Cooling for pets | Aqua Coolkeeper® DoggoRamps Bow Wow Labs Bone Holder iPad - Apple Steam Deck OLED Kishi Ultra Mobile | Razer Kindle Scribe reMarkable Supernote Venture Ready Pack | Bellroy Compact Apex Backpack | Troubadour Goods | Rucksack Tech Kit | Bellroy mophie 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe - Apple Mous | MagSafe® Compatible 3 In 1 Portable Charger MINIX 66W Turbo 3-Port GaN Wall Charger – Amazon Mark Three – Studio Neat Sidekick Notepad by Cortex Brand RovyVon Aurora A8 Keychain Flashlight Roomba Combo® j5 Series Robot Vacuum & Mop Sinjimoru Magnetic Cable Organiser Clip – Amazon Electric Pizza Oven | Indoor Pizza Oven | Ooni Volt 12 — Ooni Ninja Foodi MAX PRO Health Grill & Air Fryer – Ninja iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit Kizik Vice Golf Bags Longevity Sleep Tape
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2h 35min
April 25, 2024154: Workplace Therapy With Grey
Myke has new frustrations with his email, notifications, and calendar, but fortunately, therapist Grey is on hand to offer advice.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Check out the Cortex Brand store – Premium Productivity Tools Submit Feedback Spark Mail Due Sign up for Moretex to get the first of our Lord of the Rings specials Sign in to your Relay FM Membership account to get the Moretex Specials Feed
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1h 36min

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How many episodes does Cortex have?

The podcast currently has 163 episodes available.

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