Back to Work

Episode 294: Sufficiently Advanced Friendship

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TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.

  • Dan's a little under the weather.
  • Maybe kids should be in balls. Who knows?
  • "Wrap a hot towel around your head."
  • Westworld. It's definitely a thing.
  • Follow-up…
  • TaskPaper 3.5 is awesome.
  • Yes. There are good board games. Sorry about that.
  • How Merlin made Candyland more interesting. But only a little.
  • Followup on smoke detectors. What a mess!
  • More advice on covering up dumb LED lights.
  • Merlin has an amazing rice cooker.
  • Harry Potter talk. Movies we like, etc.
  • Cool new Harry Potter prints.
  • MAIN TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.
  • Trouble getting a response: what's the real problem here?
  • Merlin learned a lot from being an unsuccessful project manager.
  • If your results are at odds with your expectations? Something isn't working.
  • Dan talks about his new interest in informal journaling.
  • Writing is a 3D printer for your thoughts.

    • Links for this episode:

    • Strange Animals (@Strange_Animals) | Twitter
    • TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
    • 3M Lithographers Tape 616 Ruby Red: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
    • 5by5 | Back to Work #293: The Frame for Our Relationship
    • TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
    • Universal Security Instruments | Home
    • Zojirushi
    • Amazon.com: Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 10-Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker, 1.8-Liters, Premium White: Kitchen & Dining
    • Amazon.com : Mahatma Long Grain Jasmine Rice, 32 oz : Jasmine Rice Produce : Grocery & Gourmet Food
    • Olly Moss on Twitter: "Announcing 7 new officially licensed Harry Potter art prints, produced in collaboration with @Pottermore. Link: https://t.co/jU85tYnUet https://t.co/yMNcoN5Kht"
    • Home / OLLY MOSS SHOP
    • Harry Potter Print Set / OLLY MOSS SHOP
    • Acceptance and commitment therapy - Wikipedia
    • Wrap A Hot Towel Around Your Head - YouTube
    • Robot & Frank (2012) - IMDb
    • Mars Sazerac | Bob's Burgers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia
    • Connie Sellecca. Nothing wrong that, huh | The Nap quotes
      Connie Sellecca. Nothing wrong that, huh?
  • Unit testing - Wikipedia
  • Kobayashi Maru - Wikipedia
  • Quote by Pema Chödrön: “You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just th...”
    “You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”
  • Apollo Robbins: The art of misdirection | TED Talk | TED.com
  • Tony Buzan | Inventor of Mind Mapping
  • Mind map - Wikipedia
  • Preposterous TV censorship: Fight a Stranger in the Alps - YouTube
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