Systematic

Gerry Hayes repairs and designs guitars, and has recently published Sketchy Setups, a book about setting up specific instruments. He and Brett talk about guitars, writing, and personal touch.

Writer/actor/director/producer/return guest David Wain is back for his third appearance on Systematic. He reveals secrets (or not) about Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, updates us on his standard workflow tools, and endorses the use of phanton children as a GTD device. Later this fall, watch for a Systematic Special marathon cut of David's first three appearances on the show.

Glenn Fleishman is a writer, former Jeopardy! champion, and autodidact. Since an early age, he’s been very aware that he has “story bones”. He and Brett (unintentionally) discuss the power of deadlines and different types of currency: monetary systems built by children, cryptocurrency, and the not-so-common currency shared by their respective minds.

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Show Notes and Links

* @glennf

* Glenn Fleishman:Unsolicited Pundit

* Take Control Books

* Derrick Dollars

* Virtual currency:Following the Bitcoin trail

* All eyes on the sharing economy

* Cartoon Captures Spirit of the Internet

* On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog

* Tough old birds

Top 3 picks

Glenn

* The Everyday Songbook

* AbeBooks

* Electronic disabling tech

* Honda Fit

* Why Stealing Cars Went Out Of Fashion

* Nuzzel

* SaneBox

Brett

* Bisect

* isbn.nu:search for books and compare prices-fast!

* iTextEditors

* StackEdit

* Nifty MiniDrive

* Jettison

* BetterTouchTool

* Taptronome

Brett talks romance, serendipity, and getting out of your comfort zone to become more comfortable (no really) with Hush Project creator and musician Brad Go. Get ready to appreciate different varieties of showers.

Sarah Johnson is/isn't/is sort-of a mental health therapist and consultant working out what answering "what do you do" really involves.

Neuropsychologist Howard Buddin makes his third appearance on the show, but for the first time, he's doing so having made the move to private practice. He and Brett discuss those challenges, Brett's changes in his own self-care, music, and Howard's appointment to a permanent post on the show.

An episode about brainstorming and notetaking? It seems like it was meant to be. Eddie Smith shares how mind mapping and other tools work into his daily life, at work, and at play.

Rich Siegel talks with Brett about the origins of BBEdit (going back to 1989), marrying into birds, and the equal importance of engineering and art in your work.

In August 2012, Brett interviewed Merlin Mann on the now-legendary 6th episode of Systematic. Thus was a trilogy born. From processes to pills and apps to naps, one of Systematic's signature returning-guest series was born. Using the latest in bleeding-edge digital technology, we have restored these episodes to the original creative vision that was literally, figuratively, and metaphysically impossible at the time. We've gone all the way back to the original masters, removing and modifying content (ads) that distracts from the auteur's intent. What results is a bespoke, artisanal product unlike any in the crowded Merlin Mann Podcast market today. This presentation of The Original Trilogy of Merlin Mann includes bonus, never-before-heard, ultra-exclusive deleted content, presented in the most ridiculous and semi-obtrusive way possible that does not involve a Blu-ray player. Special Thanks to George Lucas, the Fair Use Clause, The United States of America, and The Merlin Mann Trust. Artwork Sacrilege performed by Philip Mozolak

Aaron Mahnke makes the recently launched podcast Lore in addition to working as a designer and writer. He and Brett discuss Aaron's various projects (especially Lore) as well as their mutual introductions to horror, Stephen King novels and otherwise.