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This is 43 Folders, Merlin Mann’s family of websites about stuff like personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better. Thanks for dropping by.

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About 43 Folders

• 43 Folders is an independent web site by Merlin Mann.
• Topics that come up a lot include:
  • productivity and time management tips
  • "life hacks" to improve efficiency and get things off your mind
  • interesting Mac OS X programs and technologies
  • ideas about modest ways to improve your life and reduce stress
  • cool or helpful shortcuts that make life a bit easier
• We’re really glad you’re here. We hope you enjoy yourself and tell a friend.

About Merlin Mann

Merlin Mann is an independent writer, broadcaster, and speaker who is best known as the creator of 43Folders.com, a Technorati Top 100 blog that attracts over 8,000,000 page views a year.

Merlin’s fresh and engaging take on personal productivity and the challenges of modern knowledge work has made him the best-known and most trusted voice in the field of what’s come to be called “life hacks.” His practical and encouraging advice has helped thousands of professionals to regain their time and attention — to make better decisions, both in the moment and at a strategic level.

Merlin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised on Florida’s humid Suncoast. In his senior year of high school, Merlin dropped his 1st period BASIC class so he could strum Major7 chords in the school’s stage band. Somewhere in this is a story that should tell you much of what you need to know about him and his relationship to technology.

Merlin’s writing has been carried in fine periodicals like WIRED, Make Magazine, Popular Science, and Macworld. Merlin’s popular website and blog, 43Folders.com, has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The Economist, The NBC Nightly News, Time Magazine, and many more national and international media outlets.

Merlin is a sought-after speaker and presenter who’s received rave reviews for delivering his energetic productivity talks at companies like Apple, Google, Yahoo!, Adobe, and Xerox PARC, as well as appearing at a variety of technology conferences, including Macworld San Francisco, South By Southwest, the Mac OS X Conference, and O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference. It’s fast and painless to book Merlin through Premiere Speakers Bureau.

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