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Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
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BlogsRecap: Ben Franklin, interstitial time, to-do lists, dashes, and sensible emailMerlin Mann | Sep 26 2005It’s been a busy last few weeks here, and, since I see so many new faces out there (waves to the new people), I wanted to recap a few of the posts that visitors seem to have enjoyed this month. read more »POSTED IN:
Tiger's Spotlight: Smart Folders to monitor for large filesMerlin Mann | Sep 26 2005As my media collection grows and my downloads get larger and more frequent, my poor PowerBook is almost always this close to being completely full. Having an overstuffed drive can hammer your performance as well as take you off-task (“You Startup Disk is almost full…”), so regular deletion of crufty files is a part of most folks' regular Mac maintenance. Although OmniDiskSweeper is my favorite way to exhaustively comb a drive for fat-assed files, it can be time-consuming on a large drive. So I often do a surgical strike with a few simple Spotlight Smart Folders to identify the most likely candidates for fast deletion. A few very basic suggestions: read more »8 Comments
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Throw yourself upon the gears...of your assy companyMerlin Mann | Sep 23 2005A spectre is haunting your office...the spectre of passionate users. read more »POSTED IN:
Scarlet Letters: Creative tips for artistsMerlin Mann | Sep 23 2005the Scarlet Letters: Notes on Making Art This is a terrific bunch of notes on hacking your creative process, especially as it applies to visual art. I really love the idea of not getting hung up on your failures and trying always to make rather than judge as the process is underway. It reminds me favorably of what Anne Lamott says about fearlessly producing your “shitty first draft.” A few of the points I especially enjoyed: read more »POSTED IN:
Happy Discardia: Let something goMerlin Mann | Sep 22 2005Today begins the next season of Discardia (this one runs today through October 3rd). ‘Tis the season to get rid of some crap. Dinah says: read more »POSTED IN:
Kendall Clark: AlphaSmart Neo's interesting for what it's _not_Merlin Mann | Sep 21 2005On the Joys of Primitive Computing: The AlphaSmart Neo I keep hearing rumblings about the AlphaSmart Neo, but haven’t put my hands to one yet. Anybody out there got one? Tried one? Seems a bit steep at $250, but I’d love to play with one Kendall Clark seems to think Neo’s part of a larger trend: read more »POSTED IN:
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