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InterviewsNerdiest Interview Ever: MPU Workflows Part IIMerlin Mann | Mar 27 2011POSTED IN:
Catching Up: 3 Interviews from a Cooling CrucibleMerlin Mann | Mar 17 2010After almost a year of hand-wringing, fretting, and occasionally even writing the odd string of English words, I've finally started turning into the home stretch with the first draft of my Inbox Zero book. If it hasn't been obvious, or you couldn't just guess, this book project's been a big rock for me. Given the effort it's taken (read: most every hour I'm not sleeping, working, or pushing my daughter in a swing), it's also the primary reason why updates to 43 Folders have been so scarce over the last few months. The spirit was willing, but the brain--insanely sick of thinking about these very topics--was weak. Yes, as it turns out, writing a book does require an extraordinary expenditure of both attention and time. And, in my own case, I'll confess that this often meant working even more than four hours a week. But, who knows? Maybe that's just a consequence of my slow typing and abject lack of lifetrepreneurship. read more »POSTED IN:
Macworld Expo '08: Merlin talks with the makers of 1PasswordMerlin Mann | Jan 22 2008Aha! Embeddable video for a third MacBreak interview at Macworld '08 has turned up -- this one's with Dave Teare at Agile Web Solutions, makers of 1Password. As we discuss in the video, I'm really looking forward to seeing 1Password's secure password bookmarklet for iPhone. MacBreak: Macworld 2008/Agile Web Solutions
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Best of: Our Favorite VideosMerlin Mann | Nov 27 2007Back at work killing time? Sure you are. After all, it's nationwide "Thumb up your butt" week, right? You bet it is. So, from the archives of 43 Folders (and the on-hiatus Merlin Show), here's four of my favorite videos of stuff I've done. Hope you like 'em. read more »POSTED IN:
TMS: John Roderick, Chris Wetherell, and John VandersliceMerlin Mann | Apr 5 2007The last week or so of The Merlin Show has featured three fun interviews with independent musicians -- talking about Macs, handling email, and figuring out how to get paid. Stop by for visits with John Roderick, Chris Wetherell, and John Vanderslice (or view the videos right here, after the jump...) read more »POSTED IN:
Jeff Veen on simple tools, meetings, and leveraging the commuteMerlin Mann | Mar 19 2007POSTED IN:
Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David AllenMerlin Mann | Nov 28 2006
Download MP3 of "Productive Talk Compilation" As promised, here's the single-file compilation of the Productive Talk podcast interviews I did with David Allen, the author of Getting Things Done. The final version's eight episodes clock in at a considerable one hour and twenty-six minutes, so this should give you plenty to listen to while you're in line at the DMV. read more »POSTED IN:
David Allen on GTD's future (and why it just works, as is)Merlin Mann | Nov 21 2006
43 Folders and The David Allen Company present the eighth in a series of conversations that David and Merlin recently had about Getting Things Done. Summary
Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen here (after the cut). Merlin's commentsIf you bend David Allen's ear for more than 30 seconds about GTD, you'll hear some variation of a phrase that I heard a lot over the couple days we hung out in Ojai: "It's all in the book!" Say what you will about The David, but he is not a man who suffers from The George Lucas Complex. Much to the consternation of his publishers, his fans, and -- one suspects -- even some of his colleagues, David feels like he has already written the complete and definitive work on the Getting Things Done system. And he very clearly has no desire to futz with that basic system without a good reason; it's sound and complete, as is, and there you go. Next subject. And, I have to say, in a lot of ways, I've come to really admire this. read more »POSTED IN:
David Allen Interview: Getting Things Done with EmailMerlin Mann | Oct 30 2006
43 Folders and The David Allen Company present the fifth in a series of conversations that David and Merlin recently had about Getting Things Done. Summary
Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen here (after the cut). Merlin's commentsEmail was one of the topics that I was most interested in talking to David about, and I found his responses to my questions thought-provoking. David makes the case that email is basically just another input -- like voice mail, for example -- that needs to be emptied and processed every day. That it's not substantially different (apart from how badly mostly people do it right now). While I absolutely agree on processing to zero, I think opinions may differ on the significance of email's impact on the life of the average knowledge worker. read more »POSTED IN:
43f interview: David Allen on Getting Things Done with your teamMerlin Mann | Oct 23 2006
43 Folders and The David Allen Company present the fourth in a series of conversations that David and Merlin recently had about Getting Things Done.
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