Episode 283: Cognition to Completion

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This week, Dan and Merlin continue their series on updates, talking about the evolution of electronic task management in their lives. Hint: simplify, simplify.

Links for this episode:

• Ungainly X-Mann Meetup #14 — Merlin Mann
  MERLIN MANN (Back to Work, Roderick on the Line, Reconcilable Differences, You Look Nice Today, et al.) invites you to drop by Two Cats Comics on the evening of Thursday, August 4th to hang out, talk about comics, and just say, “Hi.”
  
• How Exhaustion Became a Status Symbol | New Republic
  "From sloth to burnout, each age remakes exhaustion in its own image."
  
• Hey Siri
  "Hey-Siri.io is a large list of commands you can use on your iOS and macOS Devices. We're still working to improve the site and add more commands to the list."
  
• Dig the 60s
  A blog dedicated to the grooviest decade of the 20th century.
  
• Retro Sci-Fi
  
• A new Markdown Service Tool for easy MultiMarkdown tables - BrettTerpstra.com
  
• Adam WarRock "Gravity Falls" [Gravity Falls Theme] - YouTube
  
• Adam WarRock, Adam WarRock “Gravity Falls" Lyrics: Me & Dipper...
  
• Pop! | Funko
  
• Jeff Bridges more than happy to play The Dude again in Big Lebowski sequel | News | Culture | The Independent
  
• Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• An Idiot Abroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Detectorists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
  
• Key elements of Sprint Retrospective - Scrum Alliance
  
• Monterey Bay Aquarium – Official Site
  

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