Episode 308: When Does the Fork Go on the Sat?

Back to Work

TOPIC: Act like you're somebody that you like.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the evolution of voice recognition and touch interfaces and reminisce on the early days of making the turtle move.

Dan brings in the topic of how fears of both failure and success lead to missed opportunities. Your hosts talk about how to track down the nagging bad feelings about these regrets and troubleshoot what we can learn from them.

Merlin talks about recently returning to “Morning Pages,” what he’s learning from doing it, as well as some tips to help you get started with doing your own daily brain dump.

Links for this episode:

• Morning Pages | Julia Cameron Live
  Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing,
  done first thing in the morning. There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages–
  they are not high art. They are not even “writing.” They are about
  anything and everything that crosses your mind– and they are for your eyes
  only. Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize and
  synchronize the day at hand. Do not over-think Morning Pages: just put
  three pages of anything on the page...and then do three more pages tomorrow.
  
• Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel | TED Talk | TED.com
  
• Learn | Code.org
  
• Netflix - instantwatcher - The Eighties / Season 1
  
• KQED Public Media for Northern CA
  
• doujinshi: here in my... | kung fu grippe
  Ty Lambo!
  
• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy: David D. Burns: 8580001040905: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, 2nd Edition (9781590302613): Natalie Goldberg: Books
  
• Numberphile - Videos about Numbers and Stuff
  
• Chuck Garabedian on Vimeo
  
• Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman: 9780374533557: Amazon.com: Books
  
• SWOT analysis - Wikipedia
  SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and is a structured planning method that evaluates those four elements of a project or business venture.
  
• Cost–benefit analysis - Wikipedia
  
• The Elephant 6 Recording Company - Wikipedia
  
• Artisan Coffee | Black Cat Project Espresso™ | Intelligentsia Coffee
  

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