Episode 294
Sufficiently Advanced Friendship
October 18th, 2016
1 hr 48 mins 32 secs
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About this Episode
TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.
- Dan's a little under the weather.
- Maybe kids should be in balls. Who knows?
- "Wrap a hot towel around your head."
- Westworld. It's definitely a thing.
- Follow-up…
- TaskPaper 3.5 is awesome.
- Yes. There are good board games. Sorry about that.
- How Merlin made Candyland more interesting. But only a little.
- Followup on smoke detectors. What a mess!
- More advice on covering up dumb LED lights.
- Merlin has an amazing rice cooker.
- Harry Potter talk. Movies we like, etc.
- Cool new Harry Potter prints.
- MAIN TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.
- Trouble getting a response: what's the real problem here?
- Merlin learned a lot from being an unsuccessful project manager.
- If your results are at odds with your expectations? Something isn't working.
- Dan talks about his new interest in informal journaling.
- Writing is a 3D printer for your thoughts.
Links for this episode:
- Strange Animals (@Strange_Animals) | Twitter
- TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
- 3M Lithographers Tape 616 Ruby Red: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
- 5by5 | Back to Work #293: The Frame for Our Relationship
- TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
- Universal Security Instruments | Home
- Zojirushi
- Amazon.com: Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 10-Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker, 1.8-Liters, Premium White: Kitchen & Dining
- Amazon.com : Mahatma Long Grain Jasmine Rice, 32 oz : Jasmine Rice Produce : Grocery & Gourmet Food
- Olly Moss on Twitter: "Announcing 7 new officially licensed Harry Potter art prints, produced in collaboration with @Pottermore. Link: https://t.co/jU85tYnUet https://t.co/yMNcoN5Kht"
- Home / OLLY MOSS SHOP
- Harry Potter Print Set / OLLY MOSS SHOP
- Acceptance and commitment therapy - Wikipedia
- Wrap A Hot Towel Around Your Head - YouTube
- Robot & Frank (2012) - IMDb
- Mars Sazerac | Bob's Burgers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia
- Connie Sellecca. Nothing wrong that, huh | The Nap quotes
Connie Sellecca. Nothing wrong that, huh?
- Unit testing - Wikipedia
- Kobayashi Maru - Wikipedia
- Quote by Pema Chödrön: “You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just th...”
“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”
- Apollo Robbins: The art of misdirection | TED Talk | TED.com
- Tony Buzan | Inventor of Mind Mapping
- Mind map - Wikipedia
- Preposterous TV censorship: Fight a Stranger in the Alps - YouTube
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