Episode 394: Dead or Angry

FromBack to Work

Start listening View podcast show

Episode 394: Dead or Angry

FromBack to Work

ratings:

Length:

77 minutes

Released:

Oct 2, 2018

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

This week: some TV and movie stuff, Dark Mode and accessibility, OS stability and beta temptation, Merlin has an anecdote, the powers and frustrations of Siri via Apple Watch, updates to the Fitbit family, tech that does enough, Dan tried Bear, updates on the Chrome login thing, and an intriguing listener comment about Apple's ASP/inch3.

Released:

Oct 2, 2018

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Back to Work is an award winning talk show with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discussing productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more. Hosted by Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin.

Skip carousel

59: Brains All the Way Down: TOPIC: How work culture's like children. by Back to Work
122 min listen
5: Chigger Bites on the Bus Driver: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about the black art of paying attention to the right things, how lamps are no substitute, that it's hard whether you’re working from home or a cube, being honest about your expertise before looking for independence, and t by Back to Work
80 min listen
1: Alligator in the Bathroom: In the inaugural episode of Back to Work, Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discuss why they’re doing this show, getting back to work instead of buying berets, the lizard brain, and compare the Shadow of the Mouse to San Francisco, and eventually get to some p by Back to Work
89 min listen
12: Chewie's Medal is Not Canonical: Merlin Mann has some "followup" before he and Dan Benjamin discuss entrusting your agency to others, how to reclaim it, and picking the right balance between expertise and challenge instead of fixing your metadata. by Back to Work
65 min listen
2: Picture of a Boat: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin formulate a five-minute warning tactic before discussing the reality of bringing change to your company, some patterns that work for startups, solving the right problem at the right level, why you can’t find the innovation but by Back to Work
69 min listen
17: Brick Building Full of Lies: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about checking email under the table to catch up on your 27 high priority tasks, a good time to use the word priority, blowing cycles on meeting with Narnia's stakeholders, and getting tasks out of your dreamcatcher. by Back to Work
86 min listen
4: Failing with Style: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about trying to change other people, how things really aren’t that bad, balancing fear or being driven by fear, leaving capacity for when you get The Pitch, procrastination (eventually), and giving yourself permission to by Back to Work
63 min listen
8: Little Velvet Hands: This week, Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin eighty-six their restaurant jobs—emptying grease traps, handling logs of meat, and sharing what they learned by bringing mostly bad food to America's table. Dan burns velvet hands, Merlin's Mom gives the guy with th by Back to Work
73 min listen
6: Expectational Debt: Merlin Mann is back from Webstock and ready to recap with Dan Benjamin, which leads back to caring first, performance and fear, meditation, hypnotherapy, and why you really need the hard answer instead just more tips. by Back to Work
64 min listen
3: The Second Arrow: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discuss ADD, Buddhism, mindfulness, concentration, and insight. by Back to Work
71 min listen
24: The Daddy for your Destiny: Dan's in a closet, but Merlin has a lot of FU from the last show: good jobs don't get posted on Craigslist and while you may not know what's gonna happen next, you're not just gonna install Xcode and retire on your angry bird so either do your research, g by Back to Work
93 min listen
9: Out of Scope!: Dan and Merlin improvise topics this week and get from Synechode, NY to dopamine, being scared and being safe, believing your thoughts and coloring your dreams, and solving problems by moving your hands instead of thinking. by Back to Work
71 min listen
14: Velocity of Disappointment: Merlin Mann joins Dan Benjamin to talk about problems that are impossible, problems that are boring, problems that you're scared of, and why you need to differentiate between fear and anxiety so you can be scared of something interesting. by Back to Work
68 min listen
18: Forking the Question: Merlin and Dan talk about educating "That's Just a Button Guy," practicing more humane pushback, asking better questions, why laundromats don't accept "focus," plus what happens when you put WAY too much crap in your five-pound bag. by Back to Work
85 min listen
19: Corner Casey Kasem: Merlin and Dan talk about mindful tool adoption, screwdriver museums, why Vi users may (or may not) be cannibalistic insects—plus debate on whether a home video of a toy horse falling down in someone's bathroom is about Humanity. Also, Dan effs with Merli by Back to Work
83 min listen
16: Bracing for the Blow: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin aren't afraid of lawyers, dentists, negative feelings, or of not being afraid of something. by Back to Work
72 min listen
10: At Last the 'Inspiration' Show by Back to Work
82 min listen
15: Marionette of my own Design: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin are here to discuss the awareness of fear, asking yourself why, and knowing the problem instead of chasing fake confidence, patches, and hacks. by Back to Work
60 min listen
13: The Kid's Great: Dan and Merlin talk about "Cranking" - Merlin's latest post at 43folders.com. by Back to Work
90 min listen
11: Johnny Heuristic: Merlin Mann joins Dan Benjamin to talk about evolution, investing in roulette, taking smarter chances and futureproofing your passion. by Back to Work
79 min listen
23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option: This week, Dan and Merlin determine that even the Chico Marx of notebooks is the right one if you're writing in it, failure is ALWAYS an option: fully committing didn't do Pickett any good, but you should commit to narrowing scope and deciding what succes by Back to Work
78 min listen
7: Vocational Wheel: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin relate to Richard–a listener in the middle of a quarter life crisis working jobs he doesn't like–with stories from their pasts, suggestions to combat the cascade of seriousness, and some first steps for breaking out of the voc by Back to Work
82 min listen
22: My Baby Likes Aluminum Foil!: This week, Merlin and Dan share their Pick: The Macintosh Computer. Also, a 17-minute experimental startup sound, catching conflicts, shivving the stagecoach, machine-gunning with SoundMaster, the dangers of ResEdit, and the future of recumbent bike ba by Back to Work
71 min listen
42: Coconut Headphones: This week Dan and Merlin talk about asking good questions instead of massaging your real problem until it fits the comforting solution you found on the cover of a magazine. by Back to Work
76 min listen
26: Spaghetti Guy Hits Close to Home: This week Wutang Dan and The MZA bring the ruckus to finding a job, selling your Mustang, and putting your house on the market: remember that you can't negotiate with reality, Merlin can't do anything to make you love him, enthusiasm is irreplaceable, and by Back to Work
93 min listen
20: Muscle of Failure: Merlin and Dan talk about getting started, putting on your shoes instead of shopping for pedometers, false dilemmas, doing as much work with your hands as you've done in your head, why you should leave some water in the pump, meta-fiddling, and getting be by Back to Work
73 min listen
41: Carpal Tunnel Diem: Dan and Merlin talk more about why we get stuck and how might re-think getting "unstuck." Looking at process over product, remembering how you got here, and getting clear about what you're really trying to make. Merlin also has some updates and tips by Back to Work
82 min listen
49: The Field of Completion by Back to Work
101 min listen
32: The Beertruck Scenario: Merlin and Dan talk about Dan's sabbatical, hotdogs, services, triggers, Quicksilver, Launchbar, and why there's no 'I' in 'ordnance.' by Back to Work
87 min listen
33: The Hypocrite You Can Live With: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin have a totally natural emotional reaction to the unreasonable demands they place on themselves after reading The Spongebob Report. Maybe they wouldn't have offended non-ex-Marines if they had just taken some time and consulted by Back to Work
72 min listen

More Episodes from Back to Work

Skip carousel

Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat: It hurts every time. by Back to Work
61 min listen
Episode 643: The Price of Lies: Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, "Chernobyl." by Back to Work
89 min listen
Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper: Your hosts discuss facial hair, notebooks, the metric system, flexing about local weather, and becoming the bathroom supplies you want to see in the world. by Back to Work
103 min listen
Episode 640: Bob's Big Mess: A classic odds n' sods episode. Plus, Merlin has thoughts about memory and ecosystems, and Dan is considering jetting through an eclipse. by Back to Work
80 min listen
Episode 641: Germans in the Wild: Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life. by Back to Work
77 min listen
Episode 639: The Commodore's Club: Dan talks about what he's learned from traveling a bunch, and Merlin thinks a lot of weirdness comes from our twin fears of boredom and inconvenience. by Back to Work
76 min listen
Episode 638: A New Kind of Bullet: A classic odds n' sods episode. by Back to Work
134 min listen
Episode 637: The Minimally Viable Log Cabin Channel: A deep dive on being busy versus being time-constrained. by Back to Work
95 min listen
Episode 636: Honoring My Pivot Table: Dan is navigating the landscape of task management apps, and, shockingly, Merlin has some thoughts. by Back to Work
81 min listen
Episode 635: Buffet de Canard: Dan and Merlin kick off the new year with a wide-ranging look at how tools and motivations evolve with how we work. by Back to Work
80 min listen
Episode 634: Nominally Future-Resistant: A fairly epic episode covering health tracking and self-quantization. Remember: data doesn't have to hurt. by Back to Work
81 min listen
Episode 633: A Self-Aware Old Man: Your hosts talk about how we perceive the world and the challenge of mindfully updating our perceptions. by Back to Work
58 min listen
Episode 632: Big Strong Beef Boy: Dan and Merlin are excited about technologies that have found a place in their lives. What a blessed season of thanks! by Back to Work
83 min listen
Episode 631: Little Bit of Dirty Grey: Merlin has more on generative AI, and Dan has a sweet new watch. by Back to Work
71 min listen
Episode 630: Monchichabowsky: On AI and curiosity. by Back to Work
75 min listen
Episode 629: Benjamin Franklin's Disease: And and Merlin have a wide-ranging discussion. by Back to Work
51 min listen
Episode 628: Beating Yourself Up at Scale: Talk of eyes, intentionalities, and HDMI. by Back to Work
58 min listen
Episode 627: Unscheduled Dirt Event: Merlin claims he's not going to do any work for this one, and Dan has some advice for travelers. by Back to Work
67 min listen
Episode 626: Chekhov's Lightsaber: Your hosts catch up on some great media, and Merlin expounds on the magic of Channels. Also, Merlin logrolls a recent podcast episode and re-extolls the power of dictation. by Back to Work
71 min listen
Episode 625: Chapters of Madness: Dan and Merlin have a wide-ranging discussion. by Back to Work
45 min listen
Episode 624: Rectangle Time: Dan and Merlin have a wide-ranging discussion about technology, and Merlin lays the groundwork for several spirited rants. by Back to Work
54 min listen
Episode 623: My Terrible Adhesion: Over the course of this classic Odds n' Sods episode, it becomes clear that all Merlin cares about is babies and 3D printing. by Back to Work
61 min listen
Episode 622: A Gentleman's Malt Liquor: Dan returns from a nice trip, and Merlin has been printing lizards. by Back to Work
74 min listen
Episode 621: Hairy Legs and the Whole Nine: You’re either early or you’re late; leave time for a flat tire; have you tried melatonin?; a new search engine and some enthusiasm for blogs. by Back to Work
70 min listen
Episode 620: Happy to be a Chair: With Merlin on the mend, your hosts discuss actors named Hurt, comic books, and old Macs. by Back to Work
58 min listen
Episode 619: A Beautiful Jam-Up: A self-hypnosis recommendation leads to another look at meditation (as well as not-meditation), plus Merlin has a few more beta finds that contribute to the Tiny Life Improvement Project. by Back to Work
75 min listen
Episode 618: The Living Room Test: Dan sets up his little office, your hosts talk about the new Apple dingus, and Merlin highlights some strong OS updates. by Back to Work
67 min listen
Episode 617: Trailer for the Future: Dan needs your help with a flooring dilemma, and your hosts share some thoughts on WWDC announcements. by Back to Work
71 min listen
Episode 616: Archipelagos of Functionality: Dan dives deep on his Sonos setup, and Merlin explores official state things. by Back to Work
71 min listen
Episode 615: An Attractive Nuisance by Back to Work
76 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

Is the Elon Musk Twitter Saga finally over?: This week, Luke and Karen are joined by iMore writer Bryan to talk about the Apple Watch Ultra and discuss the newest Twitter drama and changes. Links: by The iMore show
63 min listen
Tii - iTem 202 - A 700 pound Gorilla: Links Mentioned in this Episode: Today's Sponsor - tii.hover.com iLatch Giveaway / Demographic Survey Apple Distances Itself From Carrier IQ Privacy Fiasco Apple admits Carrier IQ usage in iOS AppleInsider | German regulators inquire about... by Today in iOS - The Unofficial iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Podcast
64 min listen
564: Always Get the Biggest Pizza: Mr. Liss goes to New York. by Accidental Tech Podcast
128 min listen
264: This Made Me Think of You: TOPIC: Serving the super-motivated super-fan. by Back to Work
119 min listen
Tii - iTem 0207 - I just can't force quit you: Links Mentioned in this Episode: Today's Sponsor - Hover Fraser Speirs - Blog - Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking Daring Fireball: You Do Not Need to Manually Manage iOS Multitasking Siri Dictation On iPod touch And iPad In Latest iOS 5.1 Beta iOS... by Today in iOS - The Unofficial iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Podcast
52 min listen
Tii 0426 - iOS 10.3.2 Beta 3, 4 and 5: Tii 0426 - iOS 10.3.2 Beta 3, 4 and 5 by Today in iOS - The Unofficial iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Podcast
62 min listen
Meta’s Quest 3 revealed and a WWDC preview: Meta's Quest 3 vs. whatever Apple's headset is going to be. by The Vergecast
80 min listen
563: Drain the Attic: Chip-packaging advances, modern ECC, iPhones adopting RCS, satellite-SOS pricing options, Thunderbolt 5, the joy of moving, and our fitness journeys. by Accidental Tech Podcast
149 min listen
74: One Of Us Shipped Something: Unfortunately, it wasn't Fast Text for iOS 7. by Accidental Tech Podcast
133 min listen
Tii - iTem 0309 - Oleg Pliss and Two-step Verification: Tii - iTem 0309 - Oleg Pliss and Two-step Verification by Today in iOS - The Unofficial iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Podcast
61 min listen
Tech Abilities: Back to the Studio and One Short of a Full Bandwidth: Tech Abilities: Back to the Studio and One Short of a Full Bandwidth by Blind Abilities
71 min listen
WWDC 2021: Apple's iOS 15, spatial audio, macOS Monterey, and more: The Vergecast covers all the announcement's from Apple's developer conference this week. by The Vergecast
86 min listen
Touch screen HomePod INCOMING, Apple considering AI, + Tim Cook vs designers headset battle! (CultCast #587): This week: Apple's prepping a new HomePod with a 7" touchscreen, plus: Apple might enter the AI game, and TC order headset release as designers warn it's not ready! This episode supported by Kolide ensures only secure devices can access your cloud... by The CultCast
61 min listen
557: The Phone-Box Lottery: What we'd like to see from Apple this fall, regardless of what the rumor mill says. by Accidental Tech Podcast
124 min listen
256: The Billion Dollar Show: Humans listening to Siri audio, macOS Catalina's aggressive security features, and a possibly pricey 16-inch MacBook Pro--where did the Summer of Fun go? Relax: Upstream's got news about Hobbits and superheroes, and we've got a special summer #askupgrade! by Upgrade
85 min listen
Tii - iTem 0187 - Steve Jobs Resigns and other Bizzaro World News by Today in iOS - The Unofficial iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Podcast
50 min listen
The Cloudcast #192 - Pets, Cattle & Chickens: Aaron and Brian talk to Bernard Golden (@, VP of Strategy, ActiveState) about the latest from ActiveState, Bernard's extensive writing experience, as how containers are changing the pets vs. cattle model.<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> Interested i... by The Cloudcast
23 min listen
Mac OS Ken: 03.06.2012: Phone Arena: Secret Source Says Next iPad to Be Called iPad 3 CNET: Secret Source Says Next iPad to Be Called iPad HD iMore: Secret Source Says iPad 3/HD to Have 4G/LTE Connectivity iLounge: Secret Source Says Apple Bringing Out Smart(er)... by Mac OS Ken
14 min listen
150: A Mac Pro in Every Pot: Our wish list for 2016. (With very specific parameters.) by Accidental Tech Podcast
115 min listen
2023's biggest tech stories: The Verge's editors go through the stories that made the biggest impact in tech this year. by The Vergecast
102 min listen
Tii 0435 - iOS 10.3.3 Gold Master: Tii 0435 - iOS 10.3.3 Gold Master by Today in iOS - The Unofficial iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Podcast
59 min listen
Mac OS Ken: 01.14.2011: Images in iOS 4.3 beta Indicate Still and Video Camera Functions for Next iPad / Code Monkeys Find References to ‘Find My Friends’ Feature in iOS beta / MacNotes.de Has Some Hard-to-Believe iPad 2 Rumors / Minor Changes Noted in Apple TV... by Mac OS Ken
14 min listen
CultCast #303 - Face ID is a Triumph of Machine Learning: This week: why iPhone X's Face ID is an astounding accomplishment! Plus: the new and notable features in macOS High Sierra; Bill Gates finally ditches his Windows Phone; Leander’s writing a new Tim Cook book; Erfon talks about the best 4K... by The CultCast
71 min listen
Tii - iTem 0166 - Is that an iPad in your pocket by Today in iOS - The Unofficial iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Podcast
54 min listen
262: Large Platinum Spoon: TOPIC: Staying out of Technology Detention by Back to Work
144 min listen
138: Mindfulness...Whether I Want It or Not: TOPIC: Informal Background Self-Quantization by Back to Work
91 min listen
495: Five Points for Smell: This year, the birds were different. by Accidental Tech Podcast
132 min listen
Mac OS Ken: 12.02.2011: Apparent Rootkit - Carrier IQ - Installed on Most Android, BlackBerry and Nokia Phones / iPhone Dev Team Member chpwn Finds Reference to Carrier IQ in iOS 5 / Apple Says It Stopped Supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 on Most Products / RIM Says It Has... by Mac OS Ken
16 min listen
WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S EDGERANK ALGORITHM? – PODCAST EPISODE #129: In this episode of the Podcast, Kelvin and Andy are discussing Edgerank, an algorithm used by Facebook in order to decide what information appears on your news feed. Kelvin explains the three aspects of the Edgerank algorithm, affinity, weight and time... by Internet Marketing: Insider Tips and Advice for Online Marketing
18 min listen
Tech Abilities: To Delve or Not to Delve, Aira Announces Lots, Apple Fever, Mobility and Guide Dogs, Text Selection,, 3 Finger Quadruple Tap. and the Rotor Organization Demo!: Tech Abilities: To Delve or Not to Delve, Aira Announces Lots, Apple Fever, Mobility and Guide Dogs, Text Selection,, 3 Finger Quadruple Tap. and the Rotor Organization Demo! by Blind Abilities
63 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Episode 394: Dead or Angry

Episode 394: Dead or Angry

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Back to Work

Related podcast episodes