Episode description
Episode description
TOPIC: Start treating yourself like a dummy today.
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about iOS 11, the trade-offs of running betas, and waking up to how we're using devices differently. Merlin has thoughts on the usefulness of the will to live.
Dan has a new approach to dealing with PR pitches, and the boys undertake an exciting new social experiment.
Your hosts answer listener questions about the mechanics of calendar scheduling and best practices for building new habits.
Links for this episode:
- Amazon AI Designed To Create Phone Cases Terribly Malfunctions, Fills Store With 31,000+ Hilarious Products | Bored Panda
- InspiroBot
- Defocused | Every Day is a Winding Refn (Episode 158)
There’s squish and there’s also crunch. The return of Special Guest Merlin Mann! (Talking about "Drive") - xkcd: Wifi vs Cellular
- Cloak VPN - Cloak - Super-simple VPN
- Surf anonymously online with VPN services from CactusVPN
- Home | Better
- Better on the Mac App Store
- Better World Club - Roadside Assistance, Insurance and Travel
- Liberal arts education - Wikipedia
- Life Below Zero - National Geographic Channel
- Life Below Zero - Wikipedia
- Netflix
- Mack Weldon | Men's Pima Long Sleeve T-Shirt - 100% Peruvian Pima Cotton
More Pima, more comfort. Designed with a slim fit and an enzyme wash for a smooth finish, this crew neck long sleeve T offers premium softness on colder days, indoors or out. Imported. - The Imitation Game (2014) - IMDb
- The Imitation Game - Wikipedia
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Wikipedia
- Marco Arment on Twitter: "Beta 4 is much buggier than 3 was for me. No showstoppers, just lots of rough edges. iOS 11 has been the buggiest beta series since iOS 7."
- STREAKS. The to-do list that helps you form good habits. For iPhone.
The to-do list that helps you form good habits. - Merlin Mann on Twitter: ""Every day, somebody's born who's never seen The Flintstones." —WXIX Station Manager, ca. 1973"
- Merlin Mann on Twitter: "Here's the origin of my oft-quoted line about The Flintstones and why I think it's important. https://t.co/2Lis7nciE7"
- Tydlig - Calculator Reimagined on the App Store
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