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In our season finale, we talk about time and attention. Daniel takes John to task about whether or not time exists. We'll be back with Season 4 soon!
Patreon
This is water (seriously, watch this whole thing. It's quite good)
The Witness (one of John's favorite video games)
Relay.fm co-founder Stephen Hackett stops in to talk about the perils of finding personal identity in your work, whether or not it's important to "love" what you do, and the weird experience of having an emotional relationship with a corporation.
Patreon (the tip jar)
Stephen Hackett on Twitter
512 Pixels (Stephen's blog)
the Merlin episode
the Brianna episode
the Estelle episode
Earworm (Estelle's new project on YouTube)
Ikigai (wiki)
Myke Hurley on Twitter
CGP Grey (YouTube channel)
This week we recap Discipline December. We talk discipline as a tool, the downside of letting fear motivate your work, and using experiments to diagnose your problems. Then John loses his mind over how much he loves “Holy Hour”.
Our tip jar (no pressure, but you know... give us your money)
Original Discipline December episode
Discipline December Score Card
Caleb on Twitter
Summer Dregs (Carl Cadwell's music)
Skypunch Studios (Carl Cadwell's business)
Episode with Michael Johnson
We return to form with this old school episode with no guest. John is having a hard time getting things done, and Daniel has ideas for how to help. We discuss working from home, making good check lists, slowing your roll, and taking notes.
Links
Our Tip Jar
Discipline December Episode
Discipline December Spreadsheet
Ego Depletion
Flourish & Blotts
Kvothe
Our episode with Matt Stauffer
Bear (an excellent note-taking app)
Barrett Brown
Aaron Swartz
Tighten
Daniel is going to be disciplined for (almost) a whole month! This is a very meta episode: protestant work ethic, work habits, budgeting, food, exercise, checklists, tidying up, and more! Follow along with our progress in the link in the show notes. If you want to join along, shoot us a tweet. Special Guest: Caleb Porzio. Links: Discipline December SPREADSHEET
Patreon (our tip jar) Curating a Twitter feed (this week's bonus content) Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) | Twitter — Loves @laravelphp | Developer @TightenCo | Co-hosts @twentypercentfm | just happy to be here Caleb Porzio | website calebporzio (Caleb Porzio) · GitHub Mint: Money Manager, Bills, Credit Score & Budgeting Financial Software and Wealth Management | Personal Capital YNAB. Personal Budgeting Software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android Tell ‘Em What You’re Going To Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em What You Told ‘Em | Quote Investigator Twenty Percent Time
Long time friend Michael Johnson calls in for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. We talk vlogging, managing multiple side hustles, unifying your life, finding identity, and living life without a calendar. Special Guest: Michael Johnson. Links: Patreon (Listener Support) TwillyCo mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube Twice Adapted | BandCamp Brocrisp (Michael's solo music) 18: Eventually it sucks less (with Merlin Mann) "What I want"
Long time friend Michael Johnson calls in for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. We talk vlogging, managing multiple side hustles, unifying your life, finding identity, and living life without a calendar.
Special Guest: Michael Johnson.
Links:
Patreon (Listener Support)
In which we try to think up a novel way to release music (this week's bonus content)
TwillyCo
mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube
Twice Adapted | BandCamp
Brocrisp (Michael's solo music)
18: Eventually it sucks less (with Merlin Mann)
"What I want"
4-time NYT Best Selling Author Nancy French shares her thoughts on being a Conservative writer in the era of Trump. Nancy recently left the Republican party and faced harassment from the Alt-Right. We also get into the relationship between pop culture and politics, and why Nancy pays more attention to Judd Apatow than Mike Pence! Special Guest: Nancy French. Links: Fits + Starts is creating a podcast about work and life. | Patreon Nancy French (@NancyAFrench) | Twitter Mitt (2014) - IMDb The Emperor's New Clothes - Wikipedia David French (@DavidAFrench) | Twitter David French | National Review Kernel Panic Total depravity - Wikipedia Perseverance of the saints - Wikipedia
4-time NYT Best Selling Author Nancy French shares her thoughts on being a Conservative writer in the era of Trump. Nancy recently left the Republican party and faced harassment from the Alt-Right. We also get into the relationship between pop culture and politics, and why Nancy pays more attention to Judd Apatow than Mike Pence!
Special Guest: Nancy French.
Links:
iPhone X review & late capitalism scams (this week's bonus content)
Our tip jar
Nancy French (@NancyAFrench) | Twitter
Mitt (2014) - IMDb
The Emperor's New Clothes - Wikipedia
David French (@DavidAFrench) | Twitter
David French | National Review
Kernel Panic
Total depravity - Wikipedia
Perseverance of the saints - Wikipedia
John's cousin Aaron Belz drops by to talk about how businesses use language, the difference between students and young employees, how social media can shape the way people make creative stuff online, baseball, and more!
Aaron is a poet and essayist who works in marketing. Special Guest: Aaron Belz. Links: Patreon (Listener Support) A. Belz (@aaronbelz) | Twitter Amazon.com: Aaron Belz: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle Aaron Belz at AEM's 7th Annual Evening of Arts & Entertainment - YouTube Amazon.com: Dayveon Haptic technology - Wikipedia Fidelity Investments - Retirement, Funds, and Online Trading MailChimp Content Style Guide
Mike Rugnetta drops some knowledge about how to improve internet discourse, maintaining a productive comment section, focusing on the right stuff, why people join internet communities, and what it means for something to "end" on the internet. Lastly, we get into a discussion of video games that feel like work, and why we love them. Special Guest: Mike Rugnetta. Links: Fits + Starts Patreon (click here to support the show!) John's 15 favorite Idea Channel videos Reasonably Sound What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 - YouTube Mike on Twitter (@mikerugnetta) | Twitter mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube ("feeling good, feeling great, how are you?") Carrot and stick - Wikipedia AOL Instant Messenger shuts down after 20 years - Oct. 6, 2017
Mike Rugnetta drops some knowledge about how to improve internet discourse, maintaining a productive comment section, focusing on the right stuff, why people join internet communities, and what it means for something to "end" on the internet. Lastly, we get into a discussion of video games that feel like work, and why we love them.
Special Guest: Mike Rugnetta.
Links:
Fits + Starts Patreon (click here to support the show!)
John's 15 favorite Idea Channel videos
Reasonably Sound
What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 - YouTube
Mike on Twitter (@mikerugnetta) | Twitter
mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube
("feeling good, feeling great, how are you?")
Carrot and stick - Wikipedia
AOL Instant Messenger shuts down after 20 years - Oct. 6, 2017
We're about to take a short break! This episode is about where the show has been and where it is going. John sings the praises of incrementalism. Our list of dream guests is getting long. Links: Fits + Starts Listener Survey Best way for artists and creators to get sustainable income and connect with fans | Patreon In Praise of Incrementalism - Freakonomics Freakonomics Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) | Twitter patrice o'chill (@patthemanager) | Twitter Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) | Twitter Kashana (@kashanacauley) | Twitter (((Fr.Ballecer,SJ))) (@padresj) | Twitter Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) | Twitter Krista Tippett (@kristatippett) | Twitter Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) | Twitter Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy) | Twitter The Travis McElroy (@travismcelroy) | Twitter twenty griffinteen (@griffinmcelroy) | Twitter My Brother, My Brother and Me | Maximum Fun The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2 The Adventure Zone | Maximum Fun CoolGames Inc - Polygon john roderick (@johnroderick) | Twitter Dan Benjamin ???????? (@danbenjamin) | Twitter Veronica Belmont (@Veronica) | Twitter
We're about to take a short break! This episode is about where the show has been and where it is going. John sings the praises of incrementalism. Our list of dream guests is getting long.
Links:
Fits + Starts Listener Survey
Best way for artists and creators to get sustainable income and connect with fans | Patreon
In Praise of Incrementalism - Freakonomics Freakonomics
Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) | Twitter
patrice o'chill (@patthemanager) | Twitter
Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) | Twitter
Kashana (@kashanacauley) | Twitter
(((Fr.Ballecer,SJ))) (@padresj) | Twitter
Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) | Twitter
Krista Tippett (@kristatippett) | Twitter
Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) | Twitter
Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy) | Twitter
The Travis McElroy (@travismcelroy) | Twitter
twenty griffinteen (@griffinmcelroy) | Twitter
My Brother, My Brother and Me | Maximum Fun
The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2
The Adventure Zone | Maximum Fun
CoolGames Inc - Polygon
john roderick (@johnroderick) | Twitter
Dan Benjamin ???????? (@danbenjamin) | Twitter
Veronica Belmont (@Veronica) | Twitter
Brianna is running for Congress! She stops by to share her insights about the work of running a campaign, seeking to support people you don't agree with, and why Millennials need to take direct action instead of making symbolic political gestures. We also get into info security, online harassment, and then some inside-baseball talk about Apple and the future of gaming.
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Fits + Starts: @fits_and_starts
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John: @johnrudolphdrex Special Guest: Brianna Wu. Links: Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) | Twitter Brianna Wu for Congress WWDC - Apple Developer Net neutrality - Wikipedia United States congressional subcommittee - Wikipedia Moral imperative - Wikipedia Gamergate controversy - Wikipedia Cisgender - Wikipedia 2001 Audi TT - Kelley Blue Book Fits + Starts: 4: Internet Civics Fits + Starts: 17: Make the Internet Better (with Anil Dash) Boil The Ocean - Investopedia Émile Durkheim - Wikipedia Karl Marx - Wikipedia North American Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia Living wage - Wikipedia Breast cancer walks are a terrible way to fight breast cancer - The Washington Post Direct action - Wikipedia Brianna Wu on Twitter: "Honest question: Is there way to politely suggest to white cis guys that they might be showing privilege that avoids them getting defensive?" What do people mean when they say 'check your privilege'? - Quora Mass Effect: Andromeda - Wikipedia FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood Tekken 7 - Wikipedia The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Wikipedia Nintendo Switch - Wikipedia Final Fantasy XIV - Wikipedia ARKit - Apple Developer Relay FM Marco Arment (@marcoarment) | Twitter John Siracusa (@siracusa) | Twitter Casey Liss (@caseyliss) | Twitter Myke Hurley (@imyke) | Twitter Stephen Hackett (@ismh) | Twitter Xcode - Apple Developer Metal 2 - Apple Developer Cyan Worlds - Wikipedia Myst - Wikipedia Riven - Wikipedia Obduction (video game) - Wikipedia OpenGL - Wikipedia John Gruber (@gruber) | Twitter Dragon Age - Wikipedia Deus Ex - Wikipedia Rocket League - Wikipedia Revolution 60 - Wikipedia
Merlin stops by to talk about finding a job that fits you, prototyping your future, and manufacturing care. Then we have a lot of rapid fire questions for him. Special Guest: Merlin Mann. Links: Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster - Merlin Mann Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) | Twitter You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional Hygiene 5by5 | Back to Work Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM Do By Friday 5by5 | Back to Work #1: Alligator in the Bathroom 5by5 | Back to Work #2: Picture of a Boat 5by5 | Back to Work #7: Vocational Wheel Game of Thrones - Wikipedia Scott Simpson (@scottsimpson) | Twitter Quentin Tarantino Filmmaker Advice - YouTube Hot Fuzz (2007) - IMDb Designing Your Life Fits + Starts: 3: Five Jobs and a Bunch of Dogwhistles Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Wikipedia Flow (psychology) - Wikipedia Fidget spinner - Wikipedia Survivalism - Wikipedia Gestalt psychology - Wikipedia Nature versus nurture - Wikipedia Overcast Kaby Lake - Wikipedia 50 Years Later, Producer Remixes 'Sgt. Pepper' To 'Bring It Into The Modern World' : NPR The Best of The Soup Nazi - YouTube Wolf Brand Chili The Godfather (1972) - IMDb The Godfather: Part II (1974) - IMDb Sophie's Choice (1982) - IMDb Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Pocket Casts Listen to radio shows and podcasts on demand, create custom stations, get personalized recommendations & always be up to date. | Stitcher Radio On Demand SoundCloud – Listen to free music and podcasts on SoundCloud Huffduffer Marxism - Wikipedia In Rainbows - Wikipedia Patreon Serial The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014) - IMDb Søren Kierkegaard - Wikipedia Shark Tank - Wikipedia Brain Maturity Extends Well Beyond Teen Years : NPR Lost (TV series) - Wikipedia The Leftovers (TV series) - Wikipedia Veep - Wikipedia Richard Splett Veep best moments season 4 - YouTube Extended Rest room scene Veep (S03E09) - YouTube Parks and Recreation - Wikipedia
Merlin stops by to talk about finding a job that fits you, prototyping your future, and manufacturing care. Then we have a lot of rapid fire questions for him.
Special Guest: Merlin Mann.
Links:
Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster - Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) | Twitter
You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional Hygiene
5by5 | Back to Work
Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
Do By Friday
5by5 | Back to Work #1: Alligator in the Bathroom
5by5 | Back to Work #2: Picture of a Boat
5by5 | Back to Work #7: Vocational Wheel
Game of Thrones - Wikipedia
Scott Simpson (@scottsimpson) | Twitter
Quentin Tarantino Filmmaker Advice - YouTube
Hot Fuzz (2007) - IMDb
Designing Your Life
Fits + Starts: 3: Five Jobs and a Bunch of Dogwhistles
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Wikipedia
Flow (psychology) - Wikipedia "Flow (psychology) - Wikipedia")
Fidget spinner - Wikipedia
Survivalism - Wikipedia
Gestalt psychology - Wikipedia
Nature versus nurture - Wikipedia
Overcast
Kaby Lake - Wikipedia
50 Years Later, Producer Remixes 'Sgt. Pepper' To 'Bring It Into The Modern World' : NPR
The Best of The Soup Nazi - YouTube
Wolf Brand Chili
The Godfather (1972) - IMDb
The Godfather: Part II (1974) - IMDb
Sophie's Choice (1982) - IMDb
Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Pocket Casts
Listen to radio shows and podcasts on demand, create custom stations, get personalized recommendations & always be up to date. | Stitcher Radio On Demand
SoundCloud – Listen to free music and podcasts on SoundCloud
Huffduffer
Marxism - Wikipedia
In Rainbows - Wikipedia
Patreon
Serial
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014) - IMDb
Søren Kierkegaard - Wikipedia
Shark Tank - Wikipedia
Brain Maturity Extends Well Beyond Teen Years : NPR
Lost (TV series) - Wikipedia "Lost (TV series) - Wikipedia")
The Leftovers (TV series) - Wikipedia "The Leftovers (TV series) - Wikipedia")
Veep - Wikipedia
Richard Splett Veep best moments season 4 - YouTube
Extended Rest room scene Veep (S03E09) - YouTube
Parks and Recreation - Wikipedia
Anil Dash (Founder / Writer / Speaker / Blogger / Preeminent force on the Internet) argues for a new definition of "open" on the web. We ask for advice on how to be more inclusive as a non-manager. Daniel has some big ideas about infrastructure.
Hit us up on Twitter:
John: @johnrudolphdrex Daniel: @dcoulbourne Fits and Starts: @fits_and_startsSpecial Guest: Anil Dash.Links:Anil Dash (@anildash) | TwitterFog Creek Software: Team Collaboration and Development ToolsFogBugz - Work Tracking and Collaboration for Software TeamsTrelloStack OverflowWelcome to Glitch! Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster - Merlin MannKara Mask on BehanceOpen-source software - WikipediaMedium – Read, write and share stories that matterWeb 2.0 - WikipediaOpen data - WikipediaMark Zuckerberg - WikipediaThe world's leading software development platform · GitHubAnil Dash — Tech's Moral Reckoning - | On BeingOrder of magnitude - WikipediaAbove the fold - WikipediaTech and the Fake Market tactic - Anil DashCapitalism - WikipediaFree market - Wikipediathumb on the scale - WiktionaryFig leaf - WikipediaSurvivorship bias - WikipediaNet neutrality - WikipediaTom Sawyer Fence - YouTubeFits and Starts: 4: Internet CivicsWhy Diverse Teams Are Smarter (Harvard Business Review)Revealed preference - WikipediaSlack’s diversity report reveals how many people with disabilities it employs | TechCrunchUtilitarianism - WikipediaMatthew 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."Craig Newmark - WikipediaJimmy Wales - WikipediaLibertarianism - WikipediaCory Doctorow - WikipediaCreative Commons - WikipediaPrince (musician) - WikipediaChance the Rapper - WikipediaIntellectual property - WikipediaCopyright - WikipediaMahatma Gandhi - WikipediaTea Party movement - WikipediaSix degrees of separation - WikipediaEric Costello - Co-founder, Client Lead @ Slack | crunchbaseGlitch (game)Application programming interface - WikipediaInterstate Highway System - WikipediaChattanooga's EPB rated best internet provider in America | Times Free PressLamp Post Group - We help big thinkers build great companies.Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 - WikipediaHighway strip - WikipediaSpectrum auction - WikipediaNeoliberalism - Wikipedia
Anil Dash (Founder / Writer / Speaker / Blogger / Preeminent force on the Internet) argues for a new definition of "open" on the web. We ask for advice on how to be more inclusive as a non-manager. Daniel has some big ideas about infrastructure.
Hit us up on Twitter:
John: @johnrudolphdrex
Daniel: @dcoulbourne
Fits and Starts: @fits_and_starts
Special Guest: Anil Dash.
Links:
Anil Dash (@anildash) | Twitter
Fog Creek Software: Team Collaboration and Development Tools
FogBugz - Work Tracking and Collaboration for Software Teams
Trello
Stack Overflow
Welcome to Glitch!
Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster - Merlin Mann
Kara Mask on Behance
Open-source software - Wikipedia
Medium – Read, write and share stories that matter
Web 2.0 - Wikipedia
Open data - Wikipedia
Mark Zuckerberg - Wikipedia
The world's leading software development platform · GitHub
Anil Dash — Tech's Moral Reckoning - | On Being
Order of magnitude - Wikipedia
Above the fold - Wikipedia
Tech and the Fake Market tactic - Anil Dash
Capitalism - Wikipedia
Free market - Wikipedia
thumb on the scale - Wiktionary
Fig leaf - Wikipedia
Survivorship bias - Wikipedia
Net neutrality - Wikipedia
Tom Sawyer Fence - YouTube
Fits and Starts: 4: Internet Civics
Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter (Harvard Business Review)
Revealed preference - Wikipedia
Slack’s diversity report reveals how many people with disabilities it employs | TechCrunch
Utilitarianism - Wikipedia
Matthew 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Craig Newmark - Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia
Libertarianism - Wikipedia
Cory Doctorow - Wikipedia
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
Prince (musician) - Wikipedia "Prince (musician) - Wikipedia")
Chance the Rapper - Wikipedia
Intellectual property - Wikipedia
Copyright - Wikipedia
Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia
Tea Party movement - Wikipedia
Six degrees of separation - Wikipedia
Eric Costello - Co-founder, Client Lead @ Slack | crunchbase
Glitch (game)
Application programming interface - Wikipedia
Interstate Highway System - Wikipedia
Chattanooga's EPB rated best internet provider in America | Times Free Press
Lamp Post Group - We help big thinkers build great companies.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 - Wikipedia
Highway strip - Wikipedia
Spectrum auction - Wikipedia
Neoliberalism - Wikipedia
Programmer, author, and teacher Adam Wathan stops by to talk about working in public, asking stupid questions, charting a weird career path, and dropping knowledge on your peers.
Hit us up on Twitter:
Fits and Starts: @fits_and_starts Daniel: @dcoulbourne John: @johnrudolphdrexLinks:Adam Wathan's WebsiteAdam Wathan (@adamwathan) | TwitterFull Stack RadioThe $61,392 Book Launch That Let Me Quit My JobFits and Starts: 13: Motivating an Animal (with Matt Stauffer)Tighten Co. Building KiteTailDavid Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) - WikipediaNirvana (band) - WikipediaPatrick McKenzie (@patio11) | TwitterScreenhero | Screen sharing for collaboration in teamsPaul Stanley dishes on KISS feuds and "painful" secrets - CBS NewsWWDC 2017: With the iMac Pro, Apple Rediscovers the Creative Class | WIREDTrickle-down workaholism in startups – Signal v. Noise