Episode 294: Sufficiently Advanced Friendship - a podcast by 5by5

from 2016-10-18T17:30

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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.



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