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VideosVideo: Merlin's New Time & Attention TalkMerlin Mann | Feb 14 2008Macworld ‘08: Merlin Mann / “Living with Data” Last month, I premiered a new presentation at Macworld San Francisco 2008 called “Living with Data” (previously). Since this talk was part of the “Vision” track, I used the opportunity to start gathering some threads around the idea of time and attention that had been floating around my head for a while (I think you can see the genesis of some of this stuff in my IDEO visit). The IDG folks were kind enough to post a movie of my slides + the audio. Unfortunately a lot of folks were having trouble getting to the page (it doesn’t appear to have a permalink), so here’s a Flash version you can watch from right here: read more » 20 Comments
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Macworld Expo '08: Merlin talks with the makers of 1PasswordMerlin Mann | Jan 22 2008Aha! Embeddable video for a third MacBreak interview at Macworld ‘08 has turned up — this one’s with Dave Teare at Agile Web Solutions, makers of 1Password. As we discuss in the video, I’m really looking forward to seeing 1Password’s secure password bookmarklet for iPhone. MacBreak: Macworld 2008/Agile Web SolutionsPOSTED IN:
Macworld Expo '08: Merlin visits with Panic, Agile Web Solutions, and James from New JerseyMerlin Mann | Jan 20 2008Macworld Expo wouldn’t be the same for me if I didn’t have the chance to hit the floor and talk to the kids for MacBreak. This year, I returned to Tiny Town to talk to my new internet boyfriends, Cabel and Steven, at Panic, Dave Teare from my beloved 1Password, as well as the charming James from New Jersey who says he doesn’t want to punch Steve Jobs, no matter what. MacBreak 121: Macworld 2008/Panic Software
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Best of: Our Favorite VideosMerlin Mann | Nov 27 2007Back at work killing time? Sure you are. After all, it’s nationwide “Thumb up your butt” week, right? You bet it is. So, from the archives of 43 Folders (and the on-hiatus Merlin Show), here’s four of my favorite videos of stuff I’ve done. Hope you like ‘em. read more » POSTED IN:
Merlin at IDEO: "Know How" Talk with Scott UnderwoodMerlin Mann | Oct 9 2007Scott Underwood from IDEO was kind enough to invite me down to their Palo Alto HQ for a tour of the renowned design group (they designed Apple’s first mouse!) and to participate with him in one of the company’s internal “Know How” talks. It was very informal (and — because this was during my recent “100-year sinus infection” — I was completely high on cold medicine). read more » POSTED IN:
Clever "Real Life Quicksilver" videoMerlin Mann | Sep 23 2007Very fun video by Matt McInerney — what it would be like if Quicksilver came to life outside your Mac. I sure like it better than living in a YouTube thread.
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gDocs and Apple would taste great togetherMerlin Mann | Sep 22 2007I’ve become an ardent Google Documents fan over the past few months — especially as its support for Safari has improved (didn’t say perfect; just improved). I use it for collaborating with clients and 43f guest authors, as well as for managing small projects and keeping various small teams organized. Personally, I find it simpler than a wiki and a lot more powerful than using a static .doc. My favorite use right now is to use a single shared document as a common space that 4 or 5 people have access to and that they can use to give each other to-dos, ask questions, etc. I know stuff like Basecamp does this better and certainly with more sophisticated features, but I’m really attracted to the simplicity of the one-document approach — especially for informal, remote teams. I think my gDocs cincher was the first time that it occurred to me to see if I could even look at my documents on my iPhone; I was gob-smacked to see that it actually worked. Obviously it’s not optimal for doing lots of editing, but you can see and perfunctorily edit your documents without a laptop, and that’s just pretty mind-blowing to me. read more » POSTED IN:
If life were like YouTubeMerlin Mann | Sep 21 2007Ok, it’s Friday, and the team and me are pooped from several weeks of site-making. No profound tips today. I’ll just leave you to your weekend with a wonderfully timely video. read more » POSTED IN:
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