Episode 266: European Bachelor

TOPIC: Wow, times change.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the challenges and opportunities of subscription-based payment models. When do they work (or not) and how quickly does autopay fatigue kick in?

Links for this episode:

• Ungainly X-Mann Meetup #13 — Merlin Mann
  
• Starz Launches Standalone Streaming Service | Variety
  
• The New TextExpander | Smile
  
• TextExpander Updates Focus on New Service – MacStories
  The biggest changes to TextExpander on the Mac and iOS are not the apps themselves, but the new service that ties them together.
  
  
• Starz hits Apple TV with $8.99/month package, Twitter scores live NFL “Thursday Night Football” streams | 9to5Mac
  
• Amazon.com: On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (9780060891541): William Zinsser: Books
  
• On Writing Well - William Zinsser - Paperback
  
• On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
  
• Dim your screen further than Control Center allows (and other cool iOS 8 tricks) | iMore
  
• Hemingway Editor
  
• Headhunters (2011) - IMDb
  
• Das Keyboard - The Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard Experience for Badasses
  
• Daniel Bryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Rorschach (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Watchmen (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Watchmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• 'Superman,' The Inside Story: Director Richard Donner Remembers Meeting Stallone to Play the Lead, Working With Brando, and a Near-Fatal Knife Attack - Hollywood Reporter
  
• Adventures of Superman (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• District 9 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Daniel Bryan's retirement speech - WWE Raw 2.8.16 - YouTube
  
• Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens Movie Review
  
• Raising Arizona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• DisneyToysFan - YouTube
  
• Elsa and Anna Bean Boozled Challenge. DisneyToysFan. - YouTube
  
• Xuxa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Xuxa (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Larry David: A Pretty Good Tribute - YouTube
  
• Eclipse desktop & web IDEs
  
• Atom
  
• Ruby on Rails IDE :: JetBrains RubyMine
  
• Squarespace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• TextExpander Dev | Simply Indispensable
  
• Shareware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Kagi — Home
  
• Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 11
  
• Steam (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa (Save the Vault, Tell the Story) by Alex Winter — Kickstarter
  
• Lotteries: America's $70 Billion Shame - The Atlantic
  
• Xuxa - "trampoline" episode (Part 1) - YouTube
  
• The Dalrymple Report: Episode 28: Rat on a Stick
  Jim and Merlin talk about the highlights from NAMM, Sherlocking, and the blues.
  
  

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