Episode 36: Writing on the Wind

Merlin Mann talks with Dan Benjamin about his dogged obsession with the flexibility of index cards—for propping up tables, giving very small cuts, and getting babies hygienically removed. Then, there is much talk of graphing your focal length against your time and attention.

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• The Dan Patrick Show | Official Home
  
• 43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann's Blogging Panel at SxSW | 43 Folders
  
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• Anne Lamott on index cards | 43 Folders
  
• Richard Stallman Eats Something From His Foot - YouTube
  
• New Podcast: "Roderick on the Line" - John Roderick and Merlin Mann
  
• Scared Shitless | 43 Folders
  
• Geena Davis - The Fly - YouTube
  
• Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders
  
• Mole (unit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
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• This explains everything | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Armand Van Helden - Hear My Name - YouTube
  
• gladwell dot com - the social life of paper
  
• Make Magazine: "Death to Paper! Long Live Paper!"
  
• Video: Merlin's Macworld '09 Talk, "Toward Patterns for Creativity" - Merlin's Media - Video, Audio, Photos and More - Merlin Mann
  
• Steve Jobs: a personal remembrance
  
• Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot
  
• A Strange Sort of Prison, a Strange Sort of Freedom
  
• Passenger 57 (1992) - IMDb
  
• Hype Williams videography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Amazon: "The Creative Habit" by Twyla Tharpe
  
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• 5by5 | 5by5 Specials #2: Thank You, Steve Jobs
  
• Joe Mande - R.I.P. The Andy Rooney Game
  
• My Neighbor, Steve Jobs - Palo Alto, CA Patch
  
• What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com
  
• Focal length - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Should I Email Marco Arment? — Please don't email me.
  
• 43 Folders: Thanks, Steve
  
• No One Needs Permission to Be Awesome | 43 Folders
  
• Classic Hype Williams Video: "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" by Busta Rhymes
  
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