Episodes

  • Season 1 Wrap-up
    Feb 28 2023

    I say some words about season 1 of this podcast, including:

    • how I would have answered my own questions, had I been interviewed
    • how I felt about season 1
    • what's coming up for season 2
    • thank you for listening :)

    Transcript coming soon

    Links:

    • Todoist
    • Amazing Marvin
    • Anne-Laure Le Cunff
    • Ness Labs
    • How to reach out if you want to be a guest on season 2!
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    13 mins
  • Pavlos Vinieratos: Keyboards, theme switchers, and automating repetitive tasks
    Feb 7 2023

    Pavlos Vinieratos helps me count the number of keys on a keyboard, we wonder why theme switchers can't read his mind, and we talk about finding the correct time to automate a repetitive task.


    Transcript coming soon.


    Links:

    • Pavlos on GitHub
    • Things
    • Fantastical
    • NightOwl
    • Ergodox
    • xkcd comic about automation
    • Doing
    • Waterfox


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    51 mins
  • Jay Cincotta: Focus on people instead of tools
    Jan 18 2023

    Jay Cincotta tells me why he is skeptical about focusing on tools and systems when it comes to getting things done, and why he'd rather focus on interactions between people. He describes the importance of drawing a few hard lines in the sand, and being flexible about everything else.


    Transcript coming soon!


    Links:

    • Jay Cincotta on LinkedIn
    • Trello
    • Toggl
    • Bullet journals
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    44 mins
  • In-betweener: Identity isn't permanent
    Jan 3 2023

    A mini-episode in which I remind you, and myself, that an identity you give yourself does not have to be permanent.


    Transcript coming soon.


    Links:

    • Art of Accomplishment podcast: Seeing Identity For What It Is
    • Art of Accomplishment podcast: When the Story Falls Apart: How Beliefs and Emotions Interact
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    4 mins
  • Michael Weinand: The pressures of reliability
    Dec 20 2022

    Michael Weinand talks to me about the list-making that helps him be a Very Reliable Person ™️. We talk about problem solving, context switching, and the pressures we put on ourselves to be dependable.


    Transcript coming soon!


    Links:

    • Michael Weinand on LinkedIn
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    57 mins
  • Christina Aldan: Am I willing to shift this energy?
    Dec 6 2022

    Christina Aldan and I talk about our feelings! Things like naming emotions, escaping shame loops, changing your brainwaves, and above all answering one question: "am I willing to shift this energy?"


    Transcript


    Links:

    • Christina's website
    • The Tapping Solution app on Apple
    • The Tapping Solution app on Android
    • Feelings wheel
    • Nancy Gabriel
    • "Learning to say no"


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    47 mins
  • In-betweener: Fluidity and context in our systems
    Nov 29 2022

    Another little mini-episode. The systems we use to get things done are fluid, and they depend heavily on context.


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    6 mins
  • Jon Allured: Keeping your tools sharp
    Nov 22 2022

    Jon Allured hangs with me to talk about start and stop lists, sharpening your tools, and self-compassion.

    • Jon's website
    • Field Notes notebooks
    • Jon's dotfiles
    • Todoist
    • Omnifocus
    • Forty
    • tmux
    • Alfred
    • fzf
    • Tiny Habits book

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    51 mins