Episode 44: Circuitous Bridge of My Own Design

Topic: Moving from dumb nouns to awesome verbs.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the problem with Capital Letter Nouns; how real and specific verbs will always trounce Excellence, Effectiveness, and Mission Statements--even in the Best-of-Breed Pursuance of Five-Nines Quality Across The Enterprise.

They also look at transitive and intransitive flavors of "feasance," finding your keyboard's Excellence Key, opting-in for The Johnson Treatment, lancing that actionable boil, and (as ever) shooting the obvious fish in the obvious barrel.

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• Merlin Loves 1Password on Vimeo
  
• 5by5 Illustrated
  
• [SPONSOR] Squarespace (offer code: `fineformerlin`)
  
• [SPONSOR] 1Password (40% off everything for B2W listeners)
  
• Capgras delusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Six Sigma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Urban Dictionary: johnson rod
  
• Antiques, Collectibles, Shows, Clothing, Food, By the Bay, Alameda Point Antiques Faire and Michaans Auctions
  
• Capital Letter Nouns v. lower-case verbs | 43 Folders
  
• Mission statement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Agile software development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• MarsEdit 3 - Desktop blog editing for the Mac.
  
• malfeasance legal definition of malfeasance. malfeasance synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.
  
• App Store - Squarespace for iOS
  
• Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Amazon.com: The Uncanny X-Men: An Origin Story (9781423142997): Rich Thomas, Storybook Art Group: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (v. 1) (9780785121015): Chris Claremont, Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne: Books
  
• 5by5 | The Conversation #27: Missionless Statements
  
• IMAGE: Merlin's Giant X-Men Omnibus
  
• Amazon.com: Extreme Programming Pocket Guide (9780596004859): chromatic: Books
  
• IMAGE: Merlin's New Frames
  
• Frakintosh - "Hi."
  
• 5by5 | Back to Work #2: Picture of a Boat
  
• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Welcome to BrettTerpstra.com, home of Brett Terpstra and his nerdery
  
• For your enjoyment and potentially limited usefulness - Blog -
  
• 5by5 Illustrated
  
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