Do By Friday

Merlin Mann and Alex Cox
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Dec 22, 2022 • 1h 19min

Turmults Inside Coxmas

This week's challenge: watch Triangle of Sadness.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon.------Edited by Alex Cox------Show Links‎Merlin's Weird Movies for Weirdos, a list of films by Merlin Mann • LetterboxdThe Meaning of Life - Mr. Creosote Blows (1983) HD - YouTubeFair-Play Whodunnit - TV TropesDavid Foster Wallace: "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" PDF"A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again" - David Foster Wallace - YouTubeTriangle of Sadness | Official Website | October 07 2022Triangle of Sadness (2022) - Reference View - IMDbRuben Östlund - WikipediaStandard (warez) - WikipediaMelodic death metal - WikipediaAt The Gates "Slaughter Of The Soul" Live At Wacken 2008 (Official Video) - YouTubeInfluencing? In This Economy? It’s Only Gotten More Competitive - The New York TimesTEETH, TEETH, TEETH!BRIDESMAIDS (2011) - Dress Fitting Food PoisoningDo you come with the car? The Simpsons - YouTube(Recorded Wednesday, December 21, 2022)Next time: celebrate Coxmas.
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Dec 16, 2022 • 1h 57min

The Hero Item

This week's challenge: manage your time.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksVocaster | FocusritePokemon 4 Pack Pop Fidget Sensory StimsThe Elements of StylePortmanteau - WikipediaList of portmanteaus - WikipediaRecursive acronym - WikipediaDisasterpeaceTHE SHARROW IS REAL - WWDC ClipQPR - Quotidian Public RadioKevin O'Leary burned for $15M in FTX meltdown | Calgary HeraldAndroid vs. iOS versions of the Instacart app : InstacartShoppersDoorDash Drivers SubredditGrubHub Drivers SubredditGigaverseWoody Allen - Eighty percent of success is showing up.Seong-Jin Cho – Debussy: “Golliwog's Cakewalk” - (Children's Corner, L. 113) - YouTubeTimery for TogglHour Blocks: Day Planner on the App StoreHofstadter's law - WikipediaTime Is Way Weirder Than You Think - The New York TimesThe Neuroscience and Physics of Time : Buonomano, DeanLego Star Wars: Tantive IV Hallway(Recorded Wednesday, November 14, 2022)Next week's challenge: watch Triangle of Sadness.
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Dec 9, 2022 • 1h 43min

This American Horniness

This week's challenge: watch Fleishman Is in Trouble.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksAutomatic, Self-Cleaning Litter Box for Cats | Litter-RobotThe Good LitterCurb Your Enthusiasm - Tip Coordination - YouTubeGuardian Firewall - Guardian FirewallMake-Good | Universal Marketing DictionaryArticles Of Interest | Avery Trufelman | SubstackRoman Mars’ 99% Invisible Podcast Company Sold To SiriusXM – DeadlineTechnology Connections - YouTubeTrash Theory - YouTubeCreating Killer Websites by David Siegel | GoodreadsSinger, Songwriter and Guitarist Bob Mould | Fresh Air Archive: Interviews with Terry GrossTippy Toe - YouTubecalibre - E-book managementReadwise Reader | The first read-it-later app built for power readers.The White Lotus - WikipediaMike White (filmmaker) - WikipediaNapoleon Dynamite - WikipediaFresh Air for December 5, 2022: Mike White on 'The White Lotus' : NPRDo By Friday Survivor ChallengeTouring the MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE in the United States! - YouTubeTaffy Brodesser-Akner · LongformFleishman is in Trouble | Slate Money Podcast - YouTubeTranscript - Fleishman Is in TroubleThomas Piketty's 'Capital' in 3 minutes - Newsnight - YouTubeAn Introduction to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century- A Macat Economics Analysis - YouTubeThomas Piketty: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century - YouTubeHow Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million - The New York TimesFleishman Is In Trouble: One Hour Photo – T-Shirts On ScreenSherlock how they handle texts on VimeoWhat Sherlock's Text Messages Tell Us About Ourselves | WIRED(Recorded on Wednesday, December 7, 2022)
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Dec 2, 2022 • 1h 50min

Existential Bridge Loan

This week's challenge: make a proper Zettelkasten.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksHow to Write a Morrissey Song ("Sing The Third") - YouTubeLin-Manuel Miranda Lip Bite | Know Your MemeTwitter: LexTwitter: GriffinBob Wachter on Twitter: "…moderate surge in SF…"How Cranbrook’s Design Program Redefined How We Make and Talk About Graphic Design – Eye on DesignEmigre: MagazineCranbrook Style GuideHistory Of The FedEx Logo Design - Meaning & Evolution 2022Home | Paul Rand: Modernist Master 1914-1996Designculture • Massimo VignelliJan Tschichold : Design Is HistoryThe New Typography (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism (Paperback)): Tschichold, Jan, McLean, Ruari, Kinross, Robin, Hendel, Richard: 9780520250123: Amazon.com: BooksJan Tschichold and the New TypographySwiss Style: The Principles, the Typefaces & the Designers – PRINT MagazineNo. 3236: The Humble Index CardGetting Started • Zettelkasten MethodThe Archive (macOS) • Zettelkasten MethodIntroduction to the Zettelkasten Method • Zettelkasten MethodFolgezettel • Zettelkasten Method(Recorded on Wednesday, November 30, 2022)
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Nov 18, 2022 • 1h 12min

How Long Is the Slap Relevant For?

This week's challenge: try Daytum again.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksDescript | All-in-one video editing, as easy as a doc.How I podcast: Editing – Six ColorsThe Long Winters - Wikipedia“The Subtle Tee and Sweater”Dazzle camouflage - WikipediaRichard Kind - IMDbPokémon Scarlet & Violet - Paldea Town OST - YouTubeLake Of Fire (Live On MTV Unplugged, 1993 / Unedited) - YouTubeVeep Goes to Helsinki - YouTubeWaterMinderTimery for TogglBearable | Mood & Symptoms Tracker Apphotdogsladies • DaytumNicholas Felton: A Quantified Life - The New York TimesDaytum(Recorded Wednesday, November 16, 2022.)Next week's challenge: create a proper Zettelkästen.
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Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 58min

Just Keep Going

This week's challenge: Do something…visual.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksUncertainty principle - Wikipedia7-Day Pills Medication & Vitamins HolderWeird: The Al Yankovic Story - WikipediaDrafts | Where Text StartsLifestreaming - WikipediaVocaster Two: Twice the features, twice the price – Six Colors451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling — No Such Thing As A Fish — OvercastMike Pence in Pulp Fiction - ungainlyDiffusionBee - Stable Diffusion GUI AppFrancis Bacon. Painting. 1946 | MoMAStable Diffusion and AI generated art is absolutely wild in every way – A Whole Lotta NothingEnter the Void - WikipediaThe Holy Mountain (1973 film) - WikipediaThe Holy Mountain | Alejandro Jodorowsky (4K HD Trailer) - YouTubeSanta Sangre - WikipediaEl Topo - WikipediaYours Truly, Through the Eyes of Stable Diffusion – 512 PixelsThe Best of Jenna Maroney and Paul L'Astname | 30 Rock - YouTubeSubEthaEdit 5. Code, Write, Edit. Together.SubEthaEdit - WikipediaHands-on: Apple's new Freeform collaboration app - 9to5MacApple’s Freeform aims to be a collaborative whiteboard for everyone | TechCrunch‎Freeform on the App StoreRecorded Wednesday, November 9, 2022.Next week's challenge: Track something with Daytum.
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Nov 7, 2022 • 1h 28min

Nofapvember

This week's challenge: watch Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksWelcome | NaNoWriMoMovember - MovemberNo Nut November - WikipediaWill Blunderfield - YouTubeTheir / They're / There - WikipediaGiraffes? Giraffes! - WikipediaBenny (The LEGO Movie) | Brickipedia | FandomAfter fentanyl found in candy bags at LAX, officials warn parents to check Halloween candyCommunity S2 E06: Epidemiology / Recap - TV TropesWhere to Buy Nathan Fielder’s Laptop Harness | The StrategistSet (Egyptian God) - World History EncyclopediaDiegetic Sound and Non-Diegetic Sound: What’s the Difference? - 2022 - MasterClassThe Story Behind I Think You Should Leave’s ‘Coffin Flop’Chernobyl (miniseries) - WikipediaOpinion | Fake news and creeping surrealism - The Washington PostHaley Byrd Wilt 🌻 on Twitter: "We naturally dressed up as our favorite band https://t.co/lwdZVOTc75" / TwitterRussia 1985–1999: TraumaZone - WikipediaAdam Curtis on the fall of the Soviet Union's worrying parallels with modern Britain - YouTubeTom Tom Club - “Wordy Rappinghood” - YouTubeHafez al-Assad - WikipediaHyperNormalisation - WikipediaTraumaZone Reviews:TraumaZone: Adam Curtis’s nightmarish study of the Soviet Union’s downfall | DazedRussia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis | Documentary | The GuardianRussia 1985-1999: TraumaZone, review: Adam Curtis' astonishing autopsy will leave you wide-eyedRussia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review: Adam Curtis’s magic lantern through Russia - New StatesmanTraumaZone: Adam Curtis' documentary 'TraumaZone' traces circumstances in post-Soviet Russia that led to rise of Vladimir Putin - The Economic TimesRussia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis | Documentary | The Guardian(Recorded Wednesday, November 7, 2022)Next week's challenge: do something…visual.
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Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 46min

The Thousand Cuts

This week's challenge: Dive deep on an obscure Apple thing.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksSignal chain - WikipediaNoise gate - WikipediaPeter Gabriel - Intruder - YouTubeObsession x Voice (Failed Writer #6): John Gruber and Merlin Mann - YouTube43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann's Blogging Panel at SxSW | 43 FoldersThe F Word | On the Media | WNYC StudiosWhat John Fetterman’s accommodations reveal about disability in America.Dopesick (miniseries) - WikipediaCucumber Water for Customers Only - Better Call SaulThe Peripheral (TV series) - WikipediaApple's Freeform whiteboard app is now available for developers | EngadgetDerealization - WikipediaHow to create Spotlight searches to store as Smart Folders in macOS Sierra | MacworldRun suggested shortcuts on iPhone or iPad - Apple SupportmacOS Ventura review: A work in progress – Six ColorsYeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Official Music Video) - YouTubeHow Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Maps" Transcended the Post-Punk Revival - YouTubeSmall Fry (film) - WikipediaAfter Steve – HarperCollinsWisdom.limoKeyboard Maestro 10.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOSKeyboard MaestroNext week's challenge: watch Adam Curtis's Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone.
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Oct 21, 2022 • 1h 41min

What is Meal?

This week's challenge: make a proper mind map.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksFood labels and the lies they tell us about grocery store ‘best before’ expiration dates - VoxLove Actually - WikipediaClap On Clap Off The Clapper (1984) - YouTubeFive Below - WikipediaRemaindered book - WikipediaMarkers for Adults Coloring - Hethrone Dual Tip Brush Pens, Fine Tip Markers for Calligraphy Painting Drawing, 6 Count B028 Napoleon Blue : Everything ElsePentel Color Pen, Set of 36, Assorted (S360-36) : Artists MarkersMarkers for Adults Coloring - Hethrone Dual Tip Brush Pens, Fine Tip Markers for Calligraphy Painting Drawing, 6 Count B028 Napoleon Blue : Everything ElseSesame Street: Aaron Neville And Ernie Sing Don't Want To Live On The Moon - YouTubeCotton - The Fabric of Our Lives ad from 1992 - YouTubeMichael Bay Original Got Milk Commercial 1993 Who Shot Alexander Hamilton? Aaron Burr - YouTubeBeef It's What's For Dinner - Circa 1993 - YouTubeCalifornia Raisins Heard it Through the Grapevine (Better Quality) - YouTubeTony Buzan | Inventor of Mind MappingThe Complete Guide on How to Mind Map for BeginnersMindMapToolsTony Buzan has defined these "rules" for Mind Mapping - MindMapToolsBuzan's mind map guidelines in practical use - WikITBullet JournaltoketaWareMind Map & Brainstorm Ideas - MindNodevscode-mindmap - Visual Studio MarketplaceObsidian Mind Map Plugin is Mindblowing - Share & showcase - Obsidian ForumPepe Silvia | Know Your MemePost-it Super Sticky Full Stick Notes, 3x3 in, 6 PadsThe Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (Learn In and Use It for Life) - Kindle edition by Tharp, TwylaShitty First Drafts(Recorded on October 20th, 2022)Next week's challenge: dig deep on an obscure Apple feature.
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Oct 14, 2022 • 1h 40min

Manic Pixie Dream Language

This week's challenge: use Obsidian again.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!----Edited by Quinn RoseEngineered by Cameron Bopp----Show LinksSleepWatch — Find Your Best Sleep.AutoSleep Track Sleep on Watch on the App StoreThe Very Best of Jiminy Glick - YouTubeThe Official YAML Web SiteTry Guys - SNL - YouTubePrank interview with Elijah Wood - YouTube‎Spring for Twitter on the App StoreSnorting Crushed Porcelain, Face Reveals and a TikTok Lawsuit - The New York TimesBirds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory. - The New York TimesMcGruff and the afterlife of PSAs.Power Tools — Invisibilia — OvercastDumpling Time - Asian Restaurant in CADaring Fireball: MarkdownThoughtAsylumPersonal knowledge management - WikipediaObsidianNotion – One workspace. Every team.Best Note Taking App - Organize Your Notes with EvernoteCraft - The Future of DocumentsRoam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought.nvALT - BrettTerpstra.comVisual Studio Code - Code Editing. RedefinedZettelkasten - WikipediaBuilding a Second BrainUlyssesiA Writer: The Benchmark of Markdown Writing AppsScrivener | Literature & LatteDEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOSPandoc - About pandocMarked 2 - Smarter tools for smarter writerscalibre - E-book managementiTextEditors - iPhone and iPad text/code editors and writing tools compared(Recorded on October 12th, 2022)Next week's challenge: create a proper mind map.

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