

Do By Friday
Merlin Mann and Alex Cox
A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
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Dec 23, 2016 • 1h 32min
A Little Something for Daddy
This week's challenge: watch an episode of Stark Trek: Voyager.
Show Notes
[Star Trek Voyager: The Void](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Void_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)
Back to Work: A Liver Runs Through It
IFTTT
Logitech Create for iPad Pro
Just Press Record
TaskPaper
Workflow
Canvas
Editorial for iOS
Drafts
PDFpen
Spark
[Alex Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones_(radio_host)
Election Profit Makers
Star Trek: The Next Generation In 40 Hours
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine In 82.5 Hours
Competence Porn
Random Trek 55 with Merlin Mann
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
This American Life: Crying on Airplanes
SNL: The Day Beyonce Turned Black
[Battlestar Galactica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)
Ronald D. Moore
Portlandia: One More Episode
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Dec 20, 2016 • 1h 5min
Splash Mountain
This week's challenge: make our cats sit.
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Dec 9, 2016 • 1h 12min
GorillaPod Fetish
This week's challenge: make a vlog.
The Vlogs
Max
Alex
Merlin
Show Notes
[Top Chef](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Chef_(season_14)
[Westworld](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)
[Pizzagate](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_(conspiracy_theory)
Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now)
The Merlin Mann Show
You Look Nice Today
Gorillapod
DJI Mobile
Studio Neat Glif
The Vlogbrothers
iJustine
Casey Neistat
Every Frame a Painting
Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake
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Dec 2, 2016 • 54min
Can't I Just Like My Stories?
This week's challenge: secure your passwords.
Show Notes
SeaFall
Headspace
1Password
Google Authenticator
Cloak
Vix Vapor Rub Inhaler
Anxiety Goat
Signal
Privacy Badger
Should All Locks Have Keys?
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Nov 25, 2016 • 1h 6min
Your Little Hitler Game
This week's challenge: play Really Bad Chess.
Show Notes
Really Bad Chess
Zach Gage
Computer Chess
Beginner's luck
No Stress Chess
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Master's Guid
Defective Yeti
Magic Circle
The Nerd Handbook
HyperNormalisation
Girl Talk
The Mixtape Volume Nine
Roger Ebert on Video Games
Nursing Clock Logo
Recommended iOS Games
Sage Solitaire
Desert Golfing
Canabalt
Mini Metro
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Nov 18, 2016 • 59min
Schroedinger's Gift
This week's challenge: send your cohosts something weird from Amazon.

Nov 4, 2016 • 1h 27min
A Reasonable Monster
This week's challenge: watch Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview.
Show Notes:
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Triumph of the Nerds
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender
Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot by John Gruber
Back to Work 7: Vocational Wheel
Hypercritical 42: The Wrong Guy
5by5 Specials 2: Thank You, Steve Jobs
Timeline of Macintosh Models
The Cult of Mac: Paperback Edition
Apple Product Papercraft
Alex's Favorite Laptop
MacBreak 12: Quicksilver with Merlin Mann
Bob's Burgers: Topsy
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull
Elliott Smith
Science Ambassador Scholarship
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Oct 25, 2016 • 59min
Meth Lab Full of Memories
This week's challenge: throw something away.
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