Systematic

David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, joins Brett to discuss the origin of this nerd hero, what’s for breakfast, and learning to love fine wine. Brought to you by PDFpen Pro 7: PDFpenPro 7 brings new professional features to Smile’s versatile PDF editor for OS X. Check out the screencasts by our friend David Sparks and get a feel for the new features. Paddle: the best way to manage and sell apps as an indie developer, with all your apps and data in one beautiful dashboard. HoudahSpot: a powerful file search tool for Mac, discussed recently on Systematic #128. Redeem coupon code SYSTEMATIC20 by March 8 for a 20% discount on single user or family licenses. David Allen GettingThingsDone.com Contact David Allen David Allen on Twitter Top 3 picks David Brain Chains The Organized Mind Goban The Personal Brain MindManager iThoughtsX Evernote Amsterdam Amsterdam a history of the world’s most liberal city Brett And then it rained Spotcha! + TUAW

Joel Anderson, research lecturer in Philosophy at Utrecht in the Netherlands, joins me to talk about tagging. It’s a nerdy subject that a lot of non-nerds are asking about these days, and one that I personally find fascinating. I hope you’ll enjoy hearing two people who’ve dedicated time and research to the topic debate the major benefits and pitfalls of tag-based systems! Brought to you by File Transporter: private cloud storage that is actually private. The Enterprise-class Transporter Genesis is now shipping. Get 20% off Transporter Sync with offer code “tired20”. Joel Anderson Joel Anderson on Twitter Joel Anderson at Utrecht Tags or folders? Depends on the file. Dr. Bunsen Macademic TagFiler Top 3 Picks Joel Sugru HoudahSpot Creating Flow with Omnifocus Second Edition Brett ShuttleExpress $60 Karabiner vitag

Mark Healy is a musician and a writer, and has created some amazing pieces that bring the two disciplines together. He joins Brett to talk about his project “Hibernal,” as well as sports in Australia, eternal cricket matches, and Australia in general. Brought to you by Symbolicons: by Jory Raphael, designer of all our show artwork. Get 40% off any icon set bundle by using ESN1 at checkout Mark Healy Hibernal Hibernal Facebook markrhealy.com Top Picks SteadyTune Mac Word Counter Bandcamp Not Half Bad GuitarToolkit TabToolkit Agile Partners

This week, Brett is joined by Rory Vaden, author of New York Times bestseller “Take the Stairs,” and his new book, “Procrastinate on Purpose.” The discussion follows a fast paced look through the writing process, the effect of swearing, excess verbosity, and the kinds of questions that only Brett tends to ask. Brought to you by Backblaze: $5 for unlimited, unthrottled backup Rory Vaden Rory Vaden on Twitter Procrastinate on Purpose Top Picks Brett Sanebox Boyhood Mixtura Just for giggles: The Jesus Incident Rory Bruno Mars The Voice Start with Why by Simon Sinek Unbroken

Brett discusses the notion of high-temperature water immersion as a treatment for sleep disorder and creative blocks with Merlin Mann. Brought to you by PDFpen version 2 for iPhone & iPad: the pro-level PDF editing and annotation app Show Notes and Links Systematic Special #1, which edits together all four John Roderick interviews A time traveller’s primer – Ryan North Aqua Notes Top 3 Picks Brett SleepPhones ($32) Seirus Quick Clava ($21) iPhone 6+ low angle stand (Opensourced!) Merlin SyncSolver Coloring Zolocolor Toodle-oo Doodle-oo Tony Buzan Radiant Thinking Ad-free time Flush your local DNS cache with dscacheutil -flush cache

Belle Beth Cooper joins Brett from the future (Australia) to discuss her startup Exist, along with differences in learning and working styles. Is hell full of open, shared-space work environments for many of us? (SPOILER: The answer is yes!) Brought to you by Backblaze: unlimited, unthrottled backup for $5 a month PDFpen Scan+: the complete mobile scanning and OCR app for your iPhone or iPad Belle Beth Cooper @bellebcooper bellebethcooper.com exist.io Brett’s Picks Sesame The Art and Science of Vaping CodeRunner 2 Belle’s Picks Ticket to Ride Europe (here and here) Pebble 2Do

Lex Friedman joins Brett for the relaunch of Systematic on ESN. Electric car envy, podcasting, and 3 top picks (times two, of course), all in the 30-minute format we decided to try out. You are required to say nice things about the new music. You may alternatively leave a middling to good rating on iTunes. Brought to you by SketchParty TV: a fun, fast sketching-and-guessing game for AppleTV. Backblaze: unlimited, unthrottled backup for $5 a month PDFpen Scan+: the complete mobile scanning and OCR app for your iPhone or iPad Lex Lex Friedman  Lex’s Blog  Midroll  @lexfri on Twitter  Your Daily Lex  Not Playing  Turning This Car Around Podcasts serial  reply all  earwolf  wolfpop  i was there too Overtired is also now on ESN Top 3 Picks Crossy Road (one of the devs is on Unconsoleable next week, for what’ll be episode 14) Fetching  Jackery Battery JBL Pulse  Workflow  Vitticci’s Review  Marky the Markdownifier Vittici’s Marky Workflow  Peef

Anthony Waller works in oncology and talks about product management, the state of medical software, and his own personal battle with Leukemia. Show links Out of Confusion PICK: Amazon Web Services PICK: Listen PICK: Belkin Surge Plus PICK: MyInspirationsInWood PICK: Edimax Wireless Personal Hotspot PICK: Poweradd Pilot S Anthony on Twitter Anthony on App.net

Scott McNulty is a writer, podcaster, and director of communications for the IT department one of the top business schools in the world. He chats with Brett about documentation challenges, book writing, science fiction’s commentary on society, and podcasting about Star Trek. Show links BlankBaby.com RandomTrek Scott McNulty on Amazon Blue Mango Learning Systems | Blue Mango Creating Content with Markdown: Learn by Video | Peachpit Answered: save your StackExchange discoveries – BrettTerpstra.com Random Trek – A Star Trek Podcast | Watching Star Trek one random episode at a time The Jesus Incident – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time BlankBaby on Twitter PICK: Broken Monsters PICK: Clips PICK: Kindle Voyage PICK: Writefull PICK: Fitbit One Wireless Activity Plus Sleep Tracker PICK: Figure on the App Store on iTunes

Jason Snell, prolific writer and podcaster, joins Brett to talk about long-term employment in the tech world, exploring job independence, 5K iMacs, and much more. Show links Six Colors – Jason Snell on Apple, technology, and other geeky stuff The Incomparable – Geeky podcasts you’ll love Nuzzel: News From Your Friends on the App Store on iTunes Jason Snell’s InterText TeeVee Ravelry – a knit and crochet community Sweating Commas — Writing and Editing PICK: Apple – iMac with Retina 5K display PICK: BitTorrent Sync Sync Speed Test: Over 16 Times Faster Than The Cloud PICK: BBEdit 11 PICK: Prompt 2 PICK: Fantastical 2 for iPhone – Calendar and Reminders on the App Store on iTunes PICK: The 12 Bottle Bar Total Party Kill – a podcast from The Incomparable TV Talk Machine – a podcast from The Incomparable Jason Snell (@jsnell) on Twitter Articles by Jason Snell – Macworld