Systematic

Tim Stevens, Editor At Large for CNET, joins Brett to talk cars, dogs, journalism, and more. Show links Digital Displacement Tesla Model S Ferrari FF PICK: iThoughtsX PICK: iTeleport PICK: Paperback PICK: Strava Cycling PICK: The Sufferfest: Cycling Training Videos PICK: Meditation Helper Tim Stevens (Tim_Stevens) on Twitter tim stevens posts on CNET

Merlin Mann joins Brett to talk about caffeine replacements, feeling normal and mature approaches to nerding out. Show links Traditional Guayusa Tea – Runa Tea PopClip PICK: Strava Run SyncMetrics PICK: Feeder PICK: Ferro: The keyboard interface to Chrome Vimium – the hacker’s browser Shortcat – Keyboard productivity app for Mac OS X Quicksilver — Mac OS X at your Fingertips PICK: Tally One Thing Well PICK: Behind the Name: Random Name Generator 1Password PICK: SneakyPix KeyBindings – BrettTerpstra.com Roderick on the Line – Merlin Mann Merlin Mann (hotdogsladies) on Twitter Marked 2 – Smarter tools for smarter writers

Playwright Evelyn Jean Pine talks with me about playwriting in coffeehouses, history from postcards to email and art capturing moments. And Bill Gates. And Quakers. Show links First – A New Play Ed Roberts (computer engineer) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quakers – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PICK: Scrivener PICK: Emmet LiveStyle PICK: Thomas Pynchon – Bleeding Edge Thomas Pynchon Wiki | Gravity’s Rainbow PICK: ActoTracker PICK: First tickets PICK: Dropzone Djerassi Resident Artists Program Borderlands Cafe PlayGround – The Bay Area’s Leading Playwright Incubator The WELL – the birthplace of the online community movement. Evelyn Jean Pine (evypine) on Twitter

Keith Blount is the author of Scrivener, a Mac and Windows application for writers of all ilk. He joins Systematic to talk about coding, customer support, writing and, of course, three top picks that he’s excited about right now. Show links Literature and Latte Literature and Latte – Scrivener Writing Software Literature and Latte – Scapple for Mac OS X PICK: Hailo PICK: Begin – Your daily todo list PICK: Florentine Journals Capture Cards / Frictionless Tools PICK: WriteRight PICK: The Turing Test: Chris Beckett Stories of Your Life and Others: Ted Chiang PICK: Write for iPhone Texts — Markdown Editor for Mac OS X, Windows and iOS MultiMarkdown Composer Scrivener (ScrivenerApp) on Twitter

Ellen Hinton, a.k.a Ellen Once Again, stops by to talk about music, technology and technology in music. She’s an accomplished musician with a recording career, in addition to being a music teacher and technology lover. Show links Ellen Once Again ellen once again – YouTube The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Found Footage: mashup fun with the iPad, iPhone and iMovie Pianist Pro for iPad on the iTunes App Store Loopy for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store PICK: Capo for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store PICK: iRig HD – High-quality digital guitar input for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Mac. PICK: Cubasis for iPad on the iTunes App Store PICK: Volume Scroll PICK: TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play GTX ImproVox for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store PICK: HEARD for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store Ellen Once Again (ellenOnceAgain) on Twitter

Craig Scott, the brains behind iThoughts mind mapping software for Mac and iOS, joins the show to talk about brainstorming, the App Store, the life of an indie developer and some of the apps that are getting the most use on his Mac and iPhone right now. Show links iThoughts iThoughtsHD for iPad iThoughtsX Releasing Outside the App Store – Matt Gemmell 60 Mountain Lion Tips by David Sparks and Brett Terpstra PICK: Sketch PaintCode Slicy PICK: Inc (workgroup bookmarking) PICK: Charles Web Debugging Proxy PICK: Multimon – Multiple menu bars and monitor management PICK: Day One Slogger by ttscoff PICK: Droplr Droplr Pro Clarify Skitch Tags.app iThoughts website makeSlides – Markdown to PowerPoint makeDoc – Markdown to MS Word Mac App Store – MindNode Pro Mindjet MindManager iMindMap by Tony Buzan Tony Buzan – Inventor of Mind Mapping iThoughts Team (ithoughtsapp) on Twitter iThoughts on Facebook

Freelance designer and podcaster Aaron Mahnke swings by to discuss design obsession, podcasting, iPad games and literature. Show links AaronMahnke.com Frictionless 70Decibels – Home Work Tea, Teawares, helpful tips and suggestions for enjoying tea in your home or office. Butterick’s Practical Typography PICK: Junk Jack X PICK: Capture Cards / Frictionless Tools PICK: Crunchyroll – Attack on Titan Full episodes streaming online for free Crunchyroll – Watch Naruto Shippuden, Bleach, Anime Videos and Episodes Free Online SAMURAI CHAMPLOO PICK: ReadKit Slicereader – Easy reading for Mac PICK: The Dark Tower List of The Dark Tower characters – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PICK: David Usher Casper Babypants Aaron Mahnke (amahnke) on Twitter

Gil Hova is a board game designer. He’s also a programmer during the day, but his real passion lies in the design of puzzles and challenges, and figuring out what makes things “fun.” We chat about board games, video games, reviewers, egos, and the essence of fun. Show links Minion Games BoardGameGeek | Gaming Unplugged Since 2000 Prolix Board Game | Board Games | Products | CoolStuffInc.com online retailer of board games, mtg and many other collectible card games PICK: Ra Reiner Knizia’s Ra for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store TE-Snippets for TextExpander Battle Merchants Kickstarter PICK: Shiori – Pinboard and Delicious OS X client PICK: Dominion PICK: iThoughtsX PICK: Agricola (board game) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PICK: GistPal Gil Hova (gilhova) on Twitter Gil Hova (ingredientx) on Twitter

James Barclay, IT consultant, hobbyist developer and comic creator joins Brett to talk about art, macs and coding for fun and profit. Show links Black Hole by Charles Burns Learn by Doing – Code School Liza font eMac – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PICK: Anvil for Mac PICK: Hammer PICK: Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon PICK: The Heist by Macklemore Ryan Lewis PICK: taskpaper.vim – TaskPaper to-do list format support PICK: PlainTasks for Sublime Text PICK: fseventer PICK: NotiSpy Everything is Gray Autolux

Dr. Drang, a consulting engineer well known amongst nerds on the Internet, talks with Brett about aging gracefully, music history and how we decide where to focus our attention. Show links Dr. Drang’s blog: And now it’s all this PICK: Uni-ball Jetstream RT PICK: Song Sergeant Contacts Cleaner PICK: BBEdit 10 PICK: GeekTool Geeklets: weather and forecast – BrettTerpstra.com Sidecar 2.0 – BrettTerpstra.com PICK: Terminology PCalc Notesy PICK: Airfoil Speakers Airfoil Fission – Fast Lossless Audio Editing For Mac OS X Skype call recording with bookmarked, mind-mapped notes Quiet – Razor sharp focus app for your Mac Backdrop Dr. Drang (drdrang) on Twitter