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Episode 55 - The Pickles Never Touch
Episode Description
This week Dan and Merlin ponder why there's so much variability in the quality of our work.
Whether we're making code, scrubbing toilets, or stinking up the Arby's, what explains our individual drive to do something better?
Episode Information
Initially Released February 21, 2012
Runtime 1 hour 47 minutes
Episode Page The Pickles Never Touch
Recurring Topics and Characters
Discussion
| Intro | Merlin and Dan kick off the episode with a discussion of the Paleo Diet, and how it pertains to parenting. |
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| About 10 minutes [Start - 00:09:33] |
| Meta | Talking about the show on the show. |
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| About 2 minutes [00:09:34 - 00:11:00] |
| Homebrew | Command line tools and how they related to being responsive to customers. |
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| About 8 minutes [00:11:01 - 00:19:34] |
| Green Fields | The green fields of opportunity and of tools, and the work Dan is doing for the 5by5 website. |
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| ABout 15 minutes [00:19:34 - 00:35:00] |
| Economic Indicators | Getting work based on your past work and what it means to be on Hollywood Squares. |
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| About 15 minutes [00:35:01 - 00:40:54] |
| Agency and Dignity | Doing your best and taking initiative. |
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| About 25 minutes [00:40:55 - 01:06:50] |
| Sponsor | Squarespace | [01:06:51 - 01:14:30] |
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| Paying Attention | What you have to pay attention to with work and with customers. Can you teach ownership? |
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| About 15 minutes [01:14:31 - 01:28:11] |
| Sponsor | AgileBits 1Password | [01:28:12 - 01:35:32] |
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| Take Aways | Dan says "that's fine for Merlin" in a very circuitous way. |
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| About 10 minutes [01:36:33 - End] |
Quotes
It's made of meat.
-Dan, explaining meatloaf to Merlin. [00:01:02]
It was like a cat trying to type King Lear.
-Merlin, learning to use the command line. [00:11:31]
Lets stipulate: (A) I have no idea what I'm talking about and (B) this is a lot like NPR on Mondays when they talk about technology. So it's really of question of who we want to insult. Do we want to insult the people who understand this stuff or do we want to insult the people who could care less? And I think we should go for both.
-Merlin, taking on homebrew. [00:13:42]
What you should be doing, in my opinion, is whatever is gonna make you…um…I don't even know, there's probably a sports term for this - raise your bar.
-Merlin [01:42:56]
Do you want to be surrounded people who are allowed to decide how awesome you're allowed to be? That's no way to live.
-Merlin [01:35:32]
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