Back to Work
5by5Back to Work is an award winning talk show with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discussing productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 643 | Founded | 15 years ago |
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| Categories | Society & CultureTechnology | ||||
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An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett.
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• David Ferrie - Wikipedia
• Merlin's Wisdom Project — "It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me."
• Max Eisenhardt (Earth-6... more
Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, Chernobyl.
Merlin’s weird, truncated contexts in Things.
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• Seven Little Pieces of My Heart — Merli... more
Your hosts discuss facial hair, notebooks, the metric system, flexing about local weather, and becoming the bathroom supplies you want to see in the world.
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• Amazon.com : kleid 8902 Notebook, 0.08 inch (2 mm) Grid Notebook, A5, 0.08 inch (2 ... more
Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.
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• Wacky Races (1968 TV series) - Wikipedia
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- Missing these guys
Hopefully they’ll bring it back
Apple Podcasts5RichardMBranson
United Kingdoma year ago - You Can Rename Multiple Files At Once On The Mac! And other great tips
This is such a fun show with two great humans. One of the highlights of my week. Thanks for making this folks and never stop.
Apple Podcasts5schalkneethling
South Africa2 years ago - eh
Dan gets to finish maybe 1 in 4 of his sentences.
(I’ve been listening for many many years, I’m not a newcomer who doesn’t know what this podcast is about).
Apple Podcasts2Sherif S.
United States2 years ago - It’s been fun, but the AI talk is offputting
Back to Work has always been amusing at the very least and extraordinarily helpful when they do actually talk about productivity and work. And right now it’s a crucial time as the specter of “AI” looms overhead, with people on both sides of the “issue” claiming this and that. I think it’s fine that Merlin (and to a lesser extent Dan) are very interested in these chatbots as they are here to stay and people do need to begin wrestling with them, for better or worse, as it encroaches (forcefully by... more
Apple Podcasts2gx4bbx3United States2 years ago - It’s been fun, but the AI talk is offputting
Back to Work has always been amusing at the very least and extraordinarily helpful when they do actually talk about productivity and work. And right now it’s a crucial time as the specter of “AI” looms overhead, with people on both sides of the “issue” claiming this and that. I think it’s fine that Merlin (and to a lesser extent Dan) are very interested in these chatbots as they are here to stay and people do need to begin wrestling with them, for better or worse, as it encroaches (forcefully by... more
Apple Podcasts2gx4bbx3United States2 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #176 |  Netherlands/Technology |
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