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Four Years
[“what is this?”]Four years ago last Monday, I started 43 Folders with a TypePad account and no idea what I was doing.The obsessions that brought me here struck me as fascinating and under-reported —...
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43 Folders: Time, Attention, and Creative Work
["what is this?"]Here's something I wrote last week for this site's new "About" page:43 Folders is Merlin Mann’s website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.Call it a...
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Driving Around the Buffalo
It's purely coincidental that today is my 42nd birthday, right? Eh. Maybe.Still, seems like as good a day as any to tell you what I've been thinking about, so, here's a little present to myself.My...
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Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking
As I've started shooting photos more often, I've picked up on some interesting patterns: habits, if you like. And, as I struggle to absorb the insane physics of capturing light with some glass and a...
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The High Cost of Pretending
apophenia: Warning: Email Sabbatical is Imminent .. and other random thoughts[via trivium]danah boyd is finishing her dissertation, then going on vacation for a month. While, she's gone, she's not...
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Better
Politics, celebrity gossip, business headlines, tech punditry, odd news, and user-generated content.These are the chew toys that have made me sad and tired and cynical.Read the rest of "Better."»...
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On Thumbs, Stars, and Little Men
Robert Christgau: CG 70s: The GradesI love Christgau’s original (pre-1990) explanation of how he grades the records that he reviews.An A+ record is an organically conceived masterpiece that repays...
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Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative Entrepreneurship
So amazing, so illegal. What are we going to do with you, future?That's my pal, Jonathan Coulton, remarking on the disruptively talented Kutiman, who has made an astounding series of YouTube video...
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Free as in "Me"
This unbelievably long article is related to (but not necessarily about) a discussion that I and several other people have been participating in online over the past few days. It's about (and not...
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Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities
Thanks to my funny, literary pal, Jason B. Jones, today, I'm visiting lovely, warm Connecticut to do some talks and whatnot at CCSU. I mention it because I'd started typing this little post mid-way...
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