The Conversation

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Show Notes

In this special episode, Dan Benjamin talks with two of his heroes, Merlin Mann and Jeff Veen about independence, free thinking, email, productivity, and changing your game.

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Guests

Jeffrey Veen is the founder of Typekit, one of the founding partners of Adaptive Path, and the co-creator of Measure Map, the web analytics tool acquired by Google in 2006. After five years with Adaptive Path, Jeff moved on to Google, where he lead the redesign of their Analytics product and managed their web apps UX team. Learn more about Jeff Veen »

Merlin created 43 Folders, co-hosts You Look Nice Today, appears on MacBreak Weekly, and speaks and consults about things like email, time & attention, and creative work. Merlin also created Inbox Zero, the Hipster PDA, the Procrastination Dash, and more. Learn more about Merlin Mann »

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Links

• You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional Hygiene
• Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster - Merlin Mann
• Merlin Mann (hotdogsladies) on Twitter
• veen.com
• Jeffrey Veen (veen) on Twitter
• An Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Web Sites
• 43 Folders | Time, Attention, and Creative Work
• Typekit
• Socialcast - Enterprise Microblogging, Social Networking and Activity Streams
• The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
• Drive | Daniel Pink
• The Pipeline #22: Adam Lisagor | 5by5

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