Mikes On MicsMikes On Micshttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013-05-24T07:00:28ZSquarespaceEpisode 69: Apps and Actionshttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/5/24/episode-69-apps-and-actions.htmlMike Vardy2013-05-24T07:00:28Z2013-05-24T07:00:28Z“The Mikes” discuss a recent episode of the Enough podcast where Patrick Rhone and Myke Hurley examine a common obsession with the app choices of others. Schechter and Vardy share why they feel the apps can often matter as much as the actions they seek to help us achieve.

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]]>Episode 69: Apps and Actionshttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/5/24/episode-69-apps-and-actions-1.htmlMike Vardy2013-05-24T07:00:28Z2013-05-24T07:00:28Z“The Mikes” discuss a recent episode of the Enough podcast where Patrick Rhone and Myke Hurley examine a common obsession with the app choices of others. Schechter and Vardy share why they feel the apps can often matter as much as the actions they seek to help us achieve.

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]]>Episode 68: Prepared Enough To Wing It with Dave Morrishttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/5/17/episode-68-prepared-enough-to-wing-it-with-dave-morris.htmlMike Vardy2013-05-17T07:00:15Z2013-05-17T07:00:15Z“The Mikes” are joined by Dave Morris to examine the ways that improvisation can improve the way you approach your work and life.

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]]>Episode 67: Chaotic Energy with Pat Dryburghhttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/5/10/episode-67-chaotic-energy-with-pat-dryburgh.htmlMike Vardy2013-05-10T07:00:55Z2013-05-10T07:00:55Z“The Mikes” are joined by Pat Dryburgh to discuss his Hundred Down experiment and the stress that comes along with attempting to make a change.

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]]>Episode 66: People Still Use Paper with Dave Caolohttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/5/3/episode-66-people-still-use-paper-with-dave-caolo.htmlMike Vardy2013-05-03T07:01:09Z2013-05-03T07:01:09Z“The Mikes” are joined by Dave Caolo of 52 Tiger and Home Work fame for a conversation on the best ways to use paper (remember that stuff?) to get things done. As with most analog technologies, Schechter struggles to make the most of notebooks and other popular paper products in his everyday productivity, so Vardy and Caolo take him to school.

Towards the end, all three take a step back from the “how-to” aspects of paper to talk about the role of analog tools in an increasingly digital world.

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]]>Episode 65: Creating in Public with Patrick Rhonehttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/4/26/episode-65-creating-in-public-with-patrick-rhone.htmlMike Vardy2013-04-26T07:00:00Z2013-04-26T07:00:00Z"The Mikes" are joined by Patrick Rhone to take a behind the scenes look at the the launch of his So You Want To Be A Mac Consultant Now... ebook. In less than one week, Patrick took what started as a question on App.net about an old blog post, began updating the piece and turned it into the first ever Minimal Guide. Wondering how a question on a social network led to a living blog post which turned into to an premium ebook that is still being updated as this episode goes live? Schechter and Vardy were too, and thankfully Patrick was more than happy to share his experience.

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]]>Episode 64: Experimenting with A.J. Jacobshttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/4/19/episode-64-experimenting-with-aj-jacobs.htmlMichael Schechter2013-04-19T05:00:29Z2013-04-19T05:00:29Z“The Mikes” are joined by author and experimenter extraordinaire A. J. Jacobs. A.J. writes for Esquire and is the author of books like Drop Dead Healthy and My Life as an Experiment. Vardy and A.J. swap tales of their own experiments while Schechter asks about the smaller impact of big experiments. They also discuss how A.J. doesn’t sleep with his wife… so you’re not going to want to miss this episode.

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]]>Episode 63: DIY Creating with Brian Thompsonhttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/4/12/episode-63-diy-creating-with-brian-thompson.htmlMichael Schechter2013-04-12T05:00:19Z2013-04-12T05:00:19Z“The Mikes” are joined by Brian Thompson of Thorny Bleeder to talk about the shift of creators taking control of their own art and careers. Brian’s site focuses on helping musicians take command of their career. The conversation starts on the space, but grows into the way that people can work to ensure the success of their own creations. Schechter, Vardy and Brian discuss the challenges that come along with balancing the creating along everything else involved in helping those creations find an audience.

Note: We ran into a little Skype trouble, but hope you’ll agree the conversation is worth the occasional quality drop. Schechter was also wrong, KBS is indeed a breakfast stout.

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]]>Episode 62: Talking About Talking About Productivityhttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/4/5/episode-62-talking-about-talking-about-productivity.htmlMike Vardy2013-04-05T07:01:01Z2013-04-05T07:01:01Z"The Mikes" are joined by Kourosh Dini of Using OmniFocus and Thanh Pham of Asian Efficiency to talk about their mutual interest and obsession with the topic of productivity. All four share what led them to the topic, how they go about doing things and how this informs the way they talk about talking about doing things. Beyond their own interest in the subject, Schechter, Vardy, Dini and Pham all discuss the current state of the productivity space by examining where it helps (and when it hurts) those who turn to it.

Note: After the episode, "The Mikes", Kourosh and Thanh all geek out about OmniFocus 2. You can get ahold of this conversation by subscribing to the Mike Techniques newsletter.

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]]>Episode 61: Sick and Tiredhttp://www.70decibels.com/mikesonmics/2013/3/29/episode-61-sick-and-tired.htmlMike Vardy2013-03-29T07:00:49Z2013-03-29T07:00:49ZThis week we keep the guests away because Vardy is still getting over his illness. Actually, that comes into play with our theme – which is being sick and tired – mainly due to overwhelm or generally being busy. The Mikes talk about how their systems help them through those times (and how they don’t), what each of them do to push them through those circumstances, and other ideas that they (and you) can implement to get things done even when you really aren’t at 100 percent.

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