1. Merlin Dean Mann III was born on November 26,1966 and is an American writer, blogger, and podcaster.
17 Facts About Merlin Mann
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Merlin Mann coined and popularized the concept of "Inbox Zero", writing a series of articles in 2006 on 43 Folders, originally suggesting for an "Inbox DMZ".
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In 2020 Merlin Mann stated he doesn't keep his inbox empty, and that the term has been misunderstood.
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In 2007, Merlin Mann launched You Look Nice Today, an award-winning comedy podcast that bills itself as "A Journal of Emotional Hygiene", an effort he created with Adam Lisagor and Scott Simpson.
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Merlin Mann has produced QPR: Quotidian Public Radio, an audio podcast launched in January 2009, which was billed as "audio comfort food for annoyed liberals in fleece".
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Merlin Mann was one of the hosts on the MacBreak video podcast, and a core host on the MacBreak Weekly audio podcast.
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In May 2015, Mann and technology blogger Jim Dalrymple started The Dalrymple Report podcast, more recently presented as "The Dalrymple Report with Merlin Mann", which continued through its 32nd episode on September 15,2015.
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In June 2015, Merlin Mann began a 10 podcast series with John Siracusa in collaboration with Relay FM called Reconcilable Differences, which has since been extended.
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In October 2016, Merlin Mann began a podcast titled Do By Friday with Alex Cox and Max Temkin.
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In early 2009, Merlin Mann produced a short video series, Most Days.
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On February 26,2007, Mann launched The Merlin Show, a video podcast primarily dedicated to long-form interviews.
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Merlin Mann has published a long-running series of video shorts named That Phone Guy.
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Merlin Mann has been described as the "inventor" of the Hipster PDA, a paper-based, DIY personal organizer that uses design cues found in David Allen's Getting Things Done.
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Merlin Mann is known for his work with Quicksilver, a program used for quickly executing actions from the keyboard in macOS.
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Merlin Mann was a member of the Tallahassee, Florida-based indie rock band Bacon Ray from 1994 to 1999.
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Merlin Mann started a cover song project of Will Oldham's song "I Am a Cinematographer".
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Merlin Mann started treatment for attention deficit disorder in 2008, something which he says helped his focus.