The Important Thing

Michael Lopp
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Mar 2, 2019 • 30min

The One About Lyle and Spider-Man

In this episode, we introduce you to my co-host Lyle – pre-eminent listener, longtime radio host, and fellow mountain resident. We also spend time talking logos and introversion… and then we finish with a strong Spider-Man chaser.
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Feb 27, 2019 • 27min

The One About Communication

In our latest and greatest episode, we talk about the craft of communication. After a brief introduction, we talking about Werewolf, lying, death in D&D, and the art of yolo'ing it.
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Feb 6, 2019 • 7min

The (Brief) One About Pens and Typography

Don't tell anyone. We're still producing episodes. In this brief episode, Lyle and Lopp talk pens and typography and how they help us say what we need to say.
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Jan 27, 2019 • 15min

The One About Understanding the Why

In our surprisingly quick to arrive fourth episode, we briefly giggle about the clickity-clack of a mechanical keyboard and then talk about a time at Apple where it was critical to understanding the why.
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Jan 20, 2019 • 1h 6min

The One About Destiny

In the second episode, I am excited to be joined by my fellow Guardian John Siracusa to discuss the video game Destiny. Proudest moments, total time wasted, and the reality of the Hunter handicap – it's all there. Destiny overview Siracusa's typical sniping performance What is a skinner box? And what is a Gjallarhorn? The Crota's End Theme
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Jan 20, 2019 • 50min

The One About Information Consumption

Two years later, we're back with the Important Thing. Lyle and Lopp talk information consumption. Notification purges, marking all as read, and figuring out how to catch the most important information are just a few of the tips and tricks we discuss. Interview with Ernie Cline Feedly Geekspeak Weather Episode Song Exploder West Wing Weekly Rands Feed List (OPML)
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Jan 16, 2017 • 1h 3min

The One About Pens

I'm just delighted to kickoff the first episode with Tiff Arment where The Important Thing is pens. In this first episode, we talk pen origin stories, we dive deep on fountain pens, and, uh, we talk video games, too.

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