Mark Steadman

Inbox Zero is a pretty good way of organising your email, but behind the system is a dude who stepped off the hamster wheel of productivity, got some perspective, and became one of the Internet’s true treasures. Support the show from $3 and get * Episodes early and ad-free * Join

Brendan's going to church and Mark's starting a choir. No, like, really. Links * The Problem with Time & Timezones * (00:00) - They're just trying to have a Tuesday * (00:12) - Mark's other podcast * (11:44) - C90 Community Chorus * (32:

Simple mistakes are more common than it’s comfortable to admit. But there’s a dirt-simple technique that has dramatically reduced the number of preventable deaths, and it’s stuff we can use to make our own lives run more smoothly. Thanks to Ayesha Khan of Every Single Sci-Fi Film

How do you like them apples? Links * The paradoxical theory of change

When things look bleak, either in your head or out in the world, being “productive” is probably the furthest thing from your mind. We live in difficult times, no doubt, but two outliers a hundred years apart, fought oppression, propaganda, and dehumanisation all while under their own personal dark clouds.

Brendan has an app idea and a new tattoo, and the boys both watched The Menu. And have things to say. (Spoiler: they liked it.) * (00:00) - No powders * (00:14) - The Godmode app * (20:49) - Mark has discovered Substack * (27:55) - Content as an act

Can this analogue system for a digital age really help us get more done? Has it strayed from its roots and become synonymous with people who call things “super aesthetic”? And, if we can learn what we need to about the system in 3 minutes, why does it cost three

Brendan and Mark talk about pain, shame, and programming; Mark does a recce of Brendan's website;  * (00:00) - I am more bit than man * (00:49) - A nice little shop * (04:23) - Being essential * (07:30) - What doing business looks like in 2025 * (16:

Time stands still and you’re in that sweet-spot where the work you're doing is challenging enough to hold your attention, but not so difficult that it causes you stress. This is flow, and it might just prove itself to be one of the keys that unlocks long-term

Mark's chair is broken, Brendan is still obsessed with The Cable Guy, and AI always has to have the last word. Links * Shell Game * Guns Akimbo (2019) * Deep Questions with Cal Newport * We Can Do Hard Things