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[**5by5 WWDC 2014 Party**](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_kKrqvsH928) by [searle](http://searlevideo.com) Monday's 5by5 meetup was just so much fun. So great to see so many hosts and friends of the network in one place. Really…nice. And, sure: I kissed Andy Ihnatko and gave out some free piggie back rides. _As you do._
NOW HEAR THIS:
Back to Work: Episode #154 - Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
TOPIC: The Attention Stack
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about—what?—maybe the attention stack. How what we pay attention to (and, yes spend our time on) can't help but affect how we see, think, feel, and decide.
Not happy with any of those things? Start working your way down the stack.
http://5by5.tv/b2w/154
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Back to Work: #145 - Nine-Thousand Words of Holden Caulfield
This week, Dan takes a minute to sit down with Merlin to talk about bathroom GIFs, Marvel movies, private school ejection, and a new interview with Merlin that is very very long.
http://5by5.tv/b2w/145
5by5 feed (live) listening right now, too much irrelevant they say, the show is half an hour they do it for like 10-15 mins, Zeldman is way cooler he gets to content right away!
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Back to Work: Episode #66 - Horseradish on My Raccoon
TOPIC: The Pete Campbell Problem
Ever notice how you never really "arrive?" Or, have you ever noticed that right when you think you've "arrived," you don't stay arrived for very long—but now have a whole big bunch of new stuff to do? Yeah, us too.
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about expectations, the wrong kinds of ambition, and the unquenchable lust for prestige and respect. Good practitioners practice, great leaders lead, and crummy managers just get their fingers all brown from digging around in your chocolate bag.
How to see yourself more as your team does—and less as That Guy who deserves more everything.
Because there will always be more "everything."
What's Your 10x Going to Be?
I'm a big fan of Dan Benjamin's 5by5 network. He's done an amazing job of creating great podcasts with fantastic hosts. One of my favorite podcasts on 5by5 is a show hosted by Dan and Merlin Mann called 'Back to Work' on which they discuss productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more. On episode 53 Merlin asks the question, "what's your 10 times going to be?" He's referring to things in our lives that we're not happy about. Maybe it's our current employment situation, a bad relationship, a crappy apartment or even a bad cell phone contract. Sooner or later we need to ask ourselves, "how much more of this do I want?" It's not, "how much more can I HANDLE," because you probably can handle a lot more, but instead, "how much more do I WANT. Do I WANT 10 times more of this?"
Here's some of the questions he asks that you should be asking yourself if you feel like you're in a situation that's not adding to your happiness.
What's Your 10x Going to Be?
How much more of this do I want?
What if you got 10 times more? 10 times more disrespect, 10 times more lack of acknowledgement?
What if that fear of getting fired didn't turn out? Are you gonna be happy if you're at that place for another year? Another 10 or 20 years. Pretty soon you're not gonna be 25 anymore. You're gonna be 35 or 45 or 55.
When do you know that you don't want 10 times more of something?
When do you know it's time to cut bait?
Stop what your doing, take a look around, and make a decision NOW about what the rest of your life is going to look like, or at least take a step in that direction
What if I became the person that wasn't habitually looking for the next thing to be scared of?
There will always be something that will scare me more
-merlin mann, back to work - episode 53 (around 1:09:00 mark)
5by5 Radio app coming very soon to iOS
If you are listening to podcasts weekly and you are not aware of the 5by5 network -- then you are not listening to the right podcasts. The network has grown so much since its introduction in 2009 and out of the six podcasts I listen to every week, five come from them.
The site offers an array of podcast choices including tech, movies, web/app development, design, sports -- you name it. And it's been expanding over the years adding new selections at a very rapid pace.
The genius behind 5by5 is Dan Benjamin who co-hosts most of the shows and does everything else in between. Dan is now taking the site to another level with the 5by5 Radio app for iOS.
When you are home and parked by a laptop or desktop, you can listen to all the shows live while they are being recorded and interact in the IRC room. Though, the on the go experience is non-existent or choppy at best on mobile devices.
That's where the app comes into play. During the latest “Build & Analyze” podcast -- Dan and Marco Arment discussed the app in more detail and I'm very excited for it to release.
Here is the apps premise. It will push notifications to your iOS device to let you know when your favorite shows are going to start. You can then jump into the application and listen to the show live. Very simple and effective – and from what I hear works very well.
If that isn't enough reason you should go buy this app when it comes out, they have also integrated live IRC right into the app to make this experience even that much better.
Dan also mentioned that there will be much more updates and features added after its initial release. One of them being 5by5's Showbot, which is a site where fans can suggest and vote for there favorite show titles.
The 5by5 Radio app is another step closer for Dan and his team to dominate the podcasting world and I can't wait to get my hands on it. Be on the look out for it in the App Store very soon. It looks like Dan just submitted it for review:
"Your app status is Waiting For Review" @5by5
— Dan Benjamin (@danbenjamin) April 19, 2012
I'll be writing a full review for the app soon. In the mean time, check out 5by5 and follow them on Twitter.
A list of Merlin Mann's nicknames for 5by5 hosts
John Gruber: "grubes"
John Siracusa: "jaysir"
Horace Dediu: "chart boy"
Marco Arment: "money boy"
Dan Benjamin: "dan benjamin"
