David and Katie chat with Tom Merritt about going independent, working from home, podcasting and more.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Guest Starring:

Tom Merritt

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• Tom Merritt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Tom Merritt .com | Curious about what Tom Merritt's up to? Well here ya go.
  Collected from: Tom Merritt .com
  • Guest Appearances
  • Quotes
  • AutoPilot
  • Cordkillers
  • Current Geek
  • Daily Tech News Show
  • East Meets West
  • FSL Tonight
  • It's A Thing
  • Sword and Laser
  • YouTube
  • Writing

• Tom on Twitter
  Tom Merritt on Twitter is @acedtect
  
• Buzz Out Loud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Simplenote
  iTunes Link

  Mac App Store Link

• feedly
  iTunes Link
  
• reeder
  iTunes Link
  
• Mr. Reader - RSS News Reader for your iPad
  iTunes Link
  
• Techmeme
  
• Daily Tech News Show | On your side.
  
• Daily Tech News Show | Reddit
  
• DuckDuckGo
  
• Next DuckDuckGo
  
• Disconnect | Online Privacy & Security
  
• PR 40 | Heil Sound Pro
  
• Mackie - ProFX 8
  
• Behringer: U-CONTROL UCA202
  
• Blackmagic Design: UltraStudio Thunderbolt™
  
• Alesis - Innovative tools and instruments for today’s musician
  
• Home | TWiT.TV
  
• Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
  
• Linux Mint
  
• Timex Sinclair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Rdio
  iTunes Link
  
• nvALT - BrettTerpstra.com
  Drink!
  
• Duolingo | Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and English for free
  iTunes Link
  
• Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, Book 2): Brandon Sanderson
  Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive sequence began in 2010 with the New York Times bestseller The Way of Kings. Now, the eagerly anticipated Words of Radiance continues the epic story and answers many of your questions.

• Amazon.com: The Martian: A Novel: Andy Weir
  Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
  Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
  
• Influx: Daniel Suarez: Amazon.com: Books
  What if our civilization is more advanced than we know?

• Amazon.com: N. K. Jemisin: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle
  N. K. Jemisin is an author living and writing in Brooklyn, NY. This is fortunate as she enjoys subways, tiny apartments, and long walks through city parks.

• Amazon.com: Into Thin Air eBook: Jon Krakauer
  A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong.

• Patreon: Support the creators you love
  
• The Weather Channel for iPad on the App Store on iTunes
  
• BBC News on the App Store on iTunes
  
• The Hacker News | Biggest Information Security Channel
  
• reddit: the front page of the internet
  
• The Economist - World News, Politics, Economics, Business & Finance
  iTunes Link
  
• Babbage | The Economist
  
• Downcast
  iTunes Link

  Mac App Store Link

• RunKeeper - Track your runs, walks more with your iPhone
  
• Nike+
  
• "Buy Me a Pie!" - Grocery Shopping List
  iTunes Link
  
• TripIt - Travel Itinerary - Trip Planner
  iTunes Link
  
• LIFX - the smart wifi light bulb
  
• Waze: Free Community-based Mapping, Traffic & Navigation App
  iTunes Link
  

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