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David Heinemeier Hansson

Creator of Ruby on Rails; chief technology officer of 37signals

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I have the question ready right here. I bought a skateboard about two months ago, which has a funny story in itself. ... I used to skateboard back when I was a kid, but literally had not skateboarded in 20 years. But I happen to live right now out here in California, where I’m just the perfect distance away from lunch that a skateboard is just what I need.

Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 5 June 2018 source ↗

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Mark Bell Powerlifter; founder of Slingshot and Super Training Gym
Initially I was going to say a pair of Groucho Marx glasses that I bought in Japan. I got a lot of legs out of those.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 30 May 2018 source ↗
Chris Young Cook and inventor; co-author of Modernist Cuisine, co-founder of ChefSteps
I’ll give two answers. I bought a new electric teakettle. I used to have all the stovetop kettles. Even though I knew it was vastly better, I underestimated how much better my life would be by having an electric tea kettle so I can have tea actually quickly and more or less on demand with very little fuss.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 4 June 2018 source ↗
Luis von Ahn Co-founder and chief executive of Duolingo; co-inventor of CAPTCHA
Easy, easy. An electric toothbrush. I got the Oral-B iO. This changes your life. I mean you can’t go back. You can’t go back.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 18 July 2022 source ↗
Debbie Millman Designer; host of Design Matters; founder of the SVA branding programme
Well, the purchase that has influenced me over the last six months is the Apple pencil. I do so much of my artwork by hand and now there is a device that draws and feels like a real pencil that I can use electronically. It’s changed the way I work.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 26 June 2018 source ↗

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Question Which documentary has stayed with you, and what did it change for you? Taste & recommendation
Let’s see. I like The Big Short. I’d read the book already. That was a good one. ... I find more than documentaries – I get a little impatient with documentaries because I find the point they’re trying to make could be made in ten minutes and we’re stretching it to an hour and 45 with pictures and unless those pictures are amazing, there’s a lot of other things I’d rather do.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 5 June 2018 source ↗

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