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Cortex is a show that explores how creative people think about their work — and how they get it done. Each episode dives into the workflows they follow, the apps and devices they depend on, and the habits that keep projects moving. Hosted by CGP Grey and Myke Hurley.

Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Relay FM

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13: Trail of Tears Sep 19, 2015

Show notes

Myke is jet-lagged, but Grey wants to know all about XOXO. Grey is intrigued about the iPad Pro, and Myke wants to talk about iOS 9. Grey shares a theory about the 16GB iPhone, Myke listens.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Smile: Save 20% on PDFpen, PDFpenPro, or TextExpander by using the coupon code 'Cortex' at checkout. Offer ends October 15th, 2015.
Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'MONKEYBRAIN' for 10% off your first purchase.
Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code CORTEX for 10% off

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Support Cortex with a Relay FM Membership

Discuss this episode on Reddit

Cortex Jingle Slowed 10,000x by itmightbekyle | SoundCloud

Lingua franca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Big Love - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rule of Two - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

XOXO Festival

dooce® | I'm Heather B. Armstrong. This is my website.

XOXO Festival - YouTube

CGP Grey's Email List — CGP Grey

iOS 9 - Apple

iOS 9: The MacStories Review, Created on iPad – MacStories

How to Turn off News in Spotlight in iOS 9 — CGP Grey

Editorial on the App Store

Byword on the App Store

Mailbox on the App Store

Brief History of the Royal Family - YouTube

iPad Pro - Apple

Apple Pencil - Apple

Amazon: Triangle Pencil Grips

iPad - Compare Models - Apple

iPhone 6s - Apple

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 123, Live From WWDC 2015 With Phil Schiller

16GB is a Bad User Experience - David Smith

12: The Rule of Two Sep 07, 2015

Show notes

Grey describes the 'Rule of Two', Myke wants to know how the 'UK explained' video became a success, and they both discuss Netflix's hiring policies, branding, and ASMR videos.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code 'CORTEX'
Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code CORTEX for $5 off your first purchase
Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code CORTEX for 10% off

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Paulstretch

PaulStretch: An Interview with Paul Nasca | Mat Jarvis

Windows Startup Sounds (slowed 4000%) by ideoforms | SoundCloud

Jurassic Park Theme (1000% Slower) by birdfeeder | SoundCloud

Amazon.com: Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse

Amazon.com : Xiaomi Mi Band

Big Pharma on Steam

Episode 647: Hard Work Is Irrelevant : Planet Money : NPR

The Netflix slide deck

Spencer's thoughts on motivations

Grey's channel ad

We have a new name: In a Nutshell - YouTube

Kurzgesagt rebrands!

ASMR. Sounds that feel good

Autonomous sensory meridian response - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Why can I make a rumbling noise by tensing something inside my ears? - Reddit

4 Huge Youtube Channels ANYONE Could Have Made - YouTube

Origin Stories, episode #6 of The Cracked Podcast on Earwolf

Cultural bias, episode #7 of The Cracked Podcast on Earwolf

This is the one with the Prince story.

Hi United Kingdom: I made a video explaining all your delightful complexity in under five minutes. What do you think? - r/unitedkingdom

Grey's initial post on the UK subreddit.

Alfred - Productivity App for Mac OS X

Quicksilver — Mac OS X at your Fingertips

11: 0% Entertaining Aug 28, 2015

Show notes

This week Grey and Myke get very excited about their new computer mice, before sharing more of their views on if it's easier to become an internet personality today, and what you need to do to get there.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

TextExpander, from Smile: Type more with less effort.
Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code 'CORTEX' to get 15% off
Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code CORTEX for 10% off

Links and Show Notes:

Support Cortex with a Relay FM Membership

Buy a Cortex T-shirt and support the show!

Discuss the episode on Reddit

Cortex on YouTube

Amazon.com: Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch Small Tablet

Amazon.com: Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse

Logitech MX Master Review! - YouTube

Vmax77's Mind Map of Cortex 010

TWSBI Mini Fountain Pen - Classic

Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-peki (50ml Bottle)

The Pen Addict - Relay FM

Alienturnedhuman's comment on Reddit

Vsauce - YouTube

Kurzgesagt - YouTube

VidStatsX.com

Amazon.com: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone

The Flop House

MKBHD's first video

How To Start a YouTube Channel - Veritasium - YouTube

Shia LaBeouf motivational speech - "Just Do It" - YouTube

SwiftKey Keyboard + Emoji on the App Store on iTunes

TextExpander 3 + custom keyboard on the App Store on iTunes

Emoji++ : The Fast Emoji Keyboard on the App Store on iTunes

Sunrise Calendar - An Outlook App on the App Store on iTunes

Fleksy Keyboard - GIFs, Stickers and Emoji on the App Store on iTunes

A playlist of 10 hour long songs on YouTube

Makin' Bacon Pancakes 10 HOUR VERSION! - YouTube

The song that doesn't end - 10 Hour version - YouTube

Justin Bieber 800% Slower - YouTube

10: Zero Artistic Skills Aug 14, 2015

Show notes

This time Grey and Myke tackle various ways to get audiobooks in to Overcast, discuss the creation of Alphabet, and cover the tools and processes Grey uses to create the animation for his videos.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code 'CORTEX' to get 15% off.
Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'SCHEDULE' for 10% off your first purchase.
Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code CORTEX for 10% off

Links and Show Notes:

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Dungeon Keeper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cities: Skylines - Paradox Interactive

War For The Overworld

ROCKET LEAGUE - Official Site

Bamboo Pad, wireless | Wacom

Alternote — note-taking app for Mac. Alternative Evernote client for Mac with Markdown support

An 'Adina Mind Map'

A mind map created for a marketing campaign to raise awareness for eating disorders. Warning: content potentially triggering for eating disorder sufferers.

Lukas' script for automatically hosting a podcast in your Dropbox public folder

JustCast - Publish your Podcast with Dropbox in minutes

Podmash

Libsyn - Podcast Hosting Services

Simplecast - Podcast Hosting Made Incredibly Easy.

Grey's (kind of) current Home screen

Myke's Workflow to create an Audible app shortcut

An example of the Apple Music errors Grey was seeing

Overcast

Official Google Blog: G is for Google

Alphabet

Introducing Spot - Boston Dynamics - YouTube

Petman Tests Camo - YouTube

Nest Thermostat Teardown - learn.sparkfun.com

Meet the Nest Thermostat | Nest

Meet Nest Cam | Nest

CGP Grey - YouTube

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained - YouTube

Zero Punctuation Complete Series - YouTube

Apple - Keynote for Mac

Apple - GarageBand for Mac

Apple - iMovie for Mac

Phaseofplay.net

Myke's brother's blog.

Inkscape

OmniGraffle - diagramming and graphic design for Mac, iPhone, and iPad - The Omni Group

Apple - Logic Pro X

Apple - Final Cut Pro X

Wacom Intuos Pen Graphics Tablet: Amazon.co.uk

Not the Confederate Flag - YouTube

This link will open the video at the specific time for the joke Myke enjoys.

Support CGP Grey creating Youtube videos

Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube

Las Vegas isn't Las Vegas - YouTube

Politics in the Animal Kingdom: Single Transferable Vote - YouTube

Hello Internet Animated - YouTube

Cortex Sticker — Relay FM

Amazon.com: Logitech Unifying receiver for mouse and keyboard: Computers & Accessories

9: Draft A Day Aug 07, 2015

Show notes

This time Grey has a Home screen disaster and Myke admits how he plays Prison Architect, before going on to talk about writing scripts for Youtube videos, and their thoughts on outlining and mind mapping.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Harvest: Simple, beautiful online time-tracking software. Use code CORTEX for 50% off your first month.
Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.
Warby Parker: Glasses should not cost as much as an iPhone.

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Cortex Sticker — Relay FM

Store — Relay FM

Grey discovering the orange Audible icon

Grey's current Home screen arrangement

Steven's Dropbox to Huffduffer Workflow

Workflow | Powerful automation made simple.

Huffduffer

Batman (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prison Architect by Introversion Software

Prison Architect will break out of jail and arrive on iPad and Android tablets this October | Prison Architect upcoming | iPad | Pocket Gamer

Knitting Simulator 2014 | KARA STONE

Euro Truck Simulator

Euro truck simulator 3 - YouTube

Evernote

Editorial for iOS

Byword • Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

iThoughts — toketaWare

Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube

Mind map - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Outline (list) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monty Python - Dead Parrot - YouTube

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Cal Newport: Amazon.com

On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft: Stephen King: Amazon.com

iPad Air Smart Cover - Apple

Review: Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad – MacStories

Wireless Backlit Keyboard for Mac, iPad, iPhone + Apple TV - Logitech

8: An Episode Out Of Time Jul 24, 2015

Show notes

This week Grey and Myke talk about how they deal with travelling, before answering important questions like; 'what Coffee does Grey drink?', 'what advice would you give for someone that wants to be self employed?', and 'Kirk or Picard?'.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Harvest: Simple, beautiful online time-tracking software. Use code CORTEX for 50% off your first month.
Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.

Links and Show Notes:

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H.I. #26: Brady Had Dinner With Darth Vader — Hello Internet

OmniFocus - task management for Mac, iPad, and iPhone - The Omni Group

Clear — Award-Winning Super-Simple, Clutter-Free To-Do App · Realmac Software

Reeder

Instapaper

Nuzzel - News From Your Friends

Tweetbot for iPhone — Tapbots

Twitterrific: Making Twitter Extra Terrific

James T. Kirk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jean-Luc Picard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kathryn Janeway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Pen Addict - Relay FM

Myke's Pen and Paper Podcast

Field Notes

Iteration — CGP Grey

So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport - Amazon.com

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big - Scott Adams - Amazon.com

HA HA! Business! - Imgur

7: Ultimately a Nightmare Jul 20, 2015

Show notes

More on email! Grey talks about some big changes in his personal email system, and Myke shares his top-tips for avoiding the email you don't want to deal with. Finally, Grey talks about his impressions of using the iOS 9 public beta.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

TextExpander 5, from Smile: Type more with less effort.
Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code CORTEX for 10% off

Links and Show Notes:

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Discuss this episode on Reddit

A Conference About Building Businesses | Release Notes

The conference Myke is going to.

Topic Suggestions — CGP Grey

Contact — CGP Grey

Email bankruptcy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MailActOn

OS X: About Mail Update for Mavericks - Apple Support

FastMail: Fast, reliable email

Drafts 4 - Quickly Capture Notes, Share Anywhere! on the App Store on iTunes

Inbox by Gmail - the inbox that works for you

Mailbox

Apple – iOS 9

Apple Beta Software Program

6: General Purpose Problem Jul 10, 2015

Show notes

This week Grey and Myke discuss why it’s important to have hobbies, before beginning to tackle the discussion of Email.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Audible: Get yourself a free audiobook by singing up at audible.com/cortex.
Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.

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Dayton Fashion Week

Let's Play (video gaming) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

XCOM: Ironman Impossible #1 - Secret Serpent - YouTube

YouTube

OpenTTD: British Isles 1950-1960 - YouTube

RimWorld Full Game Time-Lapse Video - YouTube

Twitch

PewDiePie raked in $7 million last year | Polygon

Lets Talk About Money. - YouTube

IamA PewDiePie - YouTube Gamer : IAmA

H.I. #6: Delete, Flag, Delete, Reply — Hello Internet

Grey & Brady talk about clutter, Tesla Motors and Email

The First Email Myke Ever Sent Grey

Inquisitive - Relay FM

Slack: Be less busy

CGP Grey's Email List — CGP Grey

Overcast

CGP Grey's Subreddit

5: Work Simulator Jul 03, 2015

Show notes

After trying to find ways to deal with unbearable heat, Grey and Myke discuss how they like to spend their time away from work, and put the 'Great Perspective Zoom Debate' to rest.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'BRAINS' for 10% off your first purchase.
Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code CORTEX for $5 off your first purchase

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Support Cortex with a Relay FM Membership

Not the Confederate Flag - YouTube

Hottest July day ever recorded in UK - BBC News

David Smith's investigative work.

Check the Weather on the App Store on iTunes

London Fashion Week

Custom Shirt Configurator

Konqueror - What is Konqueror?

narwhal for reddit on the App Store on iTunes

Discover new Recipes - IFTTT

Prison Architect by Introversion Software

Factorio

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Walking Dead (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arrested Development (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Star Trek: Voyager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Girl Talk - All Day - Illegal Art

Inquisitive - Relay FM

Myke's show, in which he is currently talking to people about music.

Cities: Skylines on Steam

Mini Metro

X-COM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Year Walk on the App Store on iTunes

Doom (2016 video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kingdom Rush on the App Store on iTunes

Splatoon™ for Wii U - Ink Shooting Game

Batman: Arkham Knight

No Man's Sky

Procedural generation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Minecraft sales on PC top 20M copies, more than 70M total | Polygon

4: Posting Day Jun 26, 2015

Show notes

This week Myke and Grey discuss iPad Portrait layout complications, how Grey deals with posting new videos to Youtube, and the necessity of checklists (even if you don't think you need them). Myke also launches the 'Great Perspective Zoom Debate', and Grey talks about starting a fashion label.

This episode of Cortex is sponsored by:

Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.
The Focus Course: A 40-day, self-guided, online course, that is all about helping you do your best creative work. Use the code CORTEX for $50 off.
Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code CORTEX for 10% off

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Grey's Wallpaper

Myke's 'Perspective Zoom' Evidence

Grey's 'Perspective Zoom' Evidence

iAliens for Reddit on the App Store on iTunes

Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube

H.I. #40: The Oval Office of Science - YouTube

Holland vs the Netherlands - YouTube

Screenshot of Grey's computer on Launch Day

Women's, men's & kids clothing - UNIQLO UK online casual clothes store

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