Category: Productivity
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Pretty, Powerful, Productive: My Obsidian Power User Setup
Personal Knowledge Management (or PKM) is such a useful and vital skill in today’s modern world, and I’m certainly not the first person to centralize the things I do want to track in one convenient, easy-to-navigate place. Of course, I don’t happen to focus everything into the second brain I’ve created (that’s why I also…
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Let’s Be Realistic About “Free Money” Apps
A QUICK ASIDE: Just to keep full transparency, I won’t include any affiliate links or sweeping endorsements here. This whole thing is me just trying to detail my view and experience with these sorts of apps. As a result, I get to be as honest and critical as I like. I found myself using an…
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Betterbird and Mailspring: A Comparison of Email Clients for Linux
UPDATED on July 22nd, 2024. Scroll down to read more information on how I eventually switched full-time to Betterbird. I talked a short while back about how I recently adopted Betterbird as my email client after having used Thunderbird on my old Arch Linux system. To put a long story short, I decided to search…
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Use What You Already Have to Get a “Dumbphone”
As I discussed in a few previous posts, I’ve made attempts to simplify my life before starting with my smartphone. Humorously, I remember being a younger Mr. Hyde around 2010 when Android phones were really starting to pick up traction, when the idea of digital convergence was truly exciting. The future looked so bright to…
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Switching from Thunderbird to Betterbird
I’m still largely getting small things back together from my previous installation of Arch Linux. That includes how I had Thunderbird set up with all of my email accounts. However, I decided on a whim, instead of merely typing in sudo pacman -S thunderbird and calling it a day, I decided to search for anything…
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Switching to a “Dumbphone”: Challenge Failed
This is a humbling post to make, but as stated in the title: I failed to make the successful switch to a simpler phone. I’ve already spent a week using this phone, the Xiaomi Qin F22 Pro. I previously discussed my attempt to make the full switch a short while back, so I’ll go ahead…
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Transitioning to a “Dumbphone”
I’m not somebody addicted to using a smartphone. In fact, I sort of adopted the digital minimalist mindset around six months ago and started using my existing smartphone, a OnePlus 10 5G, with the amazing Before Launcher. But something told me that wasn’t enough. I felt like I needed to do even more to make…
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Quitting QWERTY: Exploring Alternative Keyboard Layouts
It was around mid-2017 when I finally considered switching away from QWERTY. I was a rather accomplished typist who could push 95 to 100 WPM on most days, but I felt I could do more when it came to overall typing efficiency and ergonomics. Emphasis on ergonomics. My wrists would suffer from carpal tunnel when…
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Why I Use Microsoft Edge on Linux
I have an unusual confession to make. If the title didn’t give it away, I’ll just say it now: I actually use Microsoft Edge regularly on Linux. You may wonder why I even bother using it, especially after everything I said about switching from Windows to Linux. It seems like madness to even bother using…
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Bullet Journal & Second Brain – Making Them Work Together
The Bullet Journal: The Beginning of My Journey It was around January of 2022 when I really paid attention to the Bullet Journal. It seemed like a tremendous tool to bolster my personal productivity and keep my life organized. What’s so unusual is that I had heard about the system in passing a few years…
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