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iOS applications for the most part end up being an entry point based on intent. Sometimes these tasks are isolated to a webpage (in the form of an application) and have no native iOS application. Read how we can turn a webpage into a basic iOS application to reduce friction and improve focus to handle intents.
If you use two fonts in Google Docs often (i.e., like using mono fonts for code keywords) then read my approach to toggling between two fonts quickly using AppleScript on MacOS.
A post about releasing my new Ruby gem github_contributions! This is a tool that I've been using to track my GitHub contributions.
Set up a hyper key and global hotkeys to quickly perform actions regardless of where you are. This will save you keystrokes and/or time spent moving the mouse cursor.
I tried Apple Watch's Walkie Talkie feature and found it pretty much useless compared to just calling someone. Read to find out the reasons behind my opinion, and why calling on the Apple Watch is just better overall.
Read about my document storage journey to understand the reasons why I'm moving from Evernote to Google Drive and ditching my Doxie Go for Genius Scan (a mobile scanner application). Included are steps for exporting out of Evernote and into Google Drive.
Read how I orchestrate my daily review that consists of multiple applications using iOS Shortcuts. I create a notification-based workflow as a workaround to Shortcut's time limit when switching between applications.
In this post, I demonstrate how to communicate work meetings to my family while working from home. I use a combination of software and hardware to accomplish an informative and automated solution that provides information about my availability to my family.
This is the fourth (and final) installment of a multi-part series on improving your home office. In this article, we talk about the miscellaneous aspects of your home office that I have not covered (lighting, organization, climate, and personalizations).
This is the third of a multi-part series on improving your home office. In this part, we talk about the input and output aspects of your home office (monitor, mouse/keyboard, audio, and video).
This is the second of a multi-part series on improving your home office. In this part, we talk about the physical aspects of your home office (space, desk, and chair).
Due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), self-isolation brought on a wave of new people working from home, with varying states of home offices. This is the first of a multi-part series on improving your home office. In this part, we focus on evaluating your current setup.
Learn how to quickly open Notion pages on your iOS device. See how I work around dynamic page links (e.g., current day/week) to open the correct pages from my Notion Weekly Template.
Building off of my previous Notion work using notion-py, I continue to adjust Notion to fit my needs. In this article, I want to explain how I've been taking my integrations with Notion to the next level.
I want to share how I integrate my Weekly Notion Setup with Google Assistant. It provides a ubiquitous way to interact with Notion. In particular, this solution opens up new ways to add notes and tasks in Notion via voice commands.
I want to share how I integrate my Weekly Notion Setup with Alfred. It provides a seamless interaction so that I minimize context switching.
My note taking, tasks, and self-organization tools and systems have evolved over the years, and I'm feeling pretty confident that Notion is a keeper. It has this incredible range of flexibility that allows you to mould it to fit your needs. I want to showcase how I use Notion to organize and manage my week.
Slack statuses can be a powerful communication tool for setting up expectations on response times. Using Zapier we look at how we can automate Slack statuses for meetings and focus times.
Todoist does not have strong keyboard navigation and shortcuts. Fortunately, there is a browser extension that augments the web client to support better keyboard navigation. This article outlines how to gain this functionality in a desktop version of Todoist using 'nativefier'.
Learn how to keep your hands on the keyboard, and accomplish mouseless selection and copying in iTerm2. We explore the find and copy approach, along with iTerm2's copy mode.
Slack Reminders are powerful, maybe even more so than you originally thought?! In my experience, I noticed that colleagues of mine didn't fully use reminders to their fullest extent.
Persisted chat channels communication platform, which by its nature, has little guidance in how you organize channels. To ensure that everyone is making the most of channels, I'll provided some tips and suggestions based on my experiences.