Reading Time: 4 minA few weeks ago I was inspired by an episode of the Contactually podcast to work on setting a more focused morning routine. As I began working on building a good routine, Adam Walker talked about a great app during this episode of the Tech Talk Y’all podcast called “Morning Routine”. That app is only […]
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Anki vs Brainscape
Reading Time: 4 minI’ve been a heavy user of Anki for a few years now, and it’s changed my life quite a bit. This post from late 2016 explains it quite well, and you should probably read that first if you’re not familiar with Anki and these kinds of learning systems. Earlier this year I dug into Tinycards, […]
Mechanical keyboards are complex, but awesome
Reading Time: 2 minLast week I got an itch to dig more into mechanical keyboards. For those that don’t know what a “mechanical keyboard” is, they’re essentially the loud “clicky” keyboards you’ve seen in the past, and they’re amazingly popular. People are often able to type more quickly and accurately on them, which can add up to big […]
Bring an old computer back to life with CloudReady
Reading Time: 2 minWe have an old Windows “all-in-one” computer in our guest room that really doesn’t do much. It’s old, tired and slow. So a few weekends ago, I gave it a new lease on life with CloudReady. Total cost: $0. CloudReady is free software that essentially turns any computer into a Chromebook. I told you about […]
A Chromecast on every TV
Reading Time: 2 minI’m a big fan of Google products for two main reasons: 1 – In general, they’re pretty great products (Gmail, Maps, Docs, etc). 2 – They tend to work on every major platform. Item #2 is why I encourage people to choose the Google Chromecast over Apple TV (or Amazon’s Fire Stick) when looking for […]
Digging into Android Wear 2.0
Reading Time: 2 minLast week Google announced Android Wear 2.0, the first major upgrade to their watch software. Google wrote an in-depth blog post that covers all of the new features, and this video shows them off a bit: Similar to the iPhone vs Android battle, Google released their watch first in 2014 (and Apple followed suit the […]
The blogs I follow
Reading Time: 3 minI mentioned a few years ago wrote about how I follow over 500 blogs every day. That post has the details of how I do it, but it really comes down to two things: Devote time to keep up with them. Have a system to help you out. That older post will show you the […]
Security vs Convenience
Reading Time: 4 minYou’ve heard the phrase “you can never be too safe”, but it’s not true in every situation. A good example is driving; there are more than 30,000 driving-related deaths in the United States each year, but there is a very simple solution. Flood the streets with police, and lower the speed limit to 20 mph […]
Manage your email more easily with Shift
Reading Time: 2 minNot long ago, I told you that I made the switch from Gmail to Google Inbox. I may or may not switch back to Gmail at some point, but whatever I decide to do I’ll probably do inside of Shift. Shift is a desktop application (for Windows, Mac and Linux) that puts your Gmail or […]
Marco Polo
Reading Time: 2 minThere have been a lot of apps kind of like it over the years, but I’m finding myself increasing drawn to video messaging using the Marco Polo app. It calls itself a “video walkie talkie”, which is pretty accurate. It’s not a live video chat app like Skype or Google Hangouts, but instead you can […]