Month: July 2018

My email system

Introduction Email may be one of the most important means of communication in the modern workplace. Even as more modern means of communication appear, such as WhatsApp or Slack, email has its place cemented in the workplace.

Is blinkist worth it?

I’ve recently been bombarded by ads about blinkist on the Internet, an app that provides summaries for books in the self-help, productivity and business domain. The ads promise that blinkist will allow me to “read” hundreds of books very quickly by giving me a summary of the books to read instead of the books themselves.

Meetings and productivity

Introduction Meetings are a feature of most modern workplaces, an activity that virtually all workers are subjected to at one time or the other. Therefore, it is well worth our time to consider whether or not meetings contribute positively to productivity.

Video Review of Fantastical 2

This is my video review of Fantastical 2, the video cuts off a bit early. I’m still new to screen-recording on iOS, so my apologies. The part that cut off was me saying that I will soon provide a review of how I automate calendar event entry by pairing Fantastical 2 with Drafts 5. This…

Publishing to WordPress using Drafts 5

What is Drafts 5? Drafts 5 is an awesome text editor on iOS that can do much more than just allow you to enter text. It has a slew of automation features — called “actions” — that allow you to send text written in the app somewhere else.

Correctly formatted code using markdown

Code example Here is an example of correctly formatted code snippets using markdown int main(){ printf(“hello world”); }