Hey friend,
June was my last month working as a Software Developer.

Weather in Germany does feel like summer now, at least when it's not raining. Apart from finishing my position as a working student and visiting the doctor, I've been spending a lot of time on writing my bachelor thesis proposal, the document I need to finally start my bachelor thesis.

I'm planning to write my thesis on the creation of a self-tracking app, focusing on the design balance between rich customization and ease of use.

But before I will write my thesis I'll be going to Korea again, just for a bit. So happy about that, it doesn't even feel real. But will it be as amazing as the last time I went? I will see!

🌱 Cool Content I Made

1. A Second Brain - Smart Notes With An Obsidian Zettelkasten - How to take smart notes for a life-long system. In a Zettelkasten, you write notes bottom-up instead of top-down.
2. How To Sync Obsidian - Ways to sync your Obsidian Vault between multiple devices.
3. Obsidian Android shortcuts to specific Vaults - How to create Android home screen shortcuts to specific Vaults, useful if you use multiple Vaults in Obsidian on Android.
4. How To Use Obsidian To Write Astro Markdown Content - I built my personal webpage using Astro. One of the benefits of using Astro is that I can write content in markdown for my blog, and Obsidian is an amazing markdown editor. So how can you combine these two into a single workflow?

❤️ Cool Stuff By Others

🍿 Videos

1. How Duolingo takes design patterns from social media to make learning addictive by Luis Von Ahn - An interesting TED talk by the Duolingo founder on how Duolingo has been designed.
2. Systems for learning a new language by Lýdia Machová - A TED talk on effective language learning strategies..
3. How to Learn Any Language in Six Months by Chris Lonsdale - Another TED talk on learning languages. Mentions similar but not quite the same principles and actions as the previous talk.

📝 Blog Posts

1. RSS: how to fix your internet feed by Bahaa Zidan - I like RSS feeds. A feed of non algorithmic content where you decide what gets shown. I have been using "Feeder" and found it pleasant to use.
2. What does it feel like to read RSS feeds? by Juha-Matti Santwala - Also on RSS feeds, and why they are great.