Some Controversial Things I Believe
Here is a few things I believe that a lot of people seemingly find controversial. Targeted advertising is good because it enables free and abundant services...
How to Start Your Blog in 2023
Running your own blog in 2023 is still needlessly complicated, especially if you have any kind of taste. Why have one in the first place? This particular...
Action-Watch-Later Framework
What originally started as a way to group tasks with various contexts eventually became a small productivity framework I use across different apps. I...
How to Run A Remote Team
I’ve been working remotely for 8+ years and now running a team distributed at least across five countries. It’s challenging, but it’s also very likely the...
The PARA Method
The PARA method, developed by Tiago Forte, is probably the most universal productivity technic you could use. It’s very flexible and can be recreated in any...
How to Remote
I’ve been working remotely for nine years now. I wouldn’t say it’s everyone’s future. There are pros and cons. For me personally, the advantages far outweigh...
Switch to a Modern Read-Later App Already
Read–later apps are simultaneously popular and outdated. A lot of people use them. They’re now embedded right in our browsers and there's a couple of age-old...
How Would Anti-Instagram Look Like?
Reading all those discussions about the updates to Instagram and how people are turning disillusioned with the app, I began thinking: what would an ideal...
Crypto Preachers vs Crypto Skeptics
Social networks incentivize people to take on radical positions as that brings engagement and followers. Yet in most areas, a reasonable centrist take is...
Workflowy is The Platform to Build Your Ideal Notes System
Time and time again, I’m getting back to WorkFlowy as my primary system for notes and knowledge storage. It is truly a bicycle for the mind that helps you...
Your Inner Voice and the Value of Silence
Despite my interest in certain genres of music throughout my life, I’ve slowly realized that I don’t really like listening to music much. I do listen to it...
The Updated Guide to Workflowy
I’ve updated my guide to Workflowy, the king of outliners, that I wrote almost two years ago. Since then, Workflowy has added many great features, including...
All the Ways to Keep Tasks
I’ve always been interested in learning all the various ways and workflows people have for their notes and tasks. There’s a reason why software in this...
Why I Dropped Apple Watch for a Mechanical Watch
I’ve always been into watches and for the last 5 years, since Series 2, I’ve been almost exclusively wearing an Apple Watch. Recently I pulled a trigger on a...
Mailbrew: Get Personalized Email Digests of News and Content
Mailbrew is an app that aims to offer you a healthy information diet. It allows you to receive news and content from the web in the form of regular digests....
Why You've Dropped Your Task Manager
I’ve always been one of the people who religiously live by their task manager – I can’t survive without one. That’s why I’m always surprised when I see...
One App to Consume All Content
I had periods in my life when I was a news junkie signed up to hundreds of websites and moments when I’d delete all news and social media apps from my phone....
Why Apple Has to Allow Sideloading
I think the lack of sideloading has been a tremendous advantage for iOS and Apple’s ecosystem overall. I also need Apple should open it up. The fact you can...
Browsers Are Outdated And Somebody Has To Do Something
Our browsers are astoundingly outdated and their developers seem to be oblivious to that. We went from basic Hacker-News-style HTML pages sprinkled with a...
A Controversial Opinion: Online Ads Are Good
Probably, one of my most controversial opinions is that online ads are actually great for the society and the public narrative shifting to paid subscription...
There Is An Empty Space In Team Productivity
Despite all kinds of productivity startups bidding for the same query in Google, there’s a glaring hole of opportunity in the productivity space. I’m talking...
How to Write Helpful Investor Updates
Almost every tech startup that raised funding from venture capital funds periodically sends them an investor update to showcase the latest numbers, trends...
A Comparative Review of iOS Browsers
iOS 14 has finally added an option to set third-party browsers and email clients as the default. Unfortunately, iOS still imposes certain limitations on all...
There's No Such Thing As Crisis PR
Somebody at your company fucked up. As a result, millions of rows from the customer database are roaming the Internet. It turned out the results you were...
The PARA Method in Workflowy
PARA is a methodology developed by Tiago Forte, a revered productivity expert. When I first learned about it seemed way to specific for me to implement. But...
Google and the Paradigm Shift
Google was founded in 1998. Altavista was created 3 years earlier and although it was probably the most popular search engine for the English Internet it...
The Basic Guide to Workflowy
In the last couple of weeks I moved most of my work into Workflowy and I'm still amazed by what this app allows me to do. Unfortunately, it's rather hard to...
The Evolution of Outliners
Recently John Gruber asked on Twitter if anyone is aware of a good native outliner app for Apple platforms. There are two extremely tragic aspects of the...
Superhuman and Premium Software
Superhuman is an app that has been reviewed and discussed from top to bottom, we’ve seen countless mentions of “Superhuman for X”, discussions of...
The Art of Storytelling
Storytelling is largely underrated especially among techy people who often look down at it. I’ve met a lot of people, especially outside of the United...
How to Work With Reporters and Get Publications in Media
First of all, who am I to tell you about that? I work at Day One Ventures where we invest in startups and help them stand out by leading their...
What Are The Chances They Will Replace You As The CEO?
What are your thoughts on hired CEOs replacing the startups’ founders? This is an extremely sensitive topic but let’s face it — it happens. Sometimes the...