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All the Ways to Keep Tasks
May 19, 2022
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
January 12, 2022
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
March 17, 2021
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
March 4, 2021
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
February 21, 2021
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
February 8, 2021
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
December 13, 2020
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
December 8, 2020
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
October 15, 2020
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
October 1, 2020
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
September 20, 2020
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
September 14, 2020
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
August 17, 2020
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
July 19, 2020
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
July 17, 2020
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
July 12, 2020
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
May 18, 2020
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
May 18, 2020
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
January 19, 2020
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?
January 19, 2020
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...
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