The Hammock Hack
During my recent travel in Vietnam, I came to appreciate the presence of hammocks in every restaurant, hotel or coffee shop , regardless of how remote or secluded the location may be. It seems that Vietnamees know what is right for our bodies and mind. I conducted some research about what I consider an-under-estimated-tool […]
Text Replacement Tools / Snippets
Text snippets are shortcuts that work across apps and can be used to quickly input emails, responses, or frequently used phrases. Once set, typing the shortcut will suggest the expanded text, which you can tap to insert. Main use cases for use of text replacement tools #1 – when we often type the same phrases […]
Keep In Mind: The Human Time-Bias You Want To Work Around
November is a time in which knowledge workers around the world are buzzing with tasks overload, attempts to foster AI while keeping an eye on mental and physical health under a growing amount of pressure and stress. That is why there’s no better time to be reminded of one of our brain time-bias that all […]
MS Snipping Tool VS Markup Hero
When needed a full page screenshot out of a social media page, I realized I couldn’t use my GoFullPage- Full Page Screen Capture extension, since it only applies to non-social-media web pages. This led me out on a discovery journey for a new tool to add to my tech stack: Markup-Hero. The advantages of Markup-Hero:1. In […]
Managers Pursuit Of Boredom
I recently read a fantastic article titled “ The Only True Goal is Boredom” . Here’s a quote: “…The truly high-status move in 2025 might be the ability to sit in a room doing absolutely nothing… but here’s where we hit the paradox: you can’t pursue boredom directly…It’s about creating the conditions where boredom can […]
Quick Capture Add-Ons For Outlook & Gmail Users
Quick Capturing Add-On’s For a Swift & Effective Work Flow Outlook Users:A great add-on that sits on your browser and allows you to quickly add tasks and pieces of information (links, pics, docs) to your outlook TO-DO. For Gmail Users – Download 1 or Both Extensions: “Send to Google Tasks”enables to capture link and […]
Optimizing Our Inbox With Editing Options
A great way to collect different pieces of information (files, links, text) as they gradually pour into our Inbox’s in different times and from various sources, is by the Editing Message Feature. When putting the feature to practice, we collect our ideas and types of information inside that one email – without sending it – […]
Product Review on Skipper – An Advanced Tab Clipper and Bookmarker
After trying out several tab-organizing tools, I have come to appreciate and stick with Skipper. (formerly known as Skeema). Skipper acts as a “home base” for browser-based tabs allowing you to easily aggregate, organize, prioritize, annotate and act on browser information. The way I organize my tabs: I PIN my work tabs, the ones I […]