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Dec 27, 2024: The year isn’t even over, and we already have to make CNY plans. 🐍🐍
Dec 26, 2024: It’s the Xmas holidays — and what better way to spend it than to reorganise my org files
Dec 25, 2024: Ramblings Became a better person in 2024, but plenty of room to grow. However, the journey to get there involves ridding the desire to be so. Ideally, to grow …
Dec 23, 2024: A surprising number of clients chose to spend their holidays with friends and coaching sessions—rather than with family members. Apparently, family is …
Dec 22, 2024: A lazy Sunday before the Xmas season. Calm before the storm. Major projects with deadlines before CNY 2025. Water Rafting + Marathon combo next …
Aug 13, 2024:
Recovering Redacted Content: It’s Scary How Easy It Is
Blurred and pixelated images can often be reverse-engineered to reveal censored details, making them unreliable for secure redaction. Black bar …
Aug 8, 2024:
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Effective Time-Tracking
Maybe you’ve heard of time-tracking tools; perhaps …A good tool improves the way you work. A great tool improves the way you think.
- Jeff Duntemann
Aug 1, 2024:
How Russian Technology Can Build Malaysia's Digital Soverignty
The pandemic saw Malaysian companies scrambling to move their communication towards the cloud, using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Workspace and so …
Jun 25, 2024:
I’ve Time Tracked for a Week, what I’ve Learnt Made Me Uncomfortable
I’ve started time-tracking 2 weeks ago after being inspired by the Cortex Podcast by Mike and CGP Grey. Why? Humans are poor judges of how we spend …
Mar 22, 2024: Doom Emacs: A Text Editing Playground I didn’t Know I Needed After migrating my notes to Notion, the names Emacs and Org-mode appeared constantly in threads, podcasts, and forums. Though I knew the destination, …
Feb 25, 2024: Guide to Publishing to Hugo/Jekyll Remotely via iOS Hugo excels at desktop publishing. I can create files using CLIs or markdown editors, then publish to a Github repository. This directly reflects on …
Feb 15, 2024: Changing Jobs for the 8th Time Changing Jobs for the Eighth Time Where Am I Heading? I’m currently embarking on a new venture, CoThinking, a marketing firm specialising in the B2B …
Feb 11, 2024: Omnifocus is not a Todo App, it’s a Can Do App I made the switch from Things (my main app for 3 years) to OF4 after learning about David Sparks and CGP Grey’s approach to task management. My issue …
Feb 4, 2024: Why Am I Migrating to Micro.blog This is my 7th blog migration now—away from WordPress, Obsidian Publish, Super.so, Ghost, Substack & Hugo. Admittedly, it’s a form of …
Jan 22, 2024: Why I Chose Hugo for My Personal Website Having my own website is essential to me. Being an online lurker for so long, I have often regretted not contributing more to the internet space …
Jan 21, 2024: 18 Months Being a Marketing Manager I lead a small team of three. Though small, this department is an important one and has an undeniable impact on the company and the industry. We are …
Jan 20, 2024: How Competitive Shooters Made Me a Better Leader It’s easy to chalk up e-sports as just children’s pastime. But like any other sport, it takes a lot of practice, skills, and talent to be highly …
Jan 14, 2024: Will ChatGPT Replace Writers A few weeks back, an old friend asked me this over some pints. “Do you think ChatGPT will replace us one day?” Both of us are from the creative …
Jan 1, 2024: Plight of the Malaysian Young Adults I had a discussion with a friend about rising property prices. Both of us are in our late 20s. “We have it tough. During our parent’s time, homes …
Nov 1, 2023: I’ve Experimented with Personal Productivity for 18 Months. here’s what I’ve Learnt I am obsessed with productivity systems. From Ali Abdaal to James Clear, Keep Productive to Cal Newport… task apps, calendars, daily planners, and …
Oct 30, 2023: Why Everyone Should Learn Task Management Thanks to the availability of AI tools like ChatGPT, completing tasks is easier than ever before. Work that once took hours can now be completed in …
Oct 15, 2023: Guide to Being a New Manager: Alignment Being recruited as a first-time manager can be both exciting yet uncomfortable. The prospects of higher pay and benefits come at the expense of more …
Sep 18, 2023: Building a Personal Website: Why I Chose Obsidian Publish Why I Need a Personal Website The job market is highly competitive for both full-time work and freelancers. In the past, a solid portfolio and …
Jun 23, 2023: Side Projects within the Workplace Isn’t it ironic? Many companies preach the values of creativity and innovation within the workplace, but don’t provide the breathing space to do so …