A few weeks ago I was inspired by an episode of the Contactually podcast to work on setting a more focused morning routine. As I began working on building a good routine, Adam Walker talked about a great app during this episode of the Tech Talk Y’all podcast called “Morning Routine”. That app is only […]
Anki vs Brainscape
I’ve been a heavy user of Anki for a few years now, and it’s changed my life quite a bit. This post from late 2016 explains it quite well, and you should probably read that first if you’re not familiar with Anki and these kinds of learning systems. Earlier this year I dug into Tinycards, […]
Bring an old computer back to life with CloudReady
We have an old Windows “all-in-one” computer in our guest room that really doesn’t do much. It’s old, tired and slow. So a few weekends ago, I gave it a new lease on life with CloudReady. Total cost: $0. CloudReady is free software that essentially turns any computer into a Chromebook. I told you about […]
A Chromecast on every TV
I’m a big fan of Google products for two main reasons: 1 – In general, they’re pretty great products (Gmail, Maps, Docs, etc). 2 – They tend to work on every major platform. Item #2 is why I encourage people to choose the Google Chromecast over Apple TV (or Amazon’s Fire Stick) when looking for […]