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Use Raycast Like a Pro: Tips for UI/UX Designers
Constant context switching—jumping between tools and repetitive tasks—used to break my focus and slow me down. That changed when I started using Raycast daily; its powerful features, rich third-party integrations, and easy customization have replaced many of the small utility apps I relied on. While Raycast does offer impressive AI tools, today I want to share some small habits and tips that have truly streamlined my workflow and kept me in the creative zone as a product designer. ➡️ Extension L
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Learn from Building A Second Brain
Just finished reading "Building A Second Brain" by Tiago Forte. It's a profound piece that makes me rethink my note-taking tools & strategy. I've known Tiago Forte a while ago to apply the P.A.R.A organization method for Evernote but it wasn't the time when everyone talked about personal knowledge management (PKM). Here're 3 new mindsets that inspired me to change after reading Building A Second Brain: One big change after reading Building a Second Brain is treating note-taking apps as a knowled
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Tidying up Email Inbox for 2022
It's a new year, let's spend some time to declutter. I have been going through my inbox during holidays. In 2021 June, Google started to count any new photos toward the 15GB Google Account storage. 6 months later, I finally received the alert saying my account is running out of space. First, head to Google One, you can see which Google service occupy most of storage space. In fact, my Gmail occupied more storage (8GB) than my Google Drive (4GB) did. This probably because I haven't delete any of
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How to sync Obsidian vault for free using Git?
Obsidian is the up-and-coming notes app that has great potential, however the platform is still in early stage, the syncing capability is still limited. Offcially, you have to pay USD4 per month for Obsidian Sync service and subscribe as a VIP member for mobile app early access. Or you can sync between desktopo (Windows, macOS, Linux) only. However, that does not mean we cannot access to our notes on mobile. As Obsidian allows customizing vault save location and adopt open file format like Markd
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Thanks to Figma Plugins, Automated Work Spares More Time For Design
It’s been a while since beta but Figma Plugins is finally here. While Sketch is catching up with their cloud capabilities, Figma has also been working on proper third party support. Figma has become my main design tool over the past year. I have been using it for interface and website design on a daily basis. Our social media and marketing assets are also created in Figma for easy collaboration and bilingual support. (I’m writing another piece to elaborate our process, stay tuned.) After a few w
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I realise I dont need a read-it-later service. You should too.
And here's a month passed in 2019. 11 more to go. By this time, your new year resolutions probably are either a failure or a good start. While I was refining my Todoist workflow, I have realised I don’t need a read-it-later service. The idea is to replace read-it-later app by your todo app and note app. Eliminating a read-it-later app is one step closer declutter your digital life. One less app in your phone and Chome extension / bookmark, as it could be replaced perfectly. I use Todoist as m
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Practical Evernote Tips
I have been a long-time user of Evernote but I have only been subscribed to their paid plans until recently, which is why I totally understand the challenges that Evernote is facing. Not only there has been a recent shakedown in Evernote's management team, but I also worry about the platform's future. Serious competitors like Bear and Notion took on new approaches to the note-taking field, Notion is more versatile in collaboration, especially in project and data management, while Bear offer more
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Essential Color Tools to Step Up Your Design Game
Color is the combination of science and art, a simple color change could have drastic effect on the emotion or perception of the viewer. Being a UI/UX designer, mastering the color theory and its application truly can step up your design game. Stephen Few’s “Tapping the Power of Visual Perception” coined the term “Preattentive Attributes” in displaying data. Intensity and hue of color are two attributes that can enhance visual communication quickly. Leveraging color help users to process inform