Customizing Gmail & Gsuite for Productivity
As an avid Inbox Zero practitioner who likes to find information very quickly, I’ve tinkered quite a bit with my Gmail and Gdrive setup. Here’s what I currently use:
Category Archives: cool tools
Cloud Toolbox: There’s A SaaS For That
Here are a few tools that I was surprised even existed when I first ran into them because they address pretty niche needs, but it’s awesome that they do. I… Read more »
How to Watch Youtube in a Chromeless Browser Window
I wanted to have Bloomberg TV’s Youtube stream in a minimalist window and first tried the /embed/ trick, but publishers can disable their Youtube videos to work outside of youtube.com… Read more »
Mount, Backup, Sync: Flexible Cloud Storage Options for Windows Users
Cloud storage for consumers and small businesses (i.e. not enterprise) has “traditionally” been associated with the concept of syncing a dedicated local folder with the cloud, because it’s the way… Read more »
Combine PhpStorm with Browser Dev Tools on Windows For Top Productivity
Following my entries on PhpStorm and Docker, here are my notes on the state of browser dev tools. When working on a website, especially if you’re doing full-stack work that… Read more »
Robots Everywhere: Orchard Edition
You may think apple picking is the sort of task whose labor is inexpensive yet complex enough that it’s not worth automating. You’d be wrong. Abundant Robotics’ prototype is still slow… Read more »
How to Find & Open Any File In a Jiffy with Launchy + Everything + Dopus
Here’s a quick animated gif showing how I use Launchy to send scoped searches to Everything, leading to opening folders in Directory Opus or files in their associated app.
PhpStorm Integration & Productivity Tips for Windows-Hosted PHP Dev [Visual Guide]
Along with my recent move from Vagrant to Docker I decided to revisit a number of tooling choices that I hadn’t second-guessed in a couple of years. The best new… Read more »
Why You Want to Develop in Production-Like Conditions, and How to Do it with Vagrant or Docker
Note: entry originally published in March 2014, with numerous edits and additions since then. As of September 2016 I’ve moved to Docker for my local dev needs. Like many people… Read more »
Apps and Shortcuts to Power Search All Document Types [Windows 10]
After a lot of trial and error, here’s the combination of Windows programs that I use to search very quickly through mountains of documents. Overall, I pick the tool most… Read more »