Coding I created my own YouTube algorithm (to stop me wasting time) Using the YouTube API and Amazon’s AWS Lambda🚀 Escaping the YouTube algorithmI love watching YouTube videos that improve my life in some tangible way. Unfortunately, the YouTube algorithm doesn’t agree. It
Perspectives and Reflections The benefits of expressing ideas in multiple forms (E.g. Word vs PowerPoint) I read an article a few months ago about how Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoints from meetings at Amazon. Instead, people write a “narratively…
Productivity Memorisation Techniques by James HartleyDespite one’s best efforts to learn everything for understanding, there can be times where you are presented with a list of names (the branches of the external carotid artery, for
Medicine Tips for using the Pomodoro Method effectively For an explanation of the Pomodoro Method, watch this video. Here are some points that I found maximised the benefit I got from it:Having a fixed timer which does it for you
Medicine The Feynman Method The Feynman method is a useful way to identify any gaps in understanding of a concept and how to solve them:Select a concept.See if you can explain it in a way
Productivity Clear the path to make way for great things Make productive periods produce great results
Productivity Learn Faster and Procrastinate Less: A user’s guide to the internet Tried and tested systems to regulate information intake
Productivity Deciding what to feed my brain A schema for deciding InputA health-conscious person will make conscious decisions about what food they put into their body.But few people carefully curate what information they are putting into their minds.Our
Productivity Save time by eliminating, automating and batching Automate what you hate, but have to do anyway and the power of batchingThe below diagram is from Chris Suave’s TED talk. He suggests, for all tasks:If you hate it and
Productivity How to use Facebook without wasting time and energy Maintaining focus in an increasingly distracted world
Productivity How To Learn Faster In Six Steps The amount that you learn largely determines the quality of life that you live. I am not talking about ‘learning’ in a purely academic sense, or the learning of purely factual information, but