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Tag: productivity

I replaced Trello, Toggl, and TickTick with free, open-source Super Productivity

2026-01-062026-01-06 Danie
A laptop displaying task lists and a checkmark, surrounded by a target, clock, and upward graph, representing productivity and goal achievement.

Well I have not done so myself, as I still see a shortcoming around not being able to set custom repeats based on a first Wednesday of every month, or the last weekday of the […]

Blogproductivity, technology, todo

Wox is the open source Alfred alternative Windows users need to boost their productivity

2025-02-172025-02-17 Danie
A computer monitor displaying a search interface for the application "Obsidian" on a desktop with greenery in the background.

“Windows search is slow, frustrating, resource-intensive, and prone to burying the file you actually need under irrelevant results. With a built-in Bing search engine, it’s undoubtedly a common pain point for Windows users. And that’s […]

Blogopensource, productivity, technology

AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion, Trello, and Asana

2025-01-132025-01-13 Danie
Laptop with screen open. On the screen is a project name saying Mobile App Launch. It has a list of tasks below it, and various priorities, progress, dates, and photos assigned to each task.

AppFlowy is a privacy-first, open-source workspace designed for notes, wikis, projects, and more, giving you full control over your data and customizations. The linked article says quite a bit about the user experience with the […]

Blogalternativeto, opensource, productivity, selfhosting, technology

10 non-stream things to use a Stream Deck for

2024-11-062024-11-06 Danie
A white Stream Deck device with two rows of four buttons, and beneath them, a short LED display showing the time as 12:59pm.

I’ve done a video before about how I’m using my Stream Decks (I even bought a second one) for so many different things. I’m using about 20 different pages at the moment and can quickly […]

Blogproductivity, StreamDeck, technology

Bitfocus Companion is a Cross-Platform Open-Source app for the Elgato Stream Deck

2024-09-072024-09-07 Danie
Text as per post title with teal blie colour background with an image of a Stream Deck which is a black box with buttons on the front, arrange 5 buttons wide by 3 rows high.

Bitfocus Companion enables the reasonably priced Elgato Streamdeck and other controllers to be a professional shotbox surface for an increasing amount of different presentation switchers, video playback software and broadcast equipment. It has over 500 […]

Blogopensource, productivity, StreamDeck, technology

Try these Linux bash aliases for more efficient use of the command line

2024-05-182024-05-18 Danie
A terminal screen showing carious alias commands listed in it such as alias c='clear' and alias now='date +%T'. Along the bottom are two lines showing varios shortcut keys for the editor such as ^G for Help, ^X for Exit, ^K for Cut, etc.

For those who don’t know, bash aliases allow you to create unique command shortcuts. So, a simple word can be used to run a more complex command which may have a lot of additional parameters, […]

Bloglinux, productivity, technology

A monitor with a KVM switch was exactly what my dual PC setup needed

2024-03-022024-03-02 Danie
A rectangular box with numerous ports for USB, VGA, etc.

The right tool for the job can often make things very much easier. A KVM switch is ideal for switching quickly between two or more computers whilst using the same peripheral devices. But also consider […]

Blogproductivity, technology

Why Use Virtual Desktops and How they Compare to Virtual Activities

2023-11-202023-11-20 Danie
Teal background colour with title in white "Why virtual desktops or activities" and to the right a 3D cube showing three different desktop backgrounds

No matter what OS you use, virtual desktops, workspaces, and activities allow us to better separate and group our activities more logically together. If you dislike clutter, and want better productivity and organisation, then this […]

Blogopensource, productivity, technology, virtualdesktops

Why buy a Samsung phone with an S Pen and only use two of the 40+ things it can do?

2023-11-122023-11-12 Danie
Samsung Galaxy phone with a hand holding a stylus over the screen, and a title to the left saying "This is NOT a stylus".

I did buy my Galaxy S23 Ultra primarily for its camera, but I did justify the buy too, thinking that a built-in stylus would be really useful as well… But just using that S Pen […]

Blogproductivity, spen, technology

The Best Obsidian Note Plugins, nor Not?

2023-09-252023-09-25 Danie
Obsidian's purple logo with title Obsidian, a symbol showing two plugs connecting, and sub-title Best Obsidian Plugins

I had not tried Omnisearch, but apart from that and Advanced Tables, the suggested ones are not really “my best ones”. But the linked article does again highlight one of Obsidian’s most powerful features – […]

Blogmarkdown, notes, productivity, technology

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