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creativitylandon Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

Yes and depending on what.

- Notable things that are urgent gets emailed to myself.

- Sites and pages get bookmarked in the browser

- Notes and tasks are added directly into an extension like Notion [0] or Taskade [1] or Pocket [2] and synced to all my devices

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[0] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/notion-web-clipper...

[1] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/taskade-team-tasks...

[2] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-pocket/nil...

creativitylandon WTF Nextdoor? Over 130 clicks to disable email and push notifications?

This was the same issue I ran into after signing up. Each notification "type" required a separate unsub link to disable, and there was no visibility on when it will stop sending me emails.

creativitylandon I fucking hate Jira

For more lightweight task and project management with an notes editor and outliner feel, try Taskade [0]

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[0] - https://taskade.com/

creativitylandon Apple Card launches today for all US customers

Regarding the APRs, interesting note at the bottom. It's possible this will lower over time.

> Variable APRs range from 12.99 percent to 23.99 percent based on creditworthiness. Rates as of August 2, 2019.

creativitylandon Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2

Interesting discussion here https://mobile.twitter.com/KateClarkTweets/status/1163918806...

creativitylandon Salesforce is buying Tableau for $15.7B

Not far from the truth here.

creativitylandon Ask HN: What tools do you use for note-taking, progress tracking and TODO lists?

Personally for ToDo Lists and Tasks I use Taskade [1] which let's you organize structured docs into different project workspaces and makes it easy to track. For more visual tasks and organization, I've been playing around with Mural [2] and it gets the job done but can get chaotic.

Both are cross platform which makes it easy to collaborate on.

[1] https://taskade.com

[2] https://mural.com

creativitylandon Free Messaging App for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and More

I do miss the days of early Trillian.

creativitylandon We wasted $50K on Google Search Ads and the insights we got on the way

Thanks for sharing! Did you automate the landing page creations to match the campaign keywords? If so, how?

creativitylandon Ask HN: How do you motivate yourself to keep working on a project?

Break things down into smaller steps, and take it one step at a time.

creativitylandon Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

Some good alternatives

- Quip (https://quip.com)

- Airtable (https://airtable.com)

- Taskade (https://taskade.com)

creativitylandon Ask HN: How do you organize everything you want to do?

The tools I use:

- Notes: Workflowy (https://www.workflowy.com)

- Tasks: Taskade (https://www.taskade.com)

- Journal: Daylio (https://daylio.webflow.io)

creativitylandon Mailinator.com: Anatomy of a Spammy Campaign

Mailinator is a lifesaver. Good to see them still up and running after all these years.

creativitylandon Ask HN: How do you keep checklists?

https://www.taskade.com

Very flexible and cross-platform. Works for personal checklists and team projects.

creativitylandon Coinbase Ventures

Slack does the same.

creativitylandon Show HN: Graphite – A decentralized and encrypted Google Docs alternative

I can't agree more. AmazonBasics notebooks are great and cost under $10.

creativitylandon Ask HN: What was your most productive (day|week|month|year) ever?

I recommend blocking all social media on your desktop browser. I use StayFocused [0] to help me do that.

On mobile, turn off all non-human notifications and alerts.

Sundays are the most productive for me. I use a weekly checklist on Taskade [1] to help me track my progress throughout the week, and on Sundays I would archive the list and start a new one from the templates.

[0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankej...

[1]: https://www.taskade.com

creativitylandon F.lux v4

What an incredible milestone. Really glad to see the team still updating this after so many years.

creativitylandon Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

I do wish Wunderlist will add more calendar integration, it is more useful for repeated or short-term goals for me. Basecamp works well for team collaboration, but it is getting quite busy UX wise.

For long term goals and planning, I prefer to break things down into bullet points, and categories, and check them off as I go. https://taskade.com has been great for that (though no calendar integration), especially with their Chrome Extension that loads your most recent list on each new tab.

Todoist is replacing Wunderlist for me with their more frequent updates.

creativitylandon Wall Street Is Giving Up On Twitter

I share the same feeling when using Twitter with a following mainly consisting of friends. If the sole purpose was to communicate with friends, why do so publicly on Twitter?

There is a sense that you can connect with influential people on Twitter, but the truth is your voice just gets lost in a sea of noise.

creativitylandon Show HN: Whoishiring.io – all tech jobs mapped out

Beautiful execution. This needs more attention, and can go hand in hand with the monthly 'Who is hiring' threads.

creativitylandon Stop Checking Email So Often (2015)

Have you tried playing around with the notification settings, or simply turning notifications off? I find Slack to be distracting in certain channels, or groups that you may join, but there are many ways to manage it to optimize for productivity.

creativitylandon Track Trump: The First 100 Days

Great points. There are many things to get behind on that list, others not so much. We will just have to wait and see.

creativitylandon Android permissions and hypocrisy

There was a long discussion about this on /r/android. https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5oyvun/psa_dont_in...

creativitylandon Galaxy Note7: What We Discovered

I'm also surprised by the level of transparency here. The Galaxy Note 7 warning signs are at every major airport I've visited recently, the damage is done. Hope to see them recover in the coming years.

creativitylandon Paper is the real 'killer app'

That is the same problem I have with most of the list making apps, but for web, at least Taskcade (https://www.taskcade.com) does the job for me, while feeling somewhat natural typing on it.

creativitylandon Depression as hard on the heart as obesity and cholesterol

I wouldn't be surprised either. There are many ways to deal with stress and depression, but all to often food and alcohol will come up.

creativitylandon Mo.js: motion graphics toolbelt for the web

This is incredible, truly a work of art.

creativitylandon RethinkDB Postmortem

Thanks for pointing that out, just noticed the "/_drafts/why-rethinkdb-failed.md".

creativitylandon Standard Notes – A notes app with a focus on longevity, portability, and privacy

If anyone is looking for a simple web solution, I found Taskcade (http://www.taskcade.com) to work quite well for daily tasks and quick note taking.