Learning & Working tips & tricks

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Work tracking

For tracking completed tasks (to report to your boss what you've done in the past few days, for example), you can use either TickTick or Notion (with database, board, and calendar views).
- In Notion, create a database with properties: date (task duration) and before (for revisiting finished tasks). Calendar view displays tasks based on date, showing task duration clearly. Remember: one task per card!
TickTick excels at displaying tasks in calendar format, but its note-taking capabilities are limited (which is why I ultimately switched to Notion).
For tracking your Mac activities, consider Qbserve. Note: this may raise privacy concerns.

Keep learning every day, but the more important thing is to document what you've learned.
- Consider the most efficient way to take notes, the purpose of your documentation, and then choose the appropriate method.
- One simple rule: write for your future self—create notes that you'll understand quickly and that help you recall information as efficiently as possible!
Stick with tools and methods you're familiar with. Don't switch to new systems just because others think they're better, unless it's truly necessary.
That's why I use

Password manager: use Bitwarden, it's free and supports cross-platform devices. I particularly like how it integrates deeply with mobile devices and automatically suggests passwords when you focus on input fields. You can also use it as an OTP Generator and store passkeys.
Always enable two-factor authentication (2FA) ← use Authy & Bitwarden (in case you don’t want to open your phone and use it directly in the browser).
Avoid using passphrases!
Regularly change your passwords.
Use unique passwords for different accounts.
Want to prevent browser extensions from reading data on all websites? Adjust their settings to activate only when needed. Go to Manage Extensions → Select an extension (excluding locally installed ones) → "Details" → "Site access" → choose "On click".

If you don't want to take notes, use the Amazon Kindle App. It syncs your reading progress and highlighted text across all devices for free. You can use your own ebooks and the Send To Kindle app to deliver content to all your devices.
If you want to take notes and sync annotations, use Flexcil. It requires a one-time payment that's reasonably priced, though you'll need to purchase the app separately for each device.