Using a PKM requires reframing the goal from creating notes to creating connections, and a good place to start is to look at the types of notes in a PKM. Part 2 of 2.

Using a PKM requires reframing the goal from creating notes to creating connections, and a good place to start is to look at the types of notes in a PKM. Part 1 of 2.

A short letter to my soon to be born daughter.

Any good troubleshooter should always ask about suspected causes, because no list can realistically cover all possible scenarios

You may feel, intuitively, that people undervalue free things. Me too. And it's because people are more likely to consume a product when they are aware of its costs.

Do it for the sake of better group meetings.

One word: discovery. Without a solid knowledge management process in place, I can still live. But with one, I think life could be more interesting because I would discover & understand much more.

Lessons from 3 years of providing, organising, and building tools for Customer Support

My wife and I just came back from a 3-day trip over the weekend to Hamburg and if I’ve learned anything on this trip, it is this: home is a fluid concept. Two years ago if you had asked me where is home, I would have told you without hesitating for a moment: Singapore. It’s where I was born and…

A deep reflection about my career in software engineering and what's next

We decided to buy many appliances on Amazon Prime Day recently and I felt the need to justify it to myself because, well, we’ve lived a year and a half in Germany without them. So why do we need them now? Was it just because of the discounts? To talk something concrete, let me list the things we…

What the contrast between quarantine and daily socialisation helped me realise.

Find your Macbook slow after upgrading to macOS Sierra? I recently did too. As a developer, it was painfully obvious that something needed to be done - there is no way I can develop with my Macbook Air (mid-2013) going on overdrive when only Chrome was open. In the end, I solved the problem by…

I bit myself and developed an ulcer for the hundredth time. What's wrong?

Nudge theory in action in a car dashboard.

Disable comments, don't disseminate on social media, and always attribute credit.

The biggest trouble with a digital note taking system is when you have to fumble and think where to put your idea down.

A callback is programming concept that you are already using in your daily life.

This is speculative since our newborn hasn't yet arrived. But I believe we will be a happier family in Berlin.

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