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Workflowy : My opinion

June 24, 2016 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

Workflowy : My opinion

I am a big fan of minimalist productivity apps, that are really well made. Workflowy falls into that category.

At first look, it looks very much like a simple document. It is this simplicity that makes it a really nice tool.

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Get more out of your Reading

January 6, 2015 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

Get more out of your Reading

“Read at least X books in 2015″ is a very popular resolution for the new year. How about some tricks to get more value out of reading, than just increasing the count of books? That’s what I am sharing with you in this post.

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Simple Productivity Hacks

December 15, 2014 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

Simple Productivity Hacks

Everyone of us crave to be productive. Productivity has the power of making us feel happy while achieving great feats. I would attribute it as a primary ingredient to success.

Let me share with you some simple yet powerful hacks that can boost your productivity. I use them and hence can vouch for them.

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I haven’t been on Facebook for 2 Weeks. What am I doing?

November 13, 2014 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

I haven’t been on Facebook for 2 Weeks. What am I doing?

Couple of months back, I reduced my Facebook time to twice a week. Then I made it once a week and for the last 2 weeks I haven’t been on Facebook. What the hell am I doing?

Here is what my current Internet consumption looks like.

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Where mind maps lag, Trello wins

October 9, 2014 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

Where mind maps lag, Trello wins

My love affair with mind maps started about 5 years ago.

One day I saw a colleague of mine using it and gave a try with XMind. I fell in love with this way of organizing ideas, thoughts and all the relevant stuff. In due course, I started using some web based software like Mindmeister and Mindomo. I was happy.

And then, I saw Trello. It was probably about 6 months back. Playing with it for about an hour, I realized the following shortcomings with mind maps

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