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The concept or zero inbox we might have heard from book Getting Things Done by David Allen which is starting point in productivity books for those who want to improve their way of handling tasks. The philosophy The main idea is not only deleting every single mail in our inbox. The idea is to having “inbox” concept as bucket with items, that has to be dealt with, processed and acted on. One of the most popular task managers have it - Todoist . let’s think of an inbox concept as information buffer, that fills up somewhere on the background. When buffer is overfilled - it’s time to process it. ...

We tend to think only about the success and read success stories, thinking that we could succeed as well, if we just do the same. We try to find a pattern for success, could we find pattern to failure? How do You measure success? Well - one of the important aspects in this discussion - how to You define success/failure? What if the project was successfully built/made - but does not fulfill intended goal? Could it still be counted as success? What if customer got happy, but money was lost eventually? ...

“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” Albert Einstein Scientists have not yet determined the best method for language learning: from grammar to practice or vice versa. When it comes to acquiring knowledge or new skills, modern educational methods are based on the theory-to-practice approach. Is this approach optimal for everyone? Of course, every method has its drawbacks. But it might get much easier - when we understand what works for us deliberately. ...

Lately, whenever we have a free moment, we instinctively reach for our smartphones—mostly to consume content created by others. The operating system we use, the website design we interact with, and, of course, the content itself—all of it is pre-packaged and presented to us. In essence, we have little choice over our digital environment; it is handed to us on a platter. Free Content Perhaps, when we don’t have to pay for content, we become less selective about what we consume. When choosing the design and functionality of a kitchen for a new home, we tend to be much more meticulous—because, ultimately, we are spending what we trade our time for (money). ...

Homelabbing can be addicting. Once your managed to self host one thing - it might really hard to stop finding more and more things to self host. Self hosting often starts with hosting out own DNS server, which would help us blocking ads. Prerequisites We know what is Adguard Home We know what is Unbound We have public IP address (if we’ll use our DNS server with devices outside home) We know how to use docker In short - what are we using those tools? Adguard home Adguard home is better than pihole in one single thing - native support for DOT, DOH. With DNS over HTTPS (DOH) - You can configure your laptop browser to always use you own DNS server. With DNS over TLS (DOT) - You can configure your Android smartphone to use your own DNS server. Why Android does not let You use DOH - mystery. ...