2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Why do we need a second brain?
We often hoard (or save it for later) content because it gives us an illusion of knowledge. But in the
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2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Don’t break the chain
The Seinfeld strategy
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Obsidian
Obsidian is the new note-taking app that I fall in love with.
It’s not about how cool or how
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
Learning a new tool brings me to new things
I’m often obsessed with learning new tools I love, and 🌱 Obsidian is the newest favourite.
But at the same
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Build your own Wikipedia
We all heavily use Wikipedia to learn.
Imagine you could have your own Wikipedia with all the things you learn,
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 A second brain
A second brain is the trustiest place where you keep all information that matters to you.
In the digital age,
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Offering multiple prices for your product to increase revenue
When we put only one price for your product, it seems that we leave a lot of money on the
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Price Anchoring with Elon Musk
Twitter Blue and Elon Musk gave us a masterclass on how to use anchoring to drive sales.
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 The first 100 are the most difficult
Getting the first 100 subscribers or customers is the most challenging part if you are a creator.
It takes a
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 The new success metric for a knowledge worker is the number of evergreen notes written per day
While reading more notes from Andy Matuschak, I went from hope to disappointment to enlightening.
The light today is I
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
Learn in public
The fear of being judged leads us to learn and think privately. But teaching people is the best way to
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Fleeting notes
Fleeting notes are your loose thoughts, ideas, and anything in mind. They are unorganized and unstructured.
They are to capture
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Literature notes
Literature notes are one type of note of [[The Zettelkasten note-taking method]]. They are highlights from the source you’re
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Evergreen notes
Evergreen notes are similar to permanent notes or Zettels from The Zettelkasten note-taking method. I prefer the name evergreen notes because it’s human and inspiring.
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 A digital garden
A digital garden is a place to plant the seeds for future ambitious works. It was seeded with many [[🌱 Evergreen notes]] and linked to each other.
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
Find a way to raise your voice
Today I have a tough conversation with my head of product design. Yes, it’s about the performance review.
2022 Thoughts
✦ May
The day I become a better designer
The day I become a better design is the day I start writing.
2022 Thoughts
✦ May
A post for archive tag
To create the tag page
2021 Thoughts
✦ November
A complete guide for Lottie animation with GatsbyJS
Lottie animation is easier than you think. In this post, we will create a Lottie animation, from After Effect to prototype to export handover files for developers.
2021 Thoughts
✦ November
Systems vs Goals
I’m always failed at exercising regularly. It usually starts with passion, the first week is awesome and motivated. But the next week, it becomes less and less.
2021 Thoughts
✦ November
Essential skills for product designers
For designers, only good design skill doesn’t guarantee success. We need more skills to be better and succeed in your career.
2021 Thoughts
✦ November
Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success
I’m reading ‘How to fail at almost everything and still win big’ by Scott Adam. There's one idea that enlightens me and I think everyone should know about it.
2021 Thoughts
✦ July
You’re saying sorry too much
Saying sorry is a good habit, but saying it too much is the contrast. Sometimes, we apologize too much and it affects your presence. Replace sorry with a better phrase will make your ideas more compelling and show up stronger.
2021 Thoughts
✦ January
2020 year in review
2020 is the year none would forget. It was supposed to be a good year with a beautiful number. But what happened was terrible. Today is the time to reflect on the past year.
2020 Thoughts
✦ September
To be a good designer
One of the biggest lessons I learned this year is the power of confidence, for a designer.
2020 Thoughts
✦ July
Learn to code
The greatest lesson from the book The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
2020 Thoughts
✦ June
Things I wish I knew when I started designing
5 years in the design field is not too long. But it gives me many lessons that if I knew about it before, it will be a better designer than I am today.
2020 Thoughts
✦ June
Get a job as a product designer whithout going to design school
I got my job as a designer without going to design school. This is a guide to teach yourself design.
2020 Thoughts
✦ May
Generalist vs Specialist
When you hire a person to solve a problem. Do you want to hire a person who knows many things or a person who great dept in one thing?
2020 Thoughts
✦ May
V for Vulnerable
It’s ok to be vulnerable
2020 Thoughts
✦ March
Designer’s guide for designing for performance
Performance is a shared responsibility and everyone on your team impacts it. Considering performance when making design decisions will have an enormous impact on your users.