That Sunday started out like any other. I woke up at around 4:30 AM, glanced at my phone and went on with my morning routine. This meant firing up Headspace for my daily mindfulness ritual then opening Day One for my daily brain dump. By… Read more
2016: A Year in Review
We were certain about a couple of things at the start of the year. The US presidential race had a clear favorite, financial markets were relatively stable and even work plans were all in place. Yet here we are in 2017. Who would’ve thought that… Read more
2015: A Year in Review
We spent the last month of the year back in Manila and I originally planned to draft this annual review on the 31st. Our visit this time around proved to busier than usual, finding ourselves jumping from one gathering to the other with baby in tow.… Read more
Assigning Task Clusters Across Different Browsers
I’ve been finding myself opening multiple browsers types (say, Chrome, Safari and Firefox) just to run specific workflows at work. This was brought about by a recent acquisition by my company that required me to log in to different accounts from the same website. Going… Read more
Revisiting Status Board
I first talked about almost forgotten apps in my last post with the OS X Dashboard. Since then, I actually took some time diving deeper with OS X’s notification center. Maybe it’s wasn’t them (Apple) all along and I was just being stubborn, hanging on to… Read more
The OS X Dashboard
I’ve been a fan of hot corners on OS X since I switched to a Mac in 2006. On the top left, I have Mission Control, Notification Center on the top right, Desktop on the bottom right and on the bottom left, you’ll activate OS… Read more
2014: A Year in Review
2014 brought a renewed focus to things that matter. I’ve been blessed with a vibrant professional career and a family that’s due to expand early next year (read: my wife and I are having a baby boy!). It’s the last day of 2014 and I’ve… Read more
A Thousand Bottles
Tired and jet lagged after a 22-hour flight from New York, I wanted to catch up with friends before things go crazy. I was getting married in two weeks. At around this time, I’ve already decided that I would like to start a hot sauce project. It… Read more
Andyan Agad
An old friend of mine from college, Riel, reached out some time in April to talk about this startup he cofounded. The startup was AndyanAgad.com, a remittance-in-kind company for over 12 million Filipinos who live overseas. Instead of offering services like money transfer and sending… Read more