Troubleshoot Once, Never Twice
Every time something goes wrong that I could have prevented, I always tell myself:
“It’s okay, as long as you document it.”
Because most of the problems that happen once tend to happen twice (this is true in more ways than one!).
I do a ton of work that requires solving technical problems. Some are straightforward, but others take me hours and sometimes days to fix.
Even if someone had the same problem as me, it’s not that easy to find a fix when you’re searching through thousands of posts about the same overall topic.
And sometimes you find a post on Stack Overflow or Reddit that had your EXACT problem. With a simple:
“EDIT: Fixed it, thanks”
…and nothing else.
Nothing is more frustrating.
It’s much easier to find solutions to the problems you’ve had if all you're searching for is your own solutions.
It doesn’t have to be only technical stuff. I’ve made tons of mistakes when I’m recording my videos, when I’m fixing something around the house, in my car, etc. And I document everything, so that if it happens again, I know exactly what to do.
You can document this in any note-taking app with decent search functionality. You don’t even need any fancy formatting, just an easy way to find it by searching the problem, and a solution clearly presented.
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Monthly Picks
A handful of new finds that I think are worth sharing.
Shortcut - iOS Reminders to Todoist - Todoist has always been terrible with Siri, as Siri always interpreted “todoist” as “to-do list”. So, in the past, I would use the stock reminders app to capture new things, mostly at night when I’m reading and my phone is in the nightstand, and I would then go through it in the morning and move them to todoist. I had enough of it the other day and made a quick shortcut that moves new items from the reminders app to todoist and checks them as complete in the reminders app. Then I just set a simple automation to run that shortcut every day at 5AM.
App - Recut - This saves me hours editing my videos. It automatically removes silences and cuts it all up for you. Probably adds up to 1-2h saved in each video. Can’t recommend this enough if you make videos. My link gives you $10 off.
Book - Dune - If you liked the movies, you’re gonna *really* like the book. Some movies/shows are so well-made that I find the book lacking. Given how well made both Dune 1 and 2 were, I went into this book fully expecting to be disappointed. But it somehow delivered. It adds new characters and explores their thoughts in a way that you just can’t replicate in a movie without doubling the length.
Travel Creator - Kurt Caz - Wow. I always liked watching travel content but over the years it really went down hill, everything became fast-paced cuts to appease the algorithm, always the same locations, same buzzwords being thrown left and right. I had completely given up on that genre until I found Kurt. What a breath of fresh air. My favorite of his, after binging 15+ of his videos, is this one exploring Dhaka, Bangladesh. It’s raw, you really feel like you’re there experiencing the kindness of the Bangladeshi people.
P.S. - I skipped last month’s newsletter. I simply had nothing worthy of sharing, and I hate pointless e-mails
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That's all I found worthy of sharing.
Thanks for reading :)