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Book Talk: What I Read in August
As you may or may not know, I’ve been up to a bunch of random educational stuff over the summer. It was an interesting experience. Long story short, there’s a reason I hated my (almost) alma mater. I spent the last five years romanticising what graduating from there would’ve been like. But after one six week program? No, thank you. With all due respect. Seriously, there’s a reason I didn’t stay at that university. The past week was quite difficult because I was balancing my job, a couple of side projects and finals (yay!). So, this week’s update is meant to be a little easy on my packed schedule. So,…
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How to Create Notion Templates You’ll Actually Use (+ Free Template to Get You Started)
Okay, so I’m big on scheduling and organising myself. And to do this, I like to use Notion. In fact, I’ve been regularly using it since 2022, when it was introduced to me at work. It was our company’s project management tool. It was great at that and I ended up using it for other stuff too. Think about this blog, my manuscript edits, even budgeting and keeping track of expenses. But it wasn’t a switch-flip moment for me. I didn’t always look at my Notion page regularly, and it’s because I wasn’t using a Notion template that worked for me. I actually ended up doing a lot of fine-tuning…
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What is LLMs.txt and Should You Add It to Your Website?
Alright, so I’m not too confident about this one. Usually, when I write something, I like having an opinion about it before I write. But unfortunately, we live in a world where AI “experts” are actually just hype marketers. To be honest, it shouldn’t be this difficult. Or confusing. It should be straightforward, but unfortunately, like most things out of Silicon Valley, the so-called AI revolution is starting to look less disrupt-y and more tech bubble-y. And if you’re a long-term reader, you know how much I loathe bubbles. Especially since 2022. In fact, this blog’s happening because a report was submitted at work. And it includes a suggestion I…
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How to Build Backlinks to Your Blog (the Right Way)
I’m super busy these days with work, a new freelance gig, and summer school. And naturally, one of the things I tend to do when I’m super busy is further burden myself with more stuff. So, I’ve made the executive decision to redesign this blog for all my new readers. Naturally, the first thing I did was run an SEO audit—in fact, I’m still knee-deep in it—and realized I should probably look into ways to build backlinks. I hadn’t really focused on backlinking much here. I’d thought about guest posting, and all, but to be honest, I just didn’t have the time or the audience to care much about it.…
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Book Talk: What I Read in July
Consider this me making up for the late June reading list. Anyway, this month, I decided to save myself from stress and actually read the reviews before choosing which books to read. Since I’m back in school these days, most of what I read in July was meant to help me relax and escape from the laws of thermodynamics. Seriously, I completely forgot why I hated chemistry back in high school. Summer school reminded me of that, even though granted, it’s been less chemical equations and more balancing energy equations. Let me know if you want me to do a blog on my summer school experience. It’s been fun so…