Productivity

There's practically an Android app for everything, this is where everything productivity app related lives.

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Phone scanning a handwritten grocery list beside a digital checklist in Google Keep.
I used Gemini's image-to-list feature to turn my messy notebook photos into Keep checklists

Gemini understands my handwriting better than I do

Android phone showing an Obsidian vault with Obsidian and LocalRAG icons.
I paired a local LLM with Obsidian on mobile; it eliminated my daily note-sorting headaches

I stopped losing years of notes to my own memory

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Robotic hand surrounded by local AI search tool icons.
4 local AI search tools that make abandoning Perplexity surprisingly easy

I never thought quiting Perplexity would be this easy

Gemini logo surrounded by productivity icons for goals, time, and completed tasks.
I replaced 13 apps with one Gemini feature; now my Android productivity is 10 times better

Handling chaotic tasks on my Android phone has never felt this good

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Woman using Wispr Flow voice typing on an Android phone
I ditched Gboard voice typing for an app that turns my rambling into clean text

I finally found an app that gets it right

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Phone with Gemini and Google Keep list next to physical notebook for comparison
Gemini Notebook's latest trick makes heavy books way less intimidating

Cliff Notes for the AI age

Android phone showing Obsidian Daily Note widget next to the Obsidian logo
I gave up on Obsidian for notes and turned it into something I actually open every morning

No need for redundant plug-ins

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Gemini, LM Studio, and ChatGPT icons above a prompt field.
I tested open source AI alternatives against ChatGPT and Gemini; this local tool proved most reliable

Nothing is more reliable than pure offline use

Making a packing list in Google Keep
Google Keep gets a huge new feature that makes it far more useful

No more choosing between text and to-do lists

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The Workout Locker app on a Z Fold 8, leaning against a dumbbell and rugby ball, outside on the grass.
I stopped wasting hours on Instagram; I started earning screen time with push-ups instead

When cold turkey didn't work, I turned to Workout Locker

Google Drive logo next to a two-bay NAS.
5 hard-learned lessons from ditching Google Drive for a home NAS

Buying a NAS won't save you as much money as you think. Here is why a hybrid setup with Google Drive is actually the smarter move

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Gemini logo above Earth with rising arrows and floating coins.
Gemini's one billion users can't hide Google's cash flow crisis

More users is good, but it's not the whole story

Android phone showing a journal app with Google AI Studio logo in the background.
I built an Android journal app in Google AI Studio; its AI spots patterns I'd never see

It was a fun late-night project, and I had a convincing, native Android app working before I called it a day

Notability running on an Android phone with handwritten notes on screen.
Notability's Android arrival gave me the digital whiteboard I've been searching for since 2010

My creative process is coming together

Google Keep notes on a phone beside Google Keep and Notion icons.
Replacing Notion with a simpler note app solved my daily productivity paralysis

Forget schema, Google Keep lets you instantly jot down notes and get work done

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Gemini logo over a desert image with pixel patterns representing a hidden SynthID watermark.
Google let me remove Gemini's watermark because the real one is baked into the pixels

Visible AI watermarks were security theater. Learn why C2PA fails, how SynthID survives Photoshop, and how to check images using Gemini

Obsidian dashboard with the Hearth plugin.
Hearth solved my biggest Obsidian complaint by making homepage layouts completely drag-and-drop

Months of broken CSS, fixed by one plugin and a drag handle

Phone storage screen with a Clean button for freeing up space.
I tested open source Android storage tools; this app reliably freed 5GB of system space

My analyzers kept pointing at the apps I was trying to save

KeePassDX password manager with a password vault, padlock, key, and hidden password fields.
After months with Bitwarden, I found a free offline password manager that works better

I prefer to save my passwords locally and offline

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Google logo with colorful lab flasks
I found Google's best-kept experiments hiding in plain sight; they're actually useful

These tools feel like they're from the future

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