After being frustrated with DEVONthink’s sync, dealing with intermittent CloudKit/iCloud sync issues and the limitations of Bonjour (great, but only on the local network and blocked on many public networks when traveling), it was time for a change. The good news? I’ve finally found a DEVONthink sync strategy I’m happy with. I’m fully in control of the server, while using hardware (an always-on Mac Mini) I already had. No extra servers or subscriptions required....
Link: The world’s best bank accounts for international travelers and nomads
The world’s best bank accounts for international travelers and nomads I’ve started blogging a bit on Medium, and I’ve set up a publication named Nomad Gate. This is one one of the first posts I wrote and it has gotten a very good reception from nomads and travelers alike. If you want to save some serious $$$ when traveling abroad (or even domestically) you should check it out! Update: Nomad Gate now lives on its own domain....
The 3 things that matter
If you’re building a social network, community, SaaS or anything similar to that, these are the only things that really matter: Growth Engagement Monetization And not necessarily in that order. My friend, Nir Eyal, refers to startups that have these things as GEMs (get it?). Whenever he invests in startups, he looks for products that have at least two of those, and a plan for the third. So, I created this quick Venn diagram illustrating why Growth, Engagement, and Monetization are so important:...
Get the most out of Netflix with Moreflicks + Unblock US (even for Americans)
Update 1: I no longer prefer Unblock US' DNS service, but rather the alternative Overplay's Smart DNS and VPN instead. Find out why. The rest of this guide is still relevant :) Update 2: Unblock US is currently offering the first month for only 99 cent if you use this landing page to order. They have also introduced yearly pricing, saving you $10 per year. Not entirely happy with your Netflix subscription?...
50% off the world's best VPN for life
Normally I do not post offers like this one on my blog, but this one is too good to pass up. I recently read the brilliant book Protect your tech by Mish & Rob of the Anywherist group. One of the things I realized while reading it was how risky it is to use public WiFi connections without a good VPN service. It's the case both when traveling and surfing at the local Starbucks or at your university or company....
Mailchimp’s “Manage replies” is killing your open rates, and here’s the data to prove it
Not all features are good features. And it looks like that's the case for a seemingly cool feature Mailchimp introduced a while back, namely Manage Replies. One annoyance you will face as an email marketer is a flood of Out-of-Office replies whenever you send a campaign to more than a few thousand people. That's exactly what Mailchimp's Manage Replies feature aims to solve. What it does is to route any replies to your campaign to their servers instead of your inbox....
Cheaper international calls, Voice integration in Hangouts for Android
Over the last couple of days great things have happened for users of Google Voice. First, a couple days ago Google slashed their prices on a lot of international destinations. The countries I used to call the most, Denmark and Norway got slashed from 15 cents per minute to 3 and 4 cents per minute, respectively. That's for cell phones. Landlines was already 2 cents, but I mean, who uses landlines anymore?...
TLDR; iPhone 6 (Plus), Apple Pay & Apple Watch
iPhone 6 (4.7"): Hardware: Too little, too late. Software: Meh. Available September 19 (in the US and a few other countries). iPhone 6 Plus (5.5"): Hardware: Too little, too late. Software: Meh. Available September 19 (in the US and a few other countries). iOS 8: Still a massive meh. Apple Pay: A small meh. Only available on the new iPhone models. No real benefit over Google Wallet and the likes. Will probably help grow the contactless payment ecosystem, so a good thing for all of us....
The Moto 360 is finally here, and here's an honest review
I have been waiting for the Moto 360 ever since I saw the first few teaser photos online a few months ago. I have even actively been searching Google News every other week or so to see if I missed anything. And now it's finally here. It's the first smartwatch that doesn't look as ugly as an average looking blobfish. No offence, blobfish. 9 am PST, September 5, 2014. That's when it will be available on Google Play, Best Buy (including select retail locations) and Motorola....
My Final Avatar
Building a brand online is hard. Very hard. Most people you interact with have never met you in person. They have no idea who you are. What they see is your name. Maybe a Twitter handle. But that's not how they start recognizing you. It starts with your profile picture. Your avatar. That leads me to the most important rules of being memorable online: Be consistent Stand out Consistency is important....