Learn
This is the general learning category of posts.
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Last month I read Gretchen Rubin‘s book on habits titled Better than Before. Thanks to Tony at Coach.me for sending a free copy of this book. I received it in March and I finally got to read it in June. This book is based on the premise that everyone is different. So there is no…
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I wished only three things in a photos app: Auto upload camera roll including videos Unlimited storage Free Today this wish became true. Google released Photos app that ticks all three boxes. Like everyone’s, my camera roll has precious memories on it which I keep pushing to cloud regularly. But I only have a limited…
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I just shut down my self hosted WordPress, chait.blog. It is not too long ago that I moved to .org. I learned a bit about how things work in the self-hosted world. But its value to my current mission is little. So I imported my content and deleted it. This action plants some broken links on…
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This evening I exercised for 150th time since I told myself that I will not lose out and workout. This habit is also an example of how I hoped to deal with my new year resolutions: Identity – I saw myself as the type of person who never misses the workout. So I only cared…
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Dear Facebook, I installed your app after many months so I can easily set one of the photos in my camera roll as a cover photo. This time I hoped to keep you on my iPhone. However I am disappointed that you haven’t stopped infesting my feed with “People You May Know” list. I understand…
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After about two years of learning to make and drinking coffee, today is the first day to stop that habit. As a first step, I left my coffee mug at home last night. I would love to drink coffee but it is better I stop needing it every weekday.
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Tim Ferriss tweeted and I retweeted this great post titled, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. Stop what you are doing right now and read this. “@tferriss: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck http://t.co/lp6xUDTpt4” — Chait (@chaitanyamsv) March 5, 2015 It has so many f-words in it but it is a…
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I spent a fair amount of time on my blog’s CSS when I switched the color scheme of the Twenty Fifteen theme to aqua. But I always had a feeling that blue text on white background is not nice to the eyes and perhaps nothing beats the black text on white background for readability. I…
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That excitement when you give a test and await results.
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Last December I took the Design Your Habits: A Hands-On Introduction to Behavior Design course on Skillshare. This is a great short course and I recommend you check it, although it is no longer free, at least for me. It helped me refresh the classic habits stuff like Habit Loop, tiny actions etc. But a…