Time Things take time Some things just take time to grow, and it can pay to be patient. Got a blog with a shiny new domain? You need to wait six months for the domain to be considered old enough for monetisation with Google Ads. People need time to discover your content, too. Jobs
Climate change How I concluded that I should blog to save the planet I spent a long time thinking about my career and what I want to do, and my current conclusion is that I should blog to save the planet. How it all began When I was very young, I watched many documentaries on nature - I would recognise David Attenborough's voice
HowTo If you feel lost, ask yourself these questions There are six big questions in life, and they're not just for journalists. That's right - it's your favourite who, what, when, where, why and how. Surprisingly apt when applied to life. They can help bring you clarity if you feel lost and don't know what your next step should
HowTo Featured What can you do about climate change? (Data-driven) In part inspired by Bret Victor's post [http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/] in a similar vein, from a long time ago. I made a deck of almost everything I know about the actions we can take that will actually reduce our carbon footprint. It turns out that there are just four
HowTo How to build a free landing page with conversion About 5 months ago I hacked together something really simple with Mailchimp and Stripe. I didn't bother with optimising it at that point; it was more of a proof-of-concept that I wanted to try. I want to teach you to do the same. Customer experience flow It was basically: 1.
Money You don't need three oxygen masks There's a saying that goes like this: "Put your own oxygen mask on first." It's supposed to remind people to take care of themselves, first and foremost. Good advice that I should be applying myself, too. But I notice something else - the second part of the saying isn't mentioned
HowTo A quick look at meal replacements in Singapore I've always wanted to outsource cooking and eating as much as I could. I've been cooking for myself for the past couple of years, but it takes up about 8-10 hours a week and I see it as a chore. To me, food is mostly functional and I try to
University/College How to finish MOOCs in a week (Coursera, edX or any platform) As part of university I had to finish a couple of online courses. I eventually created a system that helped me to learn the content and also finish the course within a week. All this is best done on a laptop, though I've watched some of the videos on mobile
University/College Staying local for uni: graduation post-mortem Back at the start of my university life, I had two options - either stay in a local university for free, or head overseas to the UK to study for a hefty price tag. I had always wanted to go overseas to experience living on my own and being completely
Research Featured Research as a career For most of my undergraduate life, I was thinking of doing a PhD or some other form of research, so I ended up spending a lot of time finding out about it. If you're also interested in doing something similar, I hope my findings help. What is research? The research
University/College How to make the most out of university I just graduated and I had a pretty good time in university. I had good grades, a bunch of extracurriculars, went overseas, and made friends. Here's what I did and how you can do the same. Before you start... What are your goals for university? Is it to network? Prepare
