Advisorator Archives

It’s hard for me to believe, but somehow I’ve made it through 100 issues of Advisorator without ever mentioning Notability.

Over the weekend, I took some time to switch from LastPass to Bitwarden, another password manager that’s free for basic personal use. The transition was mostly painless, though I ran into a few snags along the way.

If you’re used to staying within the confines of Chrome, Safari, or even Firefox, the notion of installing a bespoke browser might seem strange, but these browsers are refreshingly narrow in their focus, and can get away with ideas that might never fly in Google’s or Apple’s products.

With most note-taking apps, I can usually tell within a few minutes if they’re going to work for me, but Notion has been the exception to the rule.

Over the weekend, I solved a small storage mystery that had been bothering me for weeks.

I’ll be honest: Photography has always felt like somewhat of a blind spot for me, but these apps are just my speed.

Even if you’re a seasoned smartphone user, some fundamental tricks may still have escaped your attention.

Even though CES is an all-remote event in 2021, I’m still going to try and push on with annual tradition and offer some predictions for the year ahead.

With unlimited Google Photos storage going away in June, I decided it was time to stop being complacent about my picture backup folder.

Some of these I’ve mentioned in previous newsletters, and others I haven’t, but they all made 2020 a bit more bearable.