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I ditched Google for Perplexity for a month — and I don’t think I can go back
Like many people, I have naturally defaulted to Google as my search engine of choice. It’s not through a lack of trying out the competition. I’ve used DuckDuckGo, Brave, and a selection of competitors, but the lure of different unique selling points has never managed to pry me away from the ease of Google. However, there is a newer and…
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I ditched my $170 Hoka running shoes for these $85 Skechers — and I’m blown away
I’m not going to lie, when I saw that the Skechers Go Run Elevate 2.0 sneakers were just $85, I was a little suspicious. Why? Because some of the best running shoes cost an arm and a leg. My personal running shoes, the Hoka Speedgoat 5 GTX, are no different, at $170. Yes, I know that the Skechers Go Run…
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I ditched my Apple Watch for an Oura Ring for a month — and learned once and for all which is my favorite
It feels absurd for me to say that I went a whole month without my Apple Watch. If you know me, or even if you’ve just followed my work, you probably know the Apple Watch isn’t some accessory to me — practically part of my identity. So deciding to lock my Apple Watch Series 10 away and wear only an…
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Why I Ditched Multiple Note-Taking Subscriptions for Notion
Summary Evernote has great note creation and search capabilities, but a slow roll-out of fixes and very restricted free version made me wary of Evernote’s new owners. Standard Notes has features comparable to Evernote, like web clippers and no note size limits, but importing my notes from Evernote didn’t have a happy ending. Notion offers far more than simple note-taking,…
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