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Thinking on focus, productivity, and the tools we use to get things done.
- August 2026 · 6 min read
You Care About It. You Still Didn't Do It.
Wanting something and doing it are handled by different parts of your day. Here's why intention doesn't survive contact with an ordinary Tuesday, and what closes the gap.
Read - August 2026 · 6 min read
Sticky Notes for Chrome: A Scratchpad That Doesn't Get Buried
Every digital sticky note eventually loses a fight with a maximised window. Here's the difference between per-page notes and a scratchpad you keep seeing.
Read - August 2026 · 8 min read
Hit Evernote's 50-Note Limit? Free Alternatives That Don't Cap You
Evernote's free plan holds 50 notes and one notebook — for the life of the account. Which replacement you want depends on which Evernote you were using.
Read - August 2026 · 7 min read
A Free Todoist Alternative Without the 5-Project Limit
Five active projects is a strange wall to hit. Before you upgrade, check whether the cap was the problem — or just the symptom of a list you never open.
Read - August 2026 · 7 min read
A Google Keep Alternative That's Already Open in Your Browser
Keep is free, unlimited, and syncs everywhere. Its weakness isn't features — it's that on desktop it's a tab you have to remember to open.
Read - August 2026 · 7 min read
A Simpler Obsidian Alternative for People Who Just Want to Write
Obsidian's starting cost isn't money — it's a weekend of plugins. If you came to write things down rather than build a system, here are the lighter options.
Read - July 2026 · 8 min read
Why You Keep Forgetting Your Tasks (It's Your System, Not You)
A task list can't help when you have to remember to look at it. Here's the psychology behind forgotten tasks — and how to audit your own system for the place it leaks.
Read - July 2026 · 9 min read
How to Stop Forgetting Your To-Do List
Writing a task down isn't the problem — forgetting to look at the list again is. Here's why a hidden to-do list gets abandoned, and what to do instead.
Read - July 2026 · 4 min read
How to Add a To-Do List to Your Chrome New Tab (2026)
Your new tab is the most-visited page in your browser and it does nothing. Here's how to turn it into a working to-do list in under a minute.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
How to Change Your Chrome New Tab Background (and Blur It)
Your new tab is the most-visited page in your browser — so make it yours. Here's how to set a custom wallpaper, dial in the blur, and keep your search.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
The Best Free New-Tab To-Do & Notes Extension for Chrome (2026)
Most new-tab extensions are either pretty dashboards or heavyweight suites. Here's what to look for in one that actually helps you get things done — for free.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
Set Reminders in Plain English, Right in Your Browser
No date pickers, no dropdowns. Type “call the bank tomorrow at 3pm” and your reminder is set — then it resurfaces on the tab you already open.
Read - July 2026 · 4 min read
An Offline To-Do List for Your Browser — No Account Needed
Most to-do apps want your email before you can write a single task. Here's how to run a fast, private to-do list that works offline, with no sign-up.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
A Real-Time Shared To-Do List, Right in Your New Tab
Email threads and status pings don't keep a team in sync. A shared list everyone sees update live does. Here's how to run one from your new tab.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
Where to Stash Code Snippets Without Leaving the Browser
That command, that regex, that config block — the snippets you keep re-Googling. Here's how to keep them one new tab away, formatting intact.
Read - July 2026 · 4 min read
Sync Your Tasks and Notes Across Chrome, Brave, and Edge
Start a task on your laptop, finish it on your desktop. Here's how Slaet syncs tasks and notes across browsers — while staying local-first by default.
Read - July 2026 · 4 min read
Keep Your Notes Attached to the Task They Belong To
A task title rarely tells the whole story. Here's why keeping the note, the link, and the reason attached to the task changes how much you actually remember.
Read - July 2026 · 4 min read
New-Tab Extensions That Don't Hijack Your Search Engine
A good new-tab extension should add to your tab, not take it over. Here's how to get tasks and notes on your new tab while your search stays exactly where it was.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
Write Markdown Notes in Your New Tab (No App-Switching)
If you think in markdown, most quick-note tools get in your way. Here's how to get a markdown-friendly scratchpad that's already open on every new tab.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
How to Prioritize Your Tasks Without Overthinking It
Elaborate prioritization systems are their own kind of procrastination. Here's a lighter way to know what to do next — without building a grid for it.
Read - July 2026 · 5 min read
Build a Quick-Capture Inbox in the Tab You Already Open
The core habit behind every productivity system is capture: get it out of your head, fast. Here's how to build a frictionless capture inbox on your new tab.
Read - July 2026 · 4 min read
Shared Lists for Groceries, Trips, and Projects — Updated Live
Someone always buys the milk twice. Here's how to keep the grocery run, the trip packing list, and the shared project on one list that updates live.
Read - April 2026 · 4 min read
The Best Apple Notes Alternative for Windows in 2026 (That Doesn't Overwhelm You)
Apple Notes works because it stays out of your way. Most Windows alternatives do the opposite. Here's an honest look at what actually comes close.
Read - March 2026 · 6 min read
How to Take Notes While Browsing Without Switching Apps
You open a tab to look something up. Then another. Then three more. Somewhere in there was an idea worth keeping — but it's gone now, buried under 14 open tabs.
Read - March 2026 · 5 min read
Can't Focus on One Thing? How to Stay Organized and Actually Get Things Done
Your brain is running twelve threads at once. You have things to do, thoughts firing in every direction, and every productivity app you've tried has made it worse — not better.
Read - March 2026 · 5 min read
Why Productivity Apps Kill Your Habits Before They Start
You've tried Notion. Todoist. Maybe Obsidian. You set it up, used it for three days, and then quietly stopped. It wasn't laziness. The app got in the way.
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