Automate Your Day: Small Wins for Big Time Savings (TPS590)
Episode
45 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Design & UX, Artificial Intelligence
AI-Generated Summary
Key Takeaways
- ✓Bill Automation: Set up automatic payments for all recurring bills to eliminate monthly login sessions, late fees, and mental overhead while requiring only 15-minute weekly reviews.
- ✓Browser Profiles: Use Chrome profiles with keyboard shortcuts to separate work and personal contexts, plus tools like Veja to automatically route specific links to designated browsers.
- ✓Custom Web Searches: Configure Alfred or similar tools to create shortcuts like typing "j" plus terms to search Jira tickets or "maps" plus addresses for instant Google Maps queries.
- ✓Weekly Review Structure: Use consistent prompts and predetermined checklists at the same time weekly to automate the review process, starting simple with just two questions about learning and improvement.
What It Covers
Tan and Brooks explore automation strategies from simple bill payments and email filters to AI browsers and home setups that save time daily.
Key Questions Answered
- •Bill Automation: Set up automatic payments for all recurring bills to eliminate monthly login sessions, late fees, and mental overhead while requiring only 15-minute weekly reviews.
- •Browser Profiles: Use Chrome profiles with keyboard shortcuts to separate work and personal contexts, plus tools like Veja to automatically route specific links to designated browsers.
- •Custom Web Searches: Configure Alfred or similar tools to create shortcuts like typing "j" plus terms to search Jira tickets or "maps" plus addresses for instant Google Maps queries.
- •Weekly Review Structure: Use consistent prompts and predetermined checklists at the same time weekly to automate the review process, starting simple with just two questions about learning and improvement.
Notable Moment
Tan reveals his friend Tim Francis has consumed the identical smoothie recipe for over 3,000 consecutive days as his ultimate morning routine automation strategy.
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Tools
- ChromeRecommended
by Google
“Use Chrome profiles with keyboard shortcuts to separate work and personal contexts, plus tools like Veja to automatically route specific links to designated browsers.”
by Atlassian
“Configure Alfred or similar tools to create shortcuts like typing "j" plus terms to search Jira tickets or "maps" plus addresses for instant Google Maps queries.”
- VejaRecommended
“Use Chrome profiles with keyboard shortcuts to separate work and personal contexts, plus tools like Veja to automatically route specific links to designated browsers.”
- AlfredRecommended
“Configure Alfred or similar tools to create shortcuts like typing "j" plus terms to search Jira tickets or "maps" plus addresses for instant Google Maps queries.”
by Google
“Configure Alfred or similar tools to create shortcuts like typing "j" plus terms to search Jira tickets or "maps" plus addresses for instant Google Maps queries.”
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