{"id":12713,"date":"2016-04-21T01:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/?p=9857"},"modified":"2016-04-21T01:54:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T17:54:08","slug":"referrals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/archives\/2016\/04\/21\/referrals\/","title":{"rendered":"referrals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like making referrals whenever I spot the opportunity to, and I rarely care about the benefit to me (unless it&#8217;s absolutely huge). I don&#8217;t use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.referralcandy.com\/blog\/dropbox\">Dropbox<\/a> very much, but I do recall when people were making a lot of referrals when it first came out. In particular I remember the space race competitions between Universities.<\/p>\n<h3>Hardware<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I just bought a Logitech G602 mouse. I really like it. I was worried that there would be some lag from it being wireless, but it&#8217;s doing great so far. It fits beautifully in my hand (I have large hands) and working with it feels like a joy. I also have a similar, wired version at work \u2013 and I think I prefer the wireless.<\/li>\n<li>Macbook Air \u2013 lightweight, starts immediately, good battery life. I wish I discovered Macbooks earlier. I used an Asus laptop before that, not a huge fan.<\/li>\n<li>Amazon Kindle. I actually kinda prefer the original one to the one I&#8217;m currently using (I have two\u2013 the original was a gift, and I bought the second one. My wife uses the first one).\u00a0I was (and still am) a lover of physical books from childhood, but a Kindle is really light in the hands and is great for reading on commutes\u2013 buses, planes, while waiting for your food to arrive, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Gain City \/ Mitsubishi Electric air-conditioning. (Mine&#8217;s called a StarMex Inverter.) Hey, it&#8217;s the most expensive thing I own. And it works well for me. Never given me trouble. Still cold. Easy to clean. Doesn&#8217;t seem to use up much power. Hasn&#8217;t leaked yet, or needed servicing. The Gain City guys were great.<\/li>\n<li>I use bluetooth speakers \u2013 Creative D5x. I don&#8217;t actually recommend these, I don&#8217;t know why but the connection tends to be choppy from time to time.<\/li>\n<li>I use some ASUS router. Upgraded to a bigger\/better one and did notice an improvement in web experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Web apps<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Evernote \u2013 I use this as a notepad on my phone<\/li>\n<li>Workflowy \u2013 I&#8217;m a paying user. It makes lists of lists. Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/workflowy.com\/invite\/2853d8f3.lnx\">referral link<\/a> to give you more free bullets (I don&#8217;t need them because I pay)<\/li>\n<li>Trello \u2013 Digital post-its<\/li>\n<li>Scrivener \u2013 if you&#8217;re going to be working on a large-scale text-based project, like a book, this is great. I also own the companion Scapple, which i was using earlier.<\/li>\n<li>YNAB \u2013\u00a0my wife uses this and recommends it. We&#8217;ve referred a few people to it.<\/li>\n<li>Shopify \u2013 I run Statement on Shopify. I used to use Storenvy, which I thought was pretty good, but Shopify is awesome.<\/li>\n<li>Telegram \u2013 my favorite chat app, much preferred to Messenger and Whatsapp. I only use Messenger for friends on FB, and Whatsapp when my friends don&#8217;t have Telegram. Telegram&#8217;s Mac OS app is great to use, and the stickers and bots and gifs etc.. ah.<\/li>\n<li>Slack \u2013 I made a group just for myself, to have conversations with myself about many different things in different channels. It&#8217;s fun. I suppose IRC would work for this too. Just putting this out there.<\/li>\n<li>JEFIT is where I track my workouts. Not a crazy fan of the UI, but it sorta works.\u00a0Would switch if you recommended me something.<\/li>\n<li>Spotify \u2013 I feel like I&#8217;m improverished musically and need some good recommendations. Not satisfied with the current Discover system. But this is what I use to listen to music.<\/li>\n<li>Podcasts \u2013 when I feel like listening to humans talk I typically go to Tim Ferriss&#8217;s site and just listen to one of the audio files from there.<\/li>\n<li>Snapchat \u2013 I have it, occasionally take pictures of my cats. Not really a big user. Maybe if I had more people following me.<\/li>\n<li>Airbnb \u2013 have never used it but I like the concept so I refer people if possible.<\/li>\n<li>Uber \u2013 was a late-ish adopter but have grown to love its convenience and cashlessness. Drivers tend to be lovely people too, at least here in SG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Online Reads \u2013 in a one liner, I like Paul Graham&#8217;s essays, Ribbonfarm, Pmarca&#8217;s old blogposts, Aaron Swartz&#8217; blog (RIP), and I&#8217;m discovering that I really like Joel Spolsky&#8217;s software blog (even as a non-engineer).<\/p>\n<p>Book recommendations in a one-liner: User Illusion (Tor Norretranders), Lost Illusions (Balzac), Antifragile, Sideways Look At Time, Lives of a Cell.\u00a0The Fountainhead is actually pretty good if you have a healthy attitude towards it. 48 Laws of Power. Power of Now (about meditation) and Now Habit (about getting things done). Alan Watts (mostly on YouTube). Ender&#8217;s Game series. More here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/books\/\">http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/books\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video recommendations \u2013 Everything Is A Remix, Overview Effect, Randy Pausch&#8217;s Last Lecture, Tony Robbins&#8217; TED talk (he knows his stuff).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like making referrals whenever I spot the opportunity to, and I rarely care about the benefit to me (unless it&#8217;s absolutely huge). I don&#8217;t use Dropbox very much, but I do recall when people were making a lot of referrals when it first came out. 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