Llama Life, issue #10
Hey friends 👋
Welcome back to Llama Life, a newsletter where we share bite-sized productivity tips and the occasional ‘Llama’ news.
Let’s get to it!
1. Bite-sized productivity tips
🌎 Chrome browser shortcuts
I probably spend around half my working day in Chrome, whether it being reading news, researching how to fix a programming issue, or on social media.
Here’s a few Chrome shortcuts to make your browsing experience that tiny bit faster:
Ctrl T opens a new tab
Ctrl W closes the current tab
Ctrl L puts your cursor into the search bar (love this one!)
🎧 A virtual place to study, work or relax
Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Lo-Fi music to get work done.
Stumbled across this YouTube channel the other day. It streams beats 24/7 with a soothing visual of cafe shop. There’s also a live chat in the sidebar, but this can be minimized if distracting.
👨💻 Do you have words or phrases that you always find yourself typing?
If so, you can set up ‘text shortcuts’ to automatically type it for you (Mac only).
For example, if I’m constantly typing my email address out, I can set up a text shortcut of say ‘!email’ so every time I type ‘!email’ it will replace that with my actual email address.
The text shortcut can be whatever you’d like, but it helps to put a ‘!’ in front of it so you don’t accidentally trigger the shortcut.
See here for how to set it up and some excellent examples.
2. Llama news
Llama is a task manager that provides structure and focus to get work done.
🎁 New feature: Introducing ‘Chimes’. A soft chime can now play at an interval of your choosing eg every 5 minutes. For those who get distracted, Chimes can help you return to focus.
If you have any productivity tips, or if you just want to say hello 👋 feel free to message me. I’m on Twitter at @threehourcoffee 🐦
Till next time, have a productive week! 👩🏻💻
Marie