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Overview Journaling is a concept that has been around probably as long as the act of writing has existed. It is one that might not be as popular anymore but one we still find to be largely beneficial. Journaling as a whole is not for everybody but if you find that you’re a creative, or someone that relies on the ability to deliver highly complex, multi-faceted products then you might consider the benefits of documenting your days through some form of journaling....

Why even take notes? Depending on the industry that you work in, or study in, note taking can be a very effective habit to get into. How you take notes can look a little different depending on the type of person you are but why you take notes can usually be boiled down to a few reasons. The most obvious reason is to use as a reference, whether that be to help you remember the latest concept you learned in class or just to document part of your progress at work or on a project....

Overview Nuphy has introduced the successor to one of our favorite keyboards ever the Air60. The v2 model went on presale towards the end of 2023 and a lot of customers have started to receive their keyboards just before the holidays. The keyboard is in a small market of what is already a niche space of custom mechanical keyboards. It is a low-profile 60% mechanical keyboard with hot swap switches, RGB backlighting, and QMK/VIA Compatibility …....

Background You might have come across our post about learning how to code as a beginner. If not, you can read all about it here. After embarking on our code learning journey we have discovered a not so obvious tool that you can use to help you learn that no one is talking about it. That tool believe it or not, is Apple Shortcuts. Hear us out In that post we talked a little bit about why it’s valuable to focus on gaining a deep understanding of fundamental programming operations....

A Unique Middle Ground Red Bear exists in a space pretty much a middle ground between building a website from scratch and a service that basically builds the site for you like squarespace. There are a few resources that we use to make this happen but we’ll only outline the most critical ones to this workflow. The architecture that we used is nothing ground breaking and there are tons of tutorials and walk-throughs that give you broad-stroke instructions on how to set something up for yourself....

Background The Getting Things Done (GTD) system was developed and popularized by productivity guru David Allen. It was introduced to the world through his book so appropriately titled Getting Things Done. Being highly efficient and therefore highly productive is something that we are a bit obsessed over and GTD is our favorite system so far for staying on top of all of our tasks and completing them in a timely manner....

Background If you’ve read any of our other articles here at Red Bear you know that we love learning about learning. You know that we’re always looking at ways of being as efficient and effective as we can be about every aspect of our lives. The latest learning journey that we have embarked on is learning how to code. Our journey is far from over and in reality it may be closer to the starting line than the finish line but we’ve learned a few things along the way that may help some of you on your journey....

A Brief History Are you someone that likes to deep dive new technologies? I mean really deep dive and get to the core of how things work? Do you like reverse engineering machines to understand how they work and finding ways to improve them? Well the current state of 3D printing as a technology is at a point where it might still enable you to do all of those things. You see, 3D printing as an industry has had a somewhat unique development path when compared to other emergent technologies....

Overview Drafts is a markdown text editor. It’s a note-taking system with some unique features that distinguish it from similar apps on the market. The app lends itself well to the super user that is versed in Markdown and proficient with JavaScript but the beauty is that even a novice can have a really positive experience with the platform. Think of it as a powerhouse that is lightweight and easy to use but at the same time can go into overdrive and deliver custom and unique solutions to improve anybody’s workflows....

Background Here at Red Bear we consider ourselves lifelong learners. We believe that everything has a science and everything is worth learning about. Since we’re all such voracious learners and we believe in being as efficient at learning as we can, it only makes sense that one of the topics we like to learn about is… learning. Learning about learning. We don’t really believe there are too many bad ways to learn new things....