Author: Elizabeth Tai
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Pushback against digital gardens?
The pushback I received made me think about a way to re-clarify my message about digital gardens. The last thing I want people to think is that one is better than the other. I rather communicate the freedom digital gardening has given me, and how I’ve written so much more since taking this approach to…
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Digital gardens vs blogging: What’s the difference?
Digital gardens are a different way to present yourself on the Internet. Blogging is often see as a way to “brand yourself”. Digital gardens are less interested in marketing a personality but in sharing knowledge.
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My new productivity workflow using email and Trello
To solve productivity problems, we tend to think that an app or a software can help us solve the problem. What we need to do to solve our productivity conundrums is to have clarity about our productivity problems and finding then finding tools that will solve it. In this post I show how I solved…
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Tsunami ghosts, anti-LinkedIn post, digital gardens, Obsidian discoveries, NPCs and more
A collection of fun posts about various stuff I found on the Internet. Some tech, some birbs, nerdy PKM Obsidian shares, and a dash of weirdo stuff. I always aim to make you smile, and promise not to share stuff about politics. There’s enough of that goin’ around!
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The return of the sunbirds
For years, I was fortunate enough to watch sunbird couples hatch their chicks right at my balcony. They’ve returned this year.
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The COVID-19 lockdown diaries
My reflections and old tweets made during the first few months of Malaysia’s COVID-19 lockdowns or “Movement Control Order”.
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Personal Finance
A guide that serves as a map to all the content I’ve written about finance over the years.
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My 15-minute city lifestyle in Malaysia!
You don’t have to live in Europe to experience the 15-minute city life. You can find that kind of lifestyle even in Malaysia.
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How I use social media, and why Mastodon is still No.1 for me
There’s something inherently combative about Western social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The people there often seem mean-spirited, and the overall experience feels hostile. Chinese social media can be better due to stricter moderation policies, but you have to choose the right platform to dwell in.
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Public transportation in my neighbourhood and I have electric car envy
Light rail transits, walkways, BRTs, public busses … I’m really grateful that my area has all these and I am not forced to be car dependent.
Elizabeth Tai 