Site map

This website focusses on Windows and Web browsing. I will make separate websites for Android and Linux later.

There's a lot of info on here.

Firstly, you can use Ctrl+K or ⌘+K to invoke the Search box.

Main Sections

• Setting up a computer to be useable and useful ↴

• Typing tips ↴

• Becoming a "power user" ↴ — shortcuts, gestures, etc

Setting up a computer to be useable and useful

Click each item below to expand. ↓

My principles for setting up a computer

• Decreasing Distraction

• Software & OS Configuration — Configuring the operating system to be uninvasive

• Hardware Selection — Choosing hardware that is ergonomic and unobtrusive

• Crafting Your Environment — Crafting your computer environment for focus.

• Back up everything you spend time creating!!!

Windows configuration

• Setting up a new Windows 11 system

• Startup Apps

• Third-party apps

  • Apps for special features

  • Software management — Uninstaller apps

• Edge: Make It Stop — Simple ways to make Microsoft Edge shut the fucking fuck up

• Removing Bloatware

• Automating tasks

  • Time Synchronization

Windows usage

• Windows Tools — tools that are already built in!

• PowerToys Tools — tools to power up your computer

• Tips on handling bugs

Web browser setup

• My default settings

• Good Browser Extensions

• Privacy & telemetry

• Passwords & security

Application setup

Introduction to Application setup.

• Getting the apps you need in the first place

• Popular apps for purposes

• Underrated useful apps

• Configuring large, complex apps (e.g. performance settings in Photoshop)

File management — sync, space, etc

Intro to storage hygiene — good management of files and personal data; difference between data storage (disks: HDDs, SSDs, flash, etc) and memory (RAM)

• Monitoring storage usage — windirstat &simlr

• Sync & backup files — Backup, sync, file streaming — reasons, services, pros & cons

• Folder hierarchy and file naming — Making it easier to find your files in the future

• Where should I store different types of files?

  • Long-term vs short-term files and what type of hard drive to put them on

  • Shortest term: scratch disks (apps like Photoshop), pagefile.sys, swap space

Typing tips

• for other languages and scripts

Becoming a “power user”

Introduction to → .

Keyboard shortcuts

introduction

Touchpad gestures

Window manager features

• Tiling windows

• Virtual desktops

Dual screens

• Unusual multi-screen solutions (using a phone/tablet as the second monitor)

Apps for power users