automation Archives – Shayon Pal

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October 28, 2020

Count the number of words using Alfred Workflow on macOS

Many a time, when I write for publications, I need to constantly limit myself to a certain number of words. I also need to keep a track of the same while designing websites, or copyediting someone else's articles. I know that there are apps like Ulysses and Draft that monitor the same, but it becomes a hassle to copy and paste text when I am working on other applications. To mitigate that constant irritation, I decided to write an Alfred workflow and automate this task. I've bound the workflow to the keyboard shortcut cmd+ctrl+B. The moment the workflow is triggered,...

Siri Shortcuts, Automation

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October 28, 2020

Integrate Siri Shortcuts with Notion note-taking app

Notion has recently gotten a lot of spotlight within the productivity community as a prominent note-taking application, and a worthy alternative to the age-old Evernote. It is a great tool to build wikis about everything in one's life. There have also been instances where people have used the tool as full-fledged project managers or calendars for themselves. Despite, all the great reviews about the app, there are surely some shortcomings. One of the biggest, for my personal workflows, is the absence of support of Siri Shortcuts on the iOS apps. I use Siri Shortcuts to automate many aspects of my...

Alfred, Automation, Productivity

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October 19, 2020

7 useful automation ideas for Alfred App on macOS

Alfred app on macOS has been my companion for half a decade now. I am such a fan that I ended up buying their Lifetime plan, instead of the usual yearly one. If you work on macOS, this is one application I'd recommend over anything else. I love the application for one major reason — Automation. There are a lot of actions I perform regularly on the computer, that can be easily automated with Alfred. A couple of minutes saved here and there can easily result into saving days every year. Today, I thought I'd share a few automation ideas...

Siri Shortcuts, Automation, Productivity

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October 18, 2020

Using Siri Shortcuts & IFTTT to automate & manage my coffee consumption

I love coffee. The best way I like to brew my coffee is French Press. Every morning, the very first ritual after brushing my teeth is to get started on the coffee. For the brand of coffee I use, the ideal times I like to brew my coffee for is 4 minutes. Additionally, recently, I also decided to start tracking how much coffee I consume in a day. To be able to achieve the same, the tools that I end up using are: The Apple Watch - primarily because I end up having that gadget on me a lot more...