My favourite browser in 2023 is @SigmaOS - it’s completely changed the game for my online productivity 🎉
So here are 6 ways it’s helped me to save time and get more done👇
1 - Organisation
I love how easy it is to organise + group my tabs into multiple workspaces depending on what I’m working on
E.g. I've got a workspace for my creative work, a workspace for chill time, a workspace for the book etc
Here's some research I’m doing for my book :)
SigmaOS makes it very easy to get going because they give you a bunch of different template workspaces depending on whether you’re a student, startup, creator, etc
I started off with a simple ‘creator’ workspace but I now have a workspace for pretty much every area of my life
2 - Performance
It’s also a WebKit browser that’s compatible with Chrome extension - all this basically means is that you get all the performance / privacy benefits of Safari, combined with all the great tools of Chrome.
So it offers the best of both worlds imo 🎉
3 - Multitasking
I like doing multiple things at the same time eg chat to people on Slack while watching a video or taking notes while reading.
Sigma’s split screen function makes this super easy and saves me from having to jump between tabs + different browser windows.
4 - Focus
When I need to immerse myself in my work and avoid distractions I use 'focus mode' - I’ve used this a ton when writing my book
It basically hides everything except the current page I’m working on, so I can’t get distracted by thousands of YouTube notifications #flex
5 - Lazy search
I’ve always been a big fan of the idea that if you want to increase your overall digital productivity, you should switch to a keyboard-first approach and use your mouse and trackpad as rarely as possible.
This is why I love their Lazy Search feature.
Lazy Search lets me find pretty much everything I need - tabs, previous searches, bookmarks, etc. - all from one super easy to use search bar.
Plus, Sigma has a ton of keyboard shortcuts that makes finding and doing what you need so much faster.
6 - Aesthetics
I’m always more productive when the environment is pretty, which is probably another reason why I’ve enjoyed Sigma so much.
It’s just a really nice aesthetic experience and it’s always so much fun using it compared to other browsers ❤️
So, if you’re interested in upgrading your browser to SigmaOS, they’re kindly offering 20% off the annual plan with the code Ali20: go.aliabdaal.com/sigmatweet
I highly recommend you check it out and give it a go :)
I built a million dollar business in medical school.
Here are my top 10 tips for entrepreneurs
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Context: Back in 2013, my friends and I set up a business whilst we were medical students called 6med. When we started we thought it would just be a small-scale, local project – but a few months later we’d run 5 sold-out courses to over 120 students and it just continued to grow
1 - Don’t wait for permission
When we’re thinking of starting something we often wait for someone to give us permission to say we can start
But waiting won't help.
You can start doing it whenever you want and, in fact, the act of ‘doing’ is the best form of learning.
3 popular revision techniques you should avoid 👇 🧵
1 - Rereading
This is the most popular technique people use because it gives us the impression that we’re engaging in productive work.
But, it isn’t productive or efficient.
It’s a passive form of learning.
Dunlosky: ‘When compared with other techniques, rereading is much less effective…The relative disadvantage of rereading to other techniques is the largest strike against rereading and is the factor that weighed most heavily in our decision to assign it a rating of low utility'