Gauri ShankerIt is a good practice to put your blog’s name on your screenshots so that people know that you are their original creator. Branding screenshots will also ensure that you reap the SEO benefits when they are shared on social media or linked to other blogs. If you are a content creator or a blogger, … Read more
Having the Bluetooth icon shown right in the menu bar makes it easily accessible and saves you some keystrokes while toggling Bluetooth. However, there is an even faster way to toggle the Bluetooth on or off on your Mac. Read on the find out all about it. What I like most about Mac is its … Read more
Raycast is an awesome app. Out of the box, it comes with a huge number of features such as window management, clipboard manager, app uninstaller, emoji picker, and snippets to name a few. But the real beauty of Raycast is that it is designed to be extensible. When Raycast made its API available, it opened … Read more
If you are not using Raycast on Mac, you should. It is like the spotlight on your Mac, just a hundred times better. I bought my first MacBook about 10 months ago. I have been a lifetime user of Windows. So, for the first nine months, I was pretty unimpressed with the MacOS. Then, I … Read more
Excalidraw is a free online whiteboarding tool that lets you draw and sketch with ease. What sets it apart is the way its diagrams feel almost like they’ve been hand-drawn. Unlike many other tools claiming to support hand-drawn elements, Excalidraw’s drawings come closest to capturing that natural, handwritten vibe. This is one of the reasons … Read more
Lightening or darkening a color is a common use case in UI design. You may want to darken the background color when a user hovers over a button, or you may use a slightly lighter shade of the text color for the background of an alert. In this article, we will start with the usual … Read more
I have a soft spot for hand-drawn illustrations and flowcharts over computer-generated ones. There’s something inviting about hand-drawn designs that impart a human touch, unlike the sterile, precise lines of computer-made diagrams. While tidy flowcharts with perfectly straight lines look organized, they often lack that personal, hand-drawn vibe that connects with people. That’s one reason … Read more
Excalidraw’s main strength lies in its simplicity. It doesn’t overwhelm you with a load of features or options. It’s easy to pick up and get started with, allowing you to create impressive drawings within just a few minutes. However, it’s easy to be fooled by its simplicity and minimalism into thinking it’s lacking in features. … Read more
Using vector programs like Excalidraw can be a bit of a hassle without keyboard shortcuts. Clicking and dragging the mouse to select and draw things can get tiring after a while. What takes the mouse a few seconds to do can be done instantly with a keyboard shortcut. So, it’s a good idea to learn … Read more
Online vector-based drawing programs like Excalidraw give you an infinite canvas to draw on. While it’s great for freehand doodling, it’s not ideal when it comes to drawing things in proportion to each other. For example, you cannot give an aspect ratio to its canvas, which is kind of a bummer if you are doing … Read more