Category: Productivity

Is Your Phone Line Secure?

A high-ranking bank executive had an unsolicited $30K loan made under his name. All of this because he mis-placed his phone for a few minutes. Setting a strong passcode on an iPhone only secures the phone, however the cellular line is a totally different matter.

Your iPhone may be secure, with 7-digit passcode, biometric lock, and Apple’s strong on-device encryption. However is your SIM card secure as well?

If someone stole your iPhone, it may well be they can’t access your data. Thanks to activation lock, they probably won’t be able to re-sell the device as it is – best case is to make use of its screen, battery, and enclosure as spare parts.

But if the stolen iPhone has an unlocked SIM card, it may well be significantly more valuable than the iPhone itself. How? By stealing your identity.

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Personal Scrum on OmniFocus

Scrum improves productivity by improving team’s morale and increasing focus on deliverables. What’s great is that scrum is not limited to software development teams nor even limited to teams in the first place. Learn how to do a one-person scrum and the software that goes along with it.

You’re doing a one-person project and you feel like you need to manage your tasks more effectively? Maybe you should try Personal Scrum. This is the agile approach to software development but trimmed down extensively to support just about any personal projects of building just about anything – not just software. As Scrum brings immense improvement to a software development team’s productivity and satisfaction, personal scrum should also have a similar effect to a one-person project.

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How to Import Data from Singaporean Banks

Many banks does doesn’t generate transaction history files that are meant to be used by personal finance applications. They don’t follow the CSV standard closely. Here’s some scripts to help you convert your banks’ output to a standard CSV file ready to use by your personal finance application

When you have the slightest care about your money but you can’t hire an accountant just yet, you’ll likely use a personal finance software to keep your budget in check. If you’re lucky enough that your software can communicate directly with your bank then half of your monthly reconciling work is done already. However the rest of us aren’t that lucky – including myself. If you find yourself juggling CSV files whenever you need to update your financial records, I might have a solution for you.

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