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Chiara Cokieng

📍 Berlin, Germany

How I manage my time and energy while job hunting (and working)

If you check my LinkedIn Recommendations, people say I work at ‘an incredibly high speed’, am ‘the best organized person I know’, and am ‘somehow, always simultaneously thoughtful and expeditiously efficient.’ So I thought it would be fun and useful to share how I manage my time and energy while

My most used keyboard shortcuts in Craft

I was talking to a friend who was sharing his screen while typing in Craft. It was a little painful to see him slow his thought process down by having to use the trackpad to format his text. One of the reasons I love Craft is that my typing can

Sorry, you're not Dave 😅

Today, I wrote an email update to Gen Propel's subscribers on what we're up to. I haven't done this in four months. It showed. To make my writing more personal, I always start by addressing it to a hypothetical person, ex – "Hi Dave&

aText and Google Drive

Today, I simplified some of the apps I use, specifically: I decided to go back to aText [https://www.trankynam.com/atext/] and stop my Text Expander subscription. Originally, I wanted to use Text Expander for two reasons: (1) Formatting didn't transfer well from aText to Craft for

Rocket German Walk + Anki

Today, I felt a little feverish, probably from the second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. I didn't work at all, but I still did my "Rocket German Walk + Anki" habit. I've been doing it almost every weekday for a month. It's

YouTube Comedian?

Motivated by how unhappy [https://www.chiaracokieng.com/my-ideal-skillshare-intro-lessons-learned-from-analyzing-three-skillshare-classes/] I was with my video skills, I asked my friend if she'd consider starting a YouTube channel with me. But on what? I want to get better at video.

Skillshare course intro v2

Today, I rewrote our Skillshare course's intro [https://www.chiaracokieng.com/gen-propel-skillshare-course-intro/] based on what I learned [https://www.chiaracokieng.com/my-ideal-skillshare-intro-lessons-learned-from-analyzing-three-skillshare-classes/] from studying three Skillshare class intros. Here's the before and

My handwriting is illegible - something I knew for sure that just ain’t so

There’s a quote often attributed to Mark Twain that goes like this: > It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. I’ve always agreed in my mind, thinking, “Hmmm. That’s

My ideal Skillshare intro, lessons learned from studying three Skillshare classes

I scheduled for us to record our Skillshare class yesterday. While we were setting up, I realized I forgot to buy the lightning to 3.5mm jack connector for the lapel mic, so we had to reschedule. To make use of the time, we decided to practice filming, starting with

Learning visual note-taking with Verbal to Visual

I was talking to a fellow course creator about the Skillshare course [https://www.chiaracokieng.com/gen-propel-skillshare-course-intro/] we're creating. He mentioned that including simple illustrations work super well for him. The ideas are more 'sticky' for students. I'm in love