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Create beautiful profile pictures and headers, blazingly fast

21 August 2021

Here's how you can make photos and relevant headers with matching backgrounds in under 5 minutes.

Apps That Will Help Boost Your Productivity at Work

23 April 2021

Want to help improve your focus and boost your productivity at work? Try using these 4 apps I use everyday that helped me become more productive.

Bantayan Island Trip in the "New Normal" (April 2021)

19 April 2021

Here's what it's like to travel and have a relaxing vacation in the "new normal" now that travel restrictions have eased. 2 days, 2 nights trip to Bantayan Island in Cebu for four persons last April 2021.

How to Extend the Battery Life of your Phone

27 March 2021

Here's how still have a maximum charge capacity of 99% after 1 year whereas others have ~85% in the same period. Tips on how to take care of your phone's battery life.

There's no escaping COVID-19: when the coronavirus hit our family

23 January 2021

What’s it like to have COVID, you ask? To be part of the statistic? This is my COVID experience as someone who’s family is affected by COVID, how the local government has been handling it, and how it affected us as a family.

How to Create Your Developer Portfolio with Github

13 September 2020

A guide on how you can leverage a remote repository to showcase your development projects. Learn how to initialize and clone a remote repository, and upload your files on Github.

How to Access Any Website Like An App On Your Phone

10 May 2020

How to quick-launch your favorite websites (that don't have mobile apps) on your phone (iOS & Android). Learn about responsive web apps and how they help you access sites on your phone.

Advantages of Knowing Multiple Programming Languages

06 May 2020

How to use being the 'jack of all trades, master of a few' to your advantage.

Keeping Sane: Daily Doses of Productivity

01 May 2020

How personal projects kept the stress away in this trying time, surviving the first few weeks of ECQ, and the birth of this site, minaopada.com.