Saikat Basu-Former Senior Editor

Saikat Basu

Former Senior Editor

January, 2008
Bachelor of Science, Master of Business Administration (Pune University)
Productivity, Creativity, Artificial Intelligence
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About Saikat Basu

After removing the grime of an MBA and a ten-year long marketing career, Saikat dabbled in web development, networking, and SAP. He was an editor of several MakeUseOf sections from 2008 to 2024, having special interests in AI, productivity methods, and iOS. He has formerly contributed to top web publications like LifehackerOnlineTechTips, GuidingTech, and GoSkills.

You will find his complete portfolio on Authory.

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Claude interface displaying a prompt and response without clarifying questions.
The delimiter trick that stops Claude from asking questions when you just want a quick answer

One prompt line stops Claude's endless clarifying questions.

Kindle app reading settings featured image
5 Kindle settings that completely changed my reading experience

Hidden Kindle settings that quietly fixed how I read every day.

The featured image displaying the page turn animation on an iPad screen.
I switched on one Kindle setting and reading finally felt like turning real pages

One Kindle toggle makes page turns feel like a real book again.

Gemini Notebook and Shopping Research.
I dumped hours of shopping reviews into Gemini Notebook and it cut through the noise

I stress-tested Gemini Notebook's shopping advice.

Gemini Notebook-Study-Guide.
I ignored Gemini Notebook's study guides for months — then I realized I was using them completely wrong

Five habits that turn generic AI summaries into real study tools.

Using Claude and Obsidian together to manage bookmarked clips.
I had 500 Obsidian clips rotting in my inbox — Claude found the 50 that actually mattered

Claude turned my Obsidian bookmark chaos into clips worth keeping.

Kindle highlights in a Gemini Notebook.
Gemini Notebook turned my forgotten Kindle highlights into an interview with a year of my own reading

Five prompts that turned a year of highlights into a free Readwise.

Kindle highlights in Obsidian.
I synced every Kindle highlight into Obsidian for free without a Readwise subscription

Skip the Readwise fee and sync Kindle highlights into Obsidian instead.

Gmail Threads with the Expand All button
Gmail's threading feature is hiding your replies — and you probably haven't noticed

Gmail's threading quietly hides replies you've already sent.

Obsidian file -organization and search.
My Obsidian vault was a mess until I stopped using folders

A folder-free mindset shift changed how I organize every Obsidian note.

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Gemini Notebook
I stopped using Gemini Notebook for PDFs and found 5 better uses hiding in plain sight

Gemini Notebook prompts that do more than shrink your PDFs.

Zapier NotebookLM Workflow
This NotebookLM workflow turned my newsletter graveyard into a searchable goldmine

Recall every newsletter idea with this free NotebookLM automation.

NotebookLM Google Drive Sync
I turned on NotebookLM's Drive sync and finally ditched my research folder chaos

Messy Drive folder? Let NotebookLM auto-sync it into a live knowledge base.

Adapting a book into a RPG game with Claude.
I turned a self-help book into a playable RPG with Claude — and finished it

Claude turned my book highlights into quests I had to actually do.

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NotebookLM book highlights.
My book highlights piled up unread until I started using NotebookLM's sync feature

Stop organizing book highlights and let NotebookLM do it for you.

Markdown format.
My notes will outlive every app I've ever installed, and the format is the reason

Markdown keeps your notes portable, permanent, and AI-ready.

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Kraa.io
The notes app that finally stuck for me has no sync, no AI, and nothing to fiddle with

Real-time writing and collaboration, zero sign-up required.

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Obsidian's visualization plugins.
I didn't realize Obsidian could visualize my notes until I installed these free plugins

Five free Obsidian plugins that turn text notes into visual thinking tools.

Gemini and Google Keep workflow.
The best Gemini upgrade I've found this year was hiding in Google Keep

Gemini turns your messy Keep notes into answers you can actually use.

NotebookLM showing the different learning tools.
I changed how I prompt NotebookLM and my audio overviews immediately sounded more interesting

Stop leaving NotebookLM's customize field blank.

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