Saikat Basu
Former Senior Editor
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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 Lifehacker, OnlineTechTips, GuidingTech, and GoSkills.
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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.
5 Kindle settings that completely changed my reading experience
Hidden Kindle settings that quietly fixed how I read every day.
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.
I dumped hours of shopping reviews into Gemini Notebook and it cut through the noise
I stress-tested Gemini Notebook's shopping advice.
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.
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.
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.
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's threading feature is hiding your replies — and you probably haven't noticed
Gmail's threading quietly hides replies you've already sent.
My Obsidian vault was a mess until I stopped using folders
A folder-free mindset shift changed how I organize every Obsidian note.
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.
This NotebookLM workflow turned my newsletter graveyard into a searchable goldmine
Recall every newsletter idea with this free NotebookLM automation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I changed how I prompt NotebookLM and my audio overviews immediately sounded more interesting
Stop leaving NotebookLM's customize field blank.