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This type of productivity advice is a mirage
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Issue 5 — April 5, 2024 This type of productivity advice is a mirageIn recent years, there has been an explosion of content creators promising to revolutionize our personal and professional productivity. They offer an endless array of Notion templates, bullet journal methods, content frameworks, and organization apps, all designed to help us squeeze more out of every precious minute. Beneath the sleek interfaces and clever marketing lies a troubling reality: many of these "solutions" are nothing more than a mirage, luring us deeper into the very inefficiencies they claim to solve. Here's how you can avoid getting sucked into this trap and become more effective.
Coefficient is this week's sponsorThis issue sponsored by Coefficient–a boutique Airtable and no-code consultancy. Run by a team of ex-Airtable employees including Nick Pardo (he hired me at Airtable!), Coefficient works with large and small companies to organize data, streamline processes, and automate workflows to transform your business. In fact, I refer everyone who reaches out to me about Airtable consulting to the Coefficient team. That’s how much I trust them and you should too. Reach out at hello@withcoefficient.com and let them know we sent you!
Ideas to make you 10% better🤖 This technique for working with LLMs can drastically improve your results by leveraging the difference between short-term vs. long-term memory. 💸 Stripe released its annual letter last month which I'd argue is a must read for anyone in the industry. What particularly struck me (Aron) is how Stripe tends to be a reflection of the trends in our industry. In 2021, money was free and Stripe launched everything under the sun (invoicing, tax, treasury, payment links) while 2022 focused on no-code and AI. After the 2022 layoffs, the theme of the letter is much less lofty: steady state improvements into existing products and offerings. 🆕 Airtable launched its AI offering (mainly text generation). I'm holding off giving my own opinion until I've given it a full try but so far I'd say it's what I expect from Airtable: embedding AI wherever possible within its product to make it easier to adopt (write this formula for me) and embed AI into workflows (summarize this text at this point in the workflow). Stay tuned for a bigger breakdown. Make this newsletter 10% better
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Issue 4 — February 29, 2024 How to find and use hidden APIs to automate processes Written by Giovanni Segar I stumbled upon the web’s equivalent of a secret passage in a castle, and what I learned has enabled me to automate processes I never thought possible. Let me explain. Most of us think of an API as being binary: an app either has one or it doesn’t. But that’s not quite true. Every web app must have some connection to a backend, and essentially we can use that connection to automate...
Dec 17, 2024 How I automated Webflow's social media moderation with Gumloop Written by Aron Korenblit I'd never thought I'd say (type?) these words but I've spent a lot of time in Asana recently. And honestly, I didn't absolutely hate it. I'd even go so far as to say that I enjoyed it. Don't tell anyone, it would kill my brand. Some context: Webflow recently migrated its project planning to Airtable while hoping to maintain its actual day to day project management in Asana. As the local...
Dec 17, 2024 How I automated Webflow's social media moderation with Gumloop Written by Aron Korenblit Aron may not believe in writing documentation, but I do. As a consultant, I often build complex automations for my clients. Writing down what an automation does and how it can break means they're not indefinitely reliant on me. And if we're being honest, it lets future me pick it back up if needed. But writing this documentation is a real pain in the ass. Like all tedious things, I thought,...