What will happen to the world of productivity tools this coming year — Every year, I give my personal thoughts on the role that productivity tools play in our lives and how this evolves. With the role of AI coming through in tools like Craft, Notion, Coda and many more — this could well be a difficult one to predict — but here…

The evolution of the AI tools for productivity and prediction — These are my own personal predictions of the evolution cycle that AI will play in and into with productivity systems. Generative AI The current state of affairs is plug-and-play OpenAI GPT-3 AI that we’re seeing inside of Notion, Craft and even tools like Logseq — with little to no divergence from the…

Introduction of AI assistance, better workflows & more — Many of the current AI application surrounds generative AI and the focus on writing, with much excitement. Meanwhile Todoist is lightly sprinkling some AI abilities throughout the tool with more direction and interest. 🤖 Why this AI is better? Much like the other OpenAI systems, this feeds from GPT-3 — the current hip productivity tech tool…

Rising stars in the PKM and note-taking space — The world of PKM tools and note-taking is constantly being re-shaped by tools landing in the market. This explores some of the most new entries to the space and what they’re doing differently, giving you more ideas around trends in this current note-taking market. 📝 Fancy exploring more? …

An new up-and-coming calendar app landed this week! — Ready is one for the books. Yes, Ready Calendar is making an appearance in an early access — one that has raised over $3.2M in their seed funding round from True Ventures. Ready combines work meeting notes with your calendar, much like what the much anticipated Magical experience will aim to do on launch. ✨ What Ready does different? Ready…

A good step forward, but not the goal Notion should go for — The new AI introduction by Notion is cool! Introducing an ability to use generative AI — writing, brainstorming, summarising and translating — is epic and a great step forward… But as a collective, not the step forward Notion needs to become AI-ready as a productivity tool. …

The new acquisition by Bending Spoons starts a new journey — Evernote, the once “100-year company” could well be taking a new unconventional route with its acquisition. For those who don’t know Evernote is in the process of being acquired! Yes, they’re being acquired by Bending Spoon — an app maker, based in Italy. They create apps like Splice and Remini. And Evernote is in the process of the deal to become one of Bending Spoon’s suite of apps. This is an interesting…

Tailored, focused on supporting your ADHD with daily tasks — ADHD as a productivity problem Handling admin, daily workload and new challenges can be tough with ADHD — and this area is continuing to rise. One 2019 study estimates an adult ADHD prevalence of 0.96 percent — doubling from 0.43 percent a decade prior. Productivity tools can largely help reduce stress and help build confidence…