🛠️ Interesting tools & November thoughts 💭

What's in my toolbox?

• Notion I think I don’t need to go deeper here, right?

• Loom - absolutely necessary on a weekly basis. Saves me so much time, no matter if I’m the one sending or receiving a video. Very helpful to record quick video script briefs, meeting debriefs, to show bugs, make short tutorials, etc… A real time-saver!

• Whereby - when it comes to communication, I simply dislike Zoom and got tired of creating 1000 Google Meet rooms, even though it’s quick & painless. Whereby allows me to have my own room(s) ; it has simple settings, not many distractions, run smoothly… I simply adore it. Quick & simple.

• Circle - I love the balance in Circle between overall simplicity & complex options/deep personnalisation. It’s essentially a more modern approach to forums. Since it’s a still recent company, many features are still being added & the support team has been great every (few) times I’ve had to contact them. I use it both as a community member & community admin - both experiences are great.

• Super - after months of using Fruition to host my personal Notion website, I ended up moving over to Super and while I haven’t spent much time playing around it, it’s been delivering all I was expecting of it.

• Stripe - it goes without saying that Stripe has been crucial to my business. Very powerful, efficient and practical.

• Calendly - another extremely useful tool when it comes to allowing folks to book some time with you - it’s easy to use & personalize, efficient, reliable and quick. Removes the friction from finding a time that fits both you & the person wanting to have a meeting with you.

• Gumroad - I just love it. I love the company’s culture, I love their recent redesign, the ease with which you can create your own digital shop & start sharing and selling your creations. I’m not yet on the paid plan, but it’s on my radar in case I do decide later down the line to sell more products.

• Canva I almost forgot to add it to the list, but yes, I’ve been using Canva since late 2016 and only this year I became a paying user, and I don’t regret my decision. Best design tool for non-designers (and I’ve used Photoshop, The Gimp, Figma & more). Nothing beats the ease of use, friendliness and fun of Canva.

Other interesting tools

• Save to Notion: I use it almost daily, to capture outside content and bring it into a dedicated Notion database. It’s honestly amazing, and there are lots of ways it can be used.

• GoFullPage: So far, the best screenshoting tool I’ve found on Windows.

• ColorZilla: very useful color-picker & overall design extension.

• PrevYou: if you have a Youtube channel or work with someone that does, this little extension is great! It allows you to simulate showing your thumbnail & title of choice as if it was a published Youtube video, so you can get a better feel of the result.

• Notion Time Tracker: allow you to add a little chronometer to your Notion databases, so you can track the time spent on a task, for example.

• Magical Text Expander: if you’ve ever worked in customer support before, it essentially works like macros. You can create your own shortcuts and it will then enter whatever text you associated to it. Very useful when you find yourself repeating things over & over.

• Video speed controller: very useful when you’re trying to watch a video faster, but the native video client doesn’t allow you to speed it up. You simply have to click on the extension & select what speed you want, and boom!

November thoughts

See you next time!