Google Docs turned 20 this year, so I’m sharing 20 of my favorite GDocs features you might find useful. What are your favorites?✨1. Type with my voice 🎙️Tools > Voice typingWhen I’m tired of typing,…
I’m excited to be starting a new semester this week, like millions of other teachers. As a resource for my fellow educators, I’m updating a piece I wrote for The 74, the nonprofit education news site.…
I’ve always admired the way bestselling author A.J. Jacobs turns his life into a laboratory for testing quirky ideas. He’s written books about following every biblical law for a year, reading each…
I’ve changed how I use Claude and ChatGPT lately. They’ve become my digital dashboards, linked to many of the tools I rely on. I can ask Claude to add to my calendar, query my meeting notes, update me…
I’m starting this year with a focus on tactics, not just tools. Timeboxing is the tactic I rely on to plan my 100 weekly waking hours. In this post I’m sharing tips and tools to help whether you’re…
💎 In retreating from 2024’s chaotic news, I appreciated the niche apps and podcasts below. Consider today’s post a holiday care package 💝 with little bites. 🔮 Looking ahead: As 2025 approaches, I’m…
I tested hundreds of new tools this year. Many were duplicative. A few stuck with me because they’re so useful. The dozen noted below are helping me mine insights from notes, summarize meetings,…
“Hey, can you cut that two-hour conference presentation down to a two-minute video for LinkedIn?”Two years ago, that request would have sent someone deep into video editing software, scrubbing through…
I don’t know how to code. So I was delighted this week to discover a new AI service, Windsurf Cascade, that helped me make several little games and apps right after downloading the free software. How…
Julius is a promising new AI service for analyzing data. I’ve been using it to make sense of — and visualize — my analytics dashboard and find meaning in giant datasets. You can use it for virtually…
