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Productivity Pros,
Here are three AI-adjacent productivity hacks I'm loving and sure you will, too:
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Forget typing. Speak. Speaking is 4x faster than typing. Wispr transcribes and polishes my spoken word across apps—desktop and mobile. And with Voicenotes, I can ramble endlessly about any idea, then it'll tidy and format it for any need.
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Save prompts as snippets. I use Raycast to make my reused prompts available in a few taps of the keyboard. They're configured with variables for the inputs that change. AI Blaze is an interesting new browser extension that serves the same function.
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Chat with multiple bots. No AI chatbot is best for every prompt. If you want the most useful output, prompting multiple chatbots is a must. Fortunately, tools like ChatHub make it easy. (I'm currently testing Magai. Will report back.)
And below, synthesized AI updates you can't miss. As always, if it's helpful, thank me with a share.
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Onward 🦾,
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Trends
5 Key Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Trends Report
Mary Meeker is famous for her reports on internet trends. This year, it was all about AI. Here are the five key takeaways that will interest you most:
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AI adoption is happening at warp speed—faster than the internet. ChatGPT hit 100 million users in just two months and now supports ~800 million weekly users.
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AI is quickly shifting from conversational chatbots to autonomous agents. By late 2025, approximately 85% of enterprises are expected to run AI agents of some kind, and that segment is growing nearly twice as fast as the traditional chatbot market. (Chatbots retrieve information and generate a response. Agents accept an objective, make decisions autonomously, and take action in browsers and apps.)
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AI proficiency is non-negotiable. AI-focused job postings have surged 448% since 2018. Responsibilities are quickly shifting from do-it-yourself to overseeing teams of AI agents.
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The new productivity metric: output per human with AI: Increasingly, productivity is measured—and employees are evaluated—by their collective output with AI.
- 83% of sales teams using AI report revenue growth, versus 66% without
- AI agents help customer support teams resolve 14% more issues per hour.
- AI-assisted developers boost outputs by 20% to 40%.
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AI is the new space race. And China is America's biggest threat. When DeepSeek released its economical R1 model earlier this year, it quickly captured 21% of global user share.
Nutt's Notes
We're aware of these trends and discuss them often. What's notable—and staggering in some cases—is their accelerating pace.
Anthropic
Claude Artifacts are now AI-powered apps that anyone can create with natural language.
Previously, Artifacts allowed users to see and interact with generated content. Now, they're full-featured web apps.
- Describe what you want Claude to create, and it'll write the code and display a fully functional preview.
- You can then iterate using natural language, with each version safely stored in history.
- Notably, the generated apps can integrate AI (drawing from the user's Claude account).
- Use cases run the gamut—AI-powered games, learning tools, data analysis apps, writing assistants, and even agent workflows that "orchestrate multiple Claude calls for complex tasks."
- Artifacts now have a dedicated space in your sidebar, where you can browse yours and source inspiration from others.
- And they're easily shareable with a link.
Nutt's Notes
- Claude has long been my preferred chatbot for writing and coding. The new Artifacts only amplify preference.
- I'd love to publish them to a custom domain. Until that's officially supported, I'll hack it with Cloudflare.
Quick Hits
- Higgsfield's viral new image generator now offers everyone a batch of free generations daily.
- Leading voice platform ElevenLabs released an experimental (free) version of 11ai, an AI-powered voice assistant that can take action in a growing collection of integrated apps, including Notion. I'm so jazzed for the era of AI-powered voice assistants.
- Backed by Chinese powerhouses Alibaba and Tencent, Shanghai-based MiniMax made its agent available for anyone to try. As I see it, it's the first meaningful threat to Manus.
- Microsoft's AI Diagnostic Orchestrator diagnosed complex medical cases with 85% accuracy—over four times better than experienced physicians, and at lower cost.
- OpenAI launched a podcast. Sam Altman talks AGI and GPT-5 on the first episode.
- Meta partnered with Oakley on its new smart glasses. They're geared toward athletes.
- Google released its latest image model, Imagen 4.
- Google also released an experimental app, Doppl, that lets you virtually try on clothes.
- Bloomberg is convinced that the first device from OpenAI × Jony Ive will be a pin.
- The tally of top OpenAI researchers poached for Zuck's superintelligence team reached eight.
- With Manus's new Cloud Browser, the AI agent safely stores your login credentials so it can act within your accounts without requesting access.
- Google added Search Live to AI Mode in Search, where you can chat by voice. It's an experimental feature available to participants of Labs, which annoyingly excludes Google Workspace accounts.
- Midjourney—the OG image generator—added video generation from images.
- Adobe launched mobile apps for Firefly, its AI for generating and editing creative assets with natural language.
Red-Hot Resources
The Bulletproof Framework for Notion
The Bulletproof framework is my flagship contribution to the Notion universe, helping millions of users maximize the app. With the debut of Version 4, it reset the standard for Notion Workspaces. If you're not using it or learning from it, take the tour, then join Notion A-to-Z for full access to Bulletproof and all other templates and resources from Notion VIP.
There's a version for Coda, too, if that's you preference.
Create Your Team of Personalized AI Assistants
The #1 way to harness AI is to create a team of specialized, personalized assistants. Here's how to do it in a snap.
Notion Flowchart Generator
Easily generate Mermaid code for rendering useful and beautiful flowcharts in Notion's Code blocks.
10 Crucial Roles of AI in Your Workflow
Ten ways everyone should use AI reflexively throughout their day to boost eficiency and productivity.
Your 10-Minute Jumpstart to Formulas 2.0
I'm actively creating tutorials on the essential formulas and functions used in the Notion Wealth Tracker. This jumpstart is an essential prerequisite.
The WWWH Prompting Framework
The quality of your responses from AI is a function of the quality of your prompts. My WWWH framework ensures you provide the information the AI needs, in a format it will understand.
The 12 Golden Rules of Notion
I've developed countless workspaces and worked intensively with the Notion team, top experts, and users of all stripes. Along the way, I established a set of core principles for maximizing Notion. They underpin every strategy I hone and resource I craft. Skip years of learning the hard way, and let them guide your own approach to Notion.
Next-Generation Wealth Tracker for Google Sheets
This sophisticated wealth tracker leverages the latest features of Google Sheets to create a simple, powerful tool for managing your entire net worth in one familiar place. And it's an extraordinary way to master Google Sheets.
6 Parables That Make AI "Click"
Fun stuff here: These six parables offer important lessons for using AI effectively and safely. And they're narrated and illustrated by ChatGPT.
Notion vs. Coda: 30 Key Differences
You've seen Notion inspire a whole new app category that’s redefining productivity. But it’s not doing it alone: Coda is just as instrumental in the rise of “all-in-one” apps.
They’re built on the same foundational concept, but Notion and Coda have distinct differences that suit them for particular users. The best one for you depends on your priorities.
To make it easy to find your match, I conducted a methodical comparison that revealed the most consequential differences between Notion and Coda.
Animated Page Covers
You can make your Notion pages look stunning with animated covers. But choose them carefully: Stick to gradients and subtle patterns to avoid distractions, and use SVGs over GIFs, which are grainy and bulky. To make that easy, I aggregated my best animated covers for you to preview and download instantly. Six are available for free. Members of Notion A-to-Z get more than 40.
Create Stunning Card Previews
One of the best ways to enrich a Notion workspace is the Gallery database layout with robust card previews. That's partly what makes the Bulletproof Framework such an exceptional Notion experience. So I created a tool for generating
similar cards for your own workspaces.
Tools of the Modern Professional
Tried and true tools that fuel the Nutt Labs machine.
- Fillout — One of my top-5 productivity principals is collecting information through forms, never freeform docs or especially email. Fillout is the best tool for it—and much more.
- Tally — Another incredible form tool—simpler than Fillout if you don't need the bells and whistles.
- Cal.com — The booming Calendly alternative with robust integrations and automations.
- Wispr — Another top-5 productivity principal: Speak, don't type. Wispr transcribes and polishes your spoken word in any app—desktop or mobile.
- Voicenotes — And Voicenotes captures your rambling ideas, then tidies and formats however you need them.
- Otter — My go-to for transcribing, summarizing, and organizing meetings. I love Otter for its versatility and rich UI.
- Notion — The all-in-one app that stole my heart and ignited my success when I launched Notion VIP. It's the operating system of my business and life.
- Coda — An all-in-one app like Notion, but with more horsepower.
- Lindy — The AI-first automated workflow builder. (And cheaper than Zapier.)
- Make — The most affordable, yet dependable, automated workflow builder.
- Screen Studio — Ever wonder how I capture those silky smooth zooms in my screen recordings? They're automated with Screen Studio—an indispensable tool in my production workflow.
- Ideogram — The top AI image generator, with exceptional ability to generate text and an elegant interface.
- Descript — My indispensable video production app with innovative script-based editing. It also converts my cruddy audio to studio sound.
- ElevenLabs — The top AI voice generator. It's just a few updates from allowing me to ditch recording and use text-to-speech exclusively. Can't. Wait.
- Softr — The easiest way to build powerful web apps that integrate seamlessly with Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, et al.
- Super — Hands-down, the best way to publish Notion as a website, with a custom design and domain. The Super team upholds incredibly high standards.
- Lovable — The #1 way to create sophisticated, gorgeous web apps through natural-language AI—AKA "vibe coding."
- Robinhood — The app that democratized investing is becoming a full-fledged financial services company. I love everything Robinhood does—and you can't beat its unlimited 3%-back credit card. With this link, you'll get a gift stock when you join.
- Mercury — Banking services exceedingly well tailored for modern professionals. Truly among the best experiences across categories.
- Wealthfront — My indispensable destination for earning interest on cash and automated investing. Wealthfront consistently offers the highest APY and simplest UX.
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