Productivity

Meet the tools that can save you time and make you more efficient. Our guides will help you get organized with handy apps and in-depth tutorials.

+ See More

Page 2

Claude and Antigravity next to each other
There’s a cheaper way into Claude, and it starts with Google

Google AI Pro is not just a Gemini subscription.

6
An eBook being displayed on a Kindle
Amazon can delete your entire Kindle library, and there's only one thing you can do about it

DRM is a preservation nightmare, but you can fight back against it.

1
A featured image that displays a Gemini infographic.
I turned a Gemini Deep research report into an infographic and wasn't expecting it to be this good

Take dense Gemini data and turn it into a stunning Canvas infographics instantly

Excel running with multiple PIVOTBY tables
Your Pivot Tables are okay, but rebuilding them this way takes 5 minutes and saves hours

Pivot Tables, but without the pain.

Excel spreadsheet on a Windows laptop.
3 Excel formulas you’re still wasting too much time on

You don’t need more effort; you need better formulas.

1
Laptop and tablet sitting side by side on a couch
I turned my old tablet into a second monitor using this free app

Bring it back to life.

A MacBook Air running DeepSeek-R1 locally with a monitor in the background
I built a private AI server at home and now every device connects to it

Own your software.

Customizing an Audio Overview in NotebookLM.
NotebookLM's best feature got much better when I stopped using the default prompt

NotebookLM makes it easy for users to create podcast-style explainers for any topic, but the default prompts should only be the beginning.

The Excel Analysis ToolPak with a Moving Average Chart on an Excel spreadsheet on a Dell laptop.
I replaced SPSS with a free Excel add-in that was already there — I just never looked

Not every research project needs SPSS, especially when Excel can do the job well.

4
an image of Anytype running on a Macbook
This notes app is boring to explain but I can't stop recommending it to everyone I know

The local notes setup that feels basic until it changes the way you do your private research and workflows.

google gemini interface showing notebooks section with various ai related articles and resources on a laptop screen
Google's new agentic AI can do your chores for you, but there's a catch

This groundbreaking technology can automate your digital chores, but at what cost?

1
Obsidian-PM plugin featured image.
If you like Obsidian, you're going to love the plugin that turns it into a project manager

Plan, track, and finish projects without leaving your Obsidian vault.

google gemini interface showing notebooks section with various ai related articles and resources on a laptop screen
I tried NotebookLM's new Gemini integration, and it's powerful but risky

A double-edged sword.

an Android smartphone showing a number of reading apps with a few cables in the background
3 free Android reading apps that do everything Google Play Books can't

Most Android users never look past the preinstalled option. These three apps are what they're missing.

1
Excel and ChatGPT open on Windows 11 laptop.
I stopped reaching for ChatGPT when Excel could do it three times faster

I skipped the prompt, and saved time.

1
ChatGPT on iPhone put against a laptop keyboard
LLMs hallucinate the most when you ask them to do this

Confident, wrong, and very convincing.

1
Obsidian plugins for markdown.
These 5 Obsidian plugins made my markdown cleaner than I thought possible

Five plugins that keep your Obsidian notes clean without the manual work.

A setup with Niri as the window manager
I tested four Linux tiling window managers and one of them clearly won me over

Battle for the greatest and perhaps most situational.

By 
Editing an Office Script in Microsoft Excel on a HP laptop.
This hidden Excel Automation feature is way more useful than it gets credit for

Excel automation isn’t just macros anymore.

MacroDroid running on Android in the background
I didn’t realize how much Android was missing until I used this app

One app, a few macros, and suddenly your Android starts pulling its own weight.

3