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Monthly favourites — October 2023
This is a love letter to A24, with a sidenote lesson in aiming for the minimum.
Monthly favourites — September 2023
The start of Spring was filled with the smell of jasmine in my garden, along with a thriller film, board games and better spreadsheeting skills.
Why you should have a hype folder at work
A hype folder is a place to keep track of praise and positive feedback, so you can refer to it when you need a confidence boost.
Tools
How I use ChatGPT to help me with home life
ChatGPT can save you time, give you advice, help you plan, and come up with ideas. Here are some prompts to try in your home life.
How to crop and annotate browser screenshots with Awesome Screenshot
The free Chrome browser extension that helps you take a more awesome screenshot. You probably know how to...
What is Notion AI and how can I use it?
Notion has released its native AI feature and it has a few cool tricks!
How to setup a project with subtasks and dependencies in Notion
Here’s how to get started with subtasks and dependencies in your Notion project, and a few things to watch out for!
Unlock Your Creativity with ChatGPT: The AI Writing Assistant for Bloggers
What is ChatGPT and how can I use it? Let me explain! …with help from an AI writing bot.
How to live by your values with help from your calendar
How we spend our time is how we spend our life, so let’s make it count, hey?
Communication
Agile project management: what’s in a name?
Tips on how to make agile project management work for you.
Just write it! (and become a better writer)
5 hot tips to help you become a better writer.
Clear communication in a digital world
Approaches to ensure you’re communicating clearly and efficiently in a digital workplace setting.
What a great idea
Too bad I thought of it.
Organisation
How to setup a film and TV watchlist in Notion
How I use Notion to manage our household film and TV watchlist, as a curated subset what’s relevant, as opposed to being governed by algorithms.
How to stick with a new habit
This is how I use t-shirt sizing, habit stacking and data tracking to make my habits stick!
How to setup a personal dashboard in Notion
I’ll show you how to setup a personal dashboard in Notion from scratch, including filtered views, timelines and how to quickly hop between views.
How to manage a remote team using digital tools
No one could have envisioned they’d still be a remote workplace eight months on. No one knows what the new world of work is going to look like. Use this checklist to build your digital toolbox to manage your remote team.
How I prepare my personal tax return
On the topic of ‘how a producer-type manages their finances’ I thought it would be useful to share my process for preparing a tax return in Australia and —spoiler alert— how I prepare little parts through the year, so at tax time it’s just a matter of compiling them all.
7 email management principles to tame your inbox
An approach to email management that works! The 7 email management principles you need to tame your inbox.