Tech Productivity Issue #250 (Is AI Enough to Increase Productivity?)

Issue #250 (Is AI Enough to Increase Productivity?) 11/27/23

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You may have heard of the book The Nuclear Effect: The 6 Pillars of Building a 7+ Figure Online Business, written by Scott Oldford, a business coach and entrepreneur.

The book title certainly sounds a little sensational and click-baity, but it has an average 4.5 stars on Amazon with more than 700 reviews and the website says more than 600 of those reviews are 5 stars.

But not to worry about the price or the quality, because the author has recently made the digital version of the book available for free download on the book's primary website: The Nuclear Effect. So you can check it out at no risk!

You just have to provide an email address and you'll also be automatically subscribed to the author's emails and updates, but it's easy enough to unsubscribe if you choose.

I'm not sure if this is a permanent arrangement to have the book available for free but it would be good to take advantage of this if the topic interests you. Maybe there's a 'sequel' in the works, so this might be a genius marketing plan in the works!

Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!

Tools & Apps

Cover Letter Writer — An AI-based tool to help you generate a cover letter based on your PDF resume and a job description, with options to choose a writing style and highlighted skills.

Boomerang — A set of powerful email and meeting scheduling tools for Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook, iOS, and Android, with support for Zoom, Google Meet, etc.

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Zight — Formerly known as CloudApp, a screen recording software suite for Mac, Windows, and Chrome that includes a screenshot tool, GIF maker, video editing, AI features, and more.

Diarly — A secure, user-friendly, and beautifully crafted diary and journaling app for iOS that includes timeline, notes, calendar views, themes, templates, etc.

momo.coach — An all-in-one business app for freelancers that includes time tracking, invoicing, expense tracking, tax reports, and more.

Beam — A one-click ChatGPT app for all your Mac apps that adds a floating chat panel to your Mac UI that's sandboxed and fully local.

Articles & Resources

Hack Your Focus With Body Doubling — The suggestion is referring to having someone next to you—a “body double”—as you work on difficult tasks, to ensure you're not distracted or tend to procrastinate.

Cleaning Products Emit Hundreds Of Hazardous Chemicals, New Study Finds — I don't normally include articles like this, but I think this is an important one if you haven't considered the effect of such products on your long-term health and well-being.

The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It — "New research finds that the memories useful for future generalizations are held in the brain separately from those recording unusual events."

Bytes: Your Favourite JavaScript Newsletter — I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, but this is definitely one I look forward to. Entertaining with lots of cool and useful coding tidbits and tools. sponsor

Is AI Enough to Increase Your Productivity? — A timely look at the impact of AI on productivity for programmers with a reminder that it's still important to know how to code without AI.

Paying Attention — Some excellent advice on deciding what to pay attention to in a world full of notifications and information, with a great quote in the intro from the first Sherlock Holmes novel in 1887 that's even more applicable today!

The Inconvenient Truth About Productivity — A better title for this would be '3 underappreciated ideas for getting things done', as there's nothing too controversial here, just some sound advice that maybe you haven't heard before.

Suggestions?

Have a suggestion for a productivity-related tool, article, or other resource? Send me a direct message via X (@LouisLazaris) and I’ll consider including it in a future issue.

Stay productive!

Louis
techproductivity.co
@LouisLazaris

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