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Productivity
fromMaxvanijsselmuiden
3 days ago

Productive procrastination - Max van IJsselmuiden

Procrastination often leads to prioritizing enjoyable tasks over necessary ones, highlighting the need for a better understanding of productivity.
Artificial intelligence
fromTNW | Anthropic
1 day ago

Anthropic brings Claude into Microsoft Word, and legal contract review leads its use cases

Anthropic's Claude add-in for Microsoft Word enhances document editing with AI-generated tracked changes, focusing on legal contract review and professional document management.
#claude-code
Web design
fromMedium
6 days ago

Cowork Mode in Claude Code for Product Design Tasks

Claude Code for Desktop features Chat, Cowork, and Code modes for different interaction types, with Cowork facilitating deeper project engagement.
Web design
fromMedium
6 days ago

Cowork Mode in Claude Code for Product Design Tasks

Claude Code for Desktop features Chat, Cowork, and Code modes for different interaction types, with Cowork facilitating deeper project engagement.
Software development
fromMedium
6 days ago

The Best Way To Plan Work With Claude Code

Ultraplan enhances Claude Code's planning capabilities by enabling multi-agent task planning without blocking the current session.
fromKitmul
1 week ago

How to Publish Markdown to Medium Without Losing Formatting - Kitmul

When you paste your perfectly formatted article and what happens? The headers show literal ## symbols. Bold text keeps the asterisks. Code blocks lose all formatting. Tables? They just break completely.
Typography
#adobe-acrobat
Online learning
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students | TechCrunch

Adobe Acrobat launches Acrobat Spaces, an AI tool for students to create study materials from various documents.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries | TechCrunch

Online learning
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students | TechCrunch

Adobe Acrobat launches Acrobat Spaces, an AI tool for students to create study materials from various documents.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries | TechCrunch

Remote teams
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

Jack Dorsey Says His Employees Have Stopped Bringing Slide Decks to Meetings. Here's What They Show Up With Instead.

Block CEO Jack Dorsey states employees now present AI-created prototypes in meetings instead of slide decks, enhancing realism and adaptability.
Productivity
fromFast Company
2 days ago

Here's the meeting planning magic trick Google Calendar is missing

Zoneless is a free tool for scheduling meetings across multiple time zones without requiring personal information.
Education
fromPR Daily
1 week ago

Why writing skills matter more than AI for the next generation of communicators - PR Daily

Karen Freberg emphasizes the importance of experiential learning and clarity in writing for effective communication in a rapidly changing industry.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology suggests if you still write things down on paper instead of your phone you aren't resisting progress - you've found something that works and are practicing the increasingly rare skill of not replacing it simply because something newer arrived, and that skill, applied consistently, turns out to predict a surprising number of other things about how you make decisions - Silicon Canals

Handwriting enhances cognitive engagement and memory retention compared to typing, leading to better decision-making and creativity.
Software development
fromMedium
1 week ago

How To Automate Product Design Tasks with Claude Code

AI agents can independently perform specific tasks in product design, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.
Writing
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 weeks ago

I'm a ghostwriter who thinks AI will wipe out 90% of my industry so I'm leaning into it. Here are 2 ways it saves me time and money.

Joshua Lisec transformed his freelance writing career into a successful ghostwriting business, grossing over $1 million annually by valuing his work appropriately.
UX design
fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

12 AI Prompt Templates Every Professional Should Bookmark - TechRepublic

Well-structured prompts enhance AI's utility across various industries, transforming it from a novelty tool to a practical assistant.
Education
fromFortune
1 week ago

Meet a professor fed up with AI slop who made her whole class use typewriters instead of computers | Fortune

Students at Cornell University experience manual typewriters to understand writing without digital assistance.
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

The Best Way To Work With Claude Code

Voice interaction with Claude Code significantly enhances the user experience by allowing for faster input. Speaking is often 2-3 times quicker than typing, which can streamline the process of giving commands.
Typography
Productivity
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier | TechCrunch

iPads have evolved into versatile productivity tools with numerous apps available to enhance organization and focus.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Stop Forcing Focus and Give Your Desk a Neuroscience Glow-Up

Your brain learns contextually, associating environments with specific activities, so decluttering and organizing your workspace can reduce stress and improve focus through neuroscience principles.
UX design
fromAdamsilver.io
1 month ago

Why designing in code makes you a better designer

The web has inherent properties like fluidity and vertical stacking; designing with these properties rather than against them creates better, more functional digital experiences.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
1 month ago

A lot of journalism folks are offering editing advice as Grammarly's AI "experts"

Grammarly's Expert Review feature generates AI feedback falsely attributed to real journalists and academics without their permission or knowledge.
Artificial intelligence
fromInc
1 month ago

8 AI Tools Creators Swear By to Create More Content, Faster

AI efficiency tools enable content creators to produce more material faster through automated research, content generation, workflow optimization, and post-production editing.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Worst Writing Advice of All Time

That type of copying is pretty normal, and they teach it in school. It's how you learn (and how you become depressed). But in the age of generative AI, there are many new kinds of copying. For instance, Wired reported last week on a tool offered by Grammarly, which briefly offered users the opportunity to put their writing through something called "Expert Review."
Writing
Remote teams
fromForbes
1 month ago

Collaboration Requires Good Tools, But A Lot Else Besides

Organizations must customize collaboration technology to their specific operational needs rather than adopting one-size-fits-all solutions for hybrid work environments.
Design
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Why You Should Beautify Slides for Better Engagement and Clarity

Effective presentations prioritize clear messages with supporting visuals over decorative design, making content memorable and engaging while reducing cognitive load for audiences.
Mobile UX
fromMedium
1 month ago

When design teams get rid of writers, nobody wins

Layoffs eliminating UX writers from design teams cause products to deteriorate, confuse users, increase support costs, and drive customer attrition due to poor interface clarity and lost brand personality.
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Why your best ideas get ignored during meetings

Being right too early in group settings undermines influence because people resist ideas imposed on them rather than discovered collaboratively, and groups rely on social shortcuts instead of evaluating substance.
Software development
fromMedium
1 month ago

Claude Skills 2.0 for Product Designers

Anthropic has significantly improved Claude Skills creation, enabling reusable workflows that eliminate repetitive prompting for common design tasks.
Deliverability
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

9 Ways to Split Up Big Documents into Smaller, Shareable Files

Large documents can be efficiently split into smaller, manageable files using online tools and built-in software features without losing formatting or quality.
fromMedium
1 month ago

Things that don't matter when you write

To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul. The concept I stick to - my core principle - is simple: I write in plain English, and only when I actually have something to say.
Writing
Books
fromMedium
1 month ago

How to start writing (like it's easy)

A profoundly immersive book can deeply alter readers and provoke self-doubt about one's own creative abilities.
Business
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Try these simple email tricks to get faster replies

Employees receive 117 emails daily and skim most in under 60 seconds, so clear formatting and leading with your main point dramatically increases response speed.
Digital life
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

People Are Sharing Simple "Cheat Codes" For Everyday Life That Go A Long, Long Way

Practical everyday hacks—clean dryer vents with used dryer sheets, use a scrap bowl when cooking, offer specific help, and use printable recipe links—save time and reduce clutter.
Remote teams
fromFast Company
1 month ago

How to design meetings that move things forward (not waste your time)

Meetings should be tailored to team needs rather than defaulting to formal conference rooms; effectiveness depends on active engagement and purposeful communication.
Gadgets
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Windows, Mac, Android, or iPhone: Save this keyboard cheat sheet now

Symbol.wtf provides a free, single-page, searchable cheat sheet to copy special characters to the clipboard for quick pasting across any device.
Online learning
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Top 9 Tools Every Modern Student Needs in Their Kit

Essential digital tools—writing software, reliable laptops or tablets, and supportive accessories—make studying more efficient, organized, and effective for students.
Marketing tech
fromCult of Mac
1 month ago

This $25 bundle helps you create content without the creative burnout

AI-powered course bundle teaches scalable ChatGPT and Canva workflows to produce blogs, social posts, newsletters, visuals and videos, reducing creative workload and production time.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Public-speaking tips from the experts: what scientists can learn from comics, musicians and actors

Researchers can adopt performers' techniques to make conference talks more engaging, informative, and inspiring, increasing audience energy and professional visibility.
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 month ago

5 ways to design better meetings and improve your work calendar

Treat meetings as products requiring intentional design, testing, and optimization rather than default calendar events, transforming organizational productivity and reducing the $1.4 trillion annual cost of ineffective meetings.
#design-leadership
Gadgets
fromWIRED
2 months ago

The Best AI Notetakers to Record Your Meetings, Interviews, or Classes

Pocket-sized AI notetakers record meetings, transcribe conversations, and generate insights to save time and retain key points from interviews, classes, and conferences.
Mindfulness
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Want your team to come up with better ideas? Try this

Brief physical movement relieves stress, widens perception, and enables spontaneous creative insight more effectively than forcing effort during reactive or stuck moments.
fromTechRepublic
2 months ago

Professionals Can Save Hours With This $30 AI Prompt Writer

Prompting Systems: Lifetime Subscription addresses this workflow bottleneck with an AI-powered prompting platform that transforms basic ideas into professionally structured prompts across all major AI platforms. Rather than learning complex prompt engineering techniques for each AI tool separately, business users gain access to a unified system that handles ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, DALL-E, and other leading platforms. Turn any idea into expert-level AI output
Marketing tech
Digital life
fromZDNET
2 months ago

My ultimate Windows keyboard shortcuts guide to give every user type a productivity boost

Mastering Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts significantly increases productivity by reducing clicks, speeding navigation, and providing accessibility benefits across applications.
fromPoynter
1 month ago

Want to be a better editor? Start here. - Poynter

"Editing is as much about knowing and growing your team as it is about elevating their copy," said Kathleen McGrory, an editor with The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship. "As an editor, a key part of your job is understanding what makes your reporters tick and helping them reach their goals beyond any one story. It requires open communication, deep trust and really listening."
Media industry
fromMedium
2 months ago

NotebookLM: 5 Tips & Tricks to Maximize Your Efficiency

NotebookLM is quietly becoming one of the most powerful tools for serious thinking work; yet most people use only a fraction of its potential. If you work with research, strategy, product thinking, or complex data research & analysis, NotebookLM can dramatically improve the quality of your decisions. I've demonstrated what NotebookLM is capable of in the article NotebookLM for Product Designers.
Artificial intelligence
Writing
fromNature
2 months ago

Three tips for scientific writing: a guide for graduate students

Break large writing projects into specific, actionable tasks, use prompts, structure, and accountability to reduce blank-page dread and sustain progress.
UX design
fromMedium
1 year ago

Design System Success with AI Coding Assistants

Ensure AI coding assistants apply a composable, modular design system using centralized tokens, versioned components, clear dependencies, testing, and documentation.
fromMedium
2 months ago

Claude Skills for Product Designers

Product design is all about process. The better your workflow is organized, the more predictable your outcomes become. Claude Skills is a powerful tool that lets you turn repetitive thinking and analysis into reusable, reliable workflows, so your impact scales far beyond one-off prompts. In this article, I'll show how product designers can use Claude Skills to automate & standardise common workflows, such as analysing user interview transcripts during user research.
UX design
fromMedium
1 month ago

Top 7 MCP for Product Designers

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a technology that enables AI models to connect with external tools and data sources (such as GitHub, Slack, databases, and documentation systems). In this article, I want to explore my top 7 favorite MCPs you can use in your design process. I will cover not only benefits but also limitations of the each MCP so you will have a clear idea about what you can & cannot do with it.
Artificial intelligence
Writing
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why Stepping Away Makes Writing Come Alive Again

Long pauses and distance renew memory and imagination, allowing ideas to reorganize and prevent repetitive production while rhythm, not constant output, sustains creative development.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

How to Be the Solo Designer in the Room (and Not Lose Your Mind)

Solo UX designers frequently feel powerless when stakeholders prioritize implementation, business, or client goals over user-centered design.
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoQ
2 months ago

Working with Code Assistants: The Skeleton Architecture

Combining Vertical Slice architecture with Dependency Inversion and a Skeleton of base classes constrains AI code assistants' context, producing safer, consistent, and maintainable generated code.
Writing
fromPractical Ecommerce
2 months ago

Best Writing Tools for Business in 2026

AI-powered composition tools streamline creation, check grammar, support nonnative speakers and accessibility, and integrate across platforms with free and paid plans.
Productivity
fromZDNET
2 months ago

10+ useful Google Docs tricks that streamlined my workflow (no plug-ins required)

Google Docs is a powerful, feature-rich cloud document collaboration platform with many underused productivity tools and practical tips to improve workflow.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The 'Hopeless Labor' of Writing

AI chatbots and delivery robots threaten traditional writing by offering frictionless ease, undermining the pedagogical value of sustained effort and arduous composition.
Productivity
fromLethain
2 months ago

Refactoring internal documentation in Notion

Eliminate duplication, clarify ownership, and adjust documentation practices to account for Notion and Notion API limitations to reduce documentation rot and misinformation.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

If work leaves you no time for life, try this calendar trick

They may be spending a lot of combined time at the office and commuting, or just putting in a lot of hours both at work and at home. Fixing that problem can't be done abstractly, though. If you're going to address the balance of work and life activities, you have to start getting specific about where your time is going and where you really want it to go.
Productivity
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