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The most useful new sites & most-shared posts. Plus tools to watch in 2023

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šŸŽŠ The most useful new tools of 2022

  • Readwise Reader is the best new service for saving, organizing, highlighting and sharing articles, newsletters, & blog posts. Why I love this reading hub.

  • iA Writer offers the cleanest starting point for writing without distractions. Why I recommend it as the simplest writing app.

  • iA Presenter lets you make elegant slides easily from a text script. Why it’s worth trying.

  • Arc is the first browser that persuaded me to shift away from Chrome. Here are the best things about it and a few caveats.

  • Proxi makes sharing customized maps of your favorite places fast, easy and fun. Why you’ll want to try it in 2023.

  • 7Taps is a delightful service for teaching a 5-minute lesson whether you’re leading regular classes, an online workshop or anything else. Why I recommend it.

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šŸ„‡ The most shared posts of 2022

  • Try these Google Docs Tricks šŸŖ„

    11 useful features to try, from live word count and voice typing to automatic translation.

    • Most clicked-On link: Cat Lorem Ipsum demo and What the Font = figure out what font something is

  • Try these AI writing tools in 2023šŸ”®

    What AI can do for you, where the hype goes too far, and a few recommended tools to try.

    • Most clicked-on link: Lex.page = free new AI-powered writing app

  • Pinpoint - free for transcribing recordings + analyzing documents

    Making the most of Google Journalist Studio’s free digital hub for storing and analyzing giant collections of documents, emails, audio files, handwritten notes and more.

    • Most clicked-on link: Google Journalist Studio = suite of free tools, including Google Trends and Data Gif Maker

  • Diversify Your Visuals

    Free resources for expanding the diversity of the images you use.

    • Most clicked-on link: Black Illustrations = "I wanted to create more

      diversity in design,'ā€œ wrote designer & founder John D. Saunders.

šŸš€ Tools to watch in 2023

Here’s a sneak peek at emerging services I’ll write about next year.

  • Tana is an intriguing new notes app that combines elements of Roam and Notion, two of the most innovative apps for organizing info and ideas.

  • Descript recently launched a superb update to its video & audio editing tool. It’s now easy to polish multimedia pieces by editing the transcript.

  • Scrintal makes note-taking into a visual process by incorporating whiteboarding and mind-mapping.

  • Mem is a flexible alternative to Evernote for organizing notes that incorporates AI to help you connect new ideas to older ones.

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šŸ˜ 3 things that made me smile in 2022

Reddit Uplifting News - featured positive stories like these:

  • This 33-year-old made more than 1,000 Wikipedia bios for unknown women scientists - link

  • Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company - Profits will now go towards climate action — link

  • Belgium approves four-day week and gives employees the right to ignore their bosses after work - link

  • Coral makes comeback on Great Barrier Reef - link

Google Arts and Culture Experiments - enabling creativity

  • Puzzle party — put a puzzle together when you’re physically apart

  • Sculpt your own historical pot — surprisingly fun to play with clay this way

šŸŽ© Kottke’s Best of 2022

Best headlines of the year, from a Twitter thread by Paul Fairie, including:

  • Calgary sculpture less likely to burn clothing, now accepts text messages

  • ā€˜How to Murder Your Husband’ writer guilty of murdering her husband

  • Monkey that was flushed down toilet, fed cocaine now has a boyfriend

Best Comedy Wildlife photos of the year including:

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Eliza
Jan 1Liked by Jeremy Caplan

I’ve been using Descript for over a year -- it’s an amazing app! Can’t wait to hear what you think of it.

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Emily Kennard
Writes All That's Sporting & Noble
Jan 19

I LOVE your newsletters - such a useful recap. Thank you!

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