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Magic ToDo

You know what sucks? When you have an item on your to-do list that seems simple enough—create a social strategy, for example—but in practice, it represents a dozen other preliminary tasks and days of work before you can cross it off.

Magic ToDo automatically breaks down your items into steps based on the granularity (or “spiciness level”) you require. Top level tasks are assigned a category and emoji, which you can filter. Edit, remove, or add subtasks. Magic ToDo can even estimate time commitments for you.

Thanks to Chelsea from The Daily Carnage Facebook group for recommending this one.

Superhuman

Dreaming of inbox zero again? Superhuman AI is cool because it writes emails for you, summarizes long conversation threads, responds to voice commands, and generates instant replies based on your cues. This last feature might sound familiar—you’ve seen Gmail’s auto-reply suggestions—but Superhuman AI drafts an entire response, matching the existing tone in the thread.

OneSignal

Drive and engage loyal customers with OneSignal, the messaging platform that over 1 million businesses use (for good reason). Send mobile push notifications, web push, SMS, email, and in-app messaging. Get set up in 15 minutes, segment your audiences, automate and test your messaging, and analyze the results.

Record in Google Slides

New Google Slides feature unlocked!

You can now record presentations of your slideshow from Google Chrome without downloading a new tool or extension. Just open your file, click record, and configure your settings. Resize and move the video vignette on your slides, pause and re-record, and access saved recordings right in Drive.

Strut

AI shouldn’t complicate or obfuscate your writing. It should sharpen it.

Strut is an all-in-one, collaborative writing hub to capture and organize your notes, drafts, outlines, and brainstorms. Its flexible, customizable interface lets you view your projects in the visual organization of your choice.

Strut’s AI works alongside you in the right-hand panel to respond to prompts, rewrite selected copy, adjust tone, and cut or expand word count. And yes, it corrects your spelling and grammar, just like its predecessors. Write on.

drawcharts

Ok, this is seriously cool. Transform your data into hand-drawn charts and visuals with drawcharts. Just select your chart type, define and populate your axes, title it, and export it in your preferred format. With the Pro account, you can import CSV files and add watermarks, too. It’s just like you drew it up.

Google Annotations for Email Marketing

If your Gmail open rates are dismal, there’s a way to stand out in the Promotions tab that you might not know about.

Google Annotations lets you use markup to add elements—like discounts, expiration dates, carousel images, and more—to your marketing emails. These enhanced, clickable elements appear under your preheader text and can encourage users to open your email.

You’ll need to get approved by Google to begin using Annotations, but it’s worth it—this feature is still underutilized, giving you an opportunity to stand out in a crowded inbox.

Superlist

If making a list is on your list, you can cross that off your list with Superlist.

This task management tool lets you create and share lists with your team (or your family—you can toggle between personal and professional). Everyone can drop in related notes, files, images, and more. Then, Superlist will generate a “Today” list for you, aggregating the most pressing action items from across your projects.

Tip: Connect it to Gmail so your starred emails become tasks.

Sheet Copilot

Sheet Copilot solves problems, formats and visualizes data, and answers questions in real-time in Google Sheets using GPT-4. It’s still in beta, so you can test it for free.