🎉1,000 Notion Course Students 🎉 New bulk edits!! Notion AI updates + Notion in the wild
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The main objective of this course was to promote learning Notion through the lens of creativity not productivity! The course only launched at the end of December - what incredible journey it's been! I've been blown away by the work the students have been producing, some of which I have been sharing in my weekly ‘Pretty Notion Pages’ - newsletter updates.
Thanks to everyone who’s joined the course so far - I can't wait to see where this journey goes!
✨ This week’s Notion flip ✨
Building zines in Notion is hands-down one of my favourite things to do - dream is to be commissioned to build one for a brand! Here’s a zine layout flipped from this article in Notion magazine. Notion is the perfect place to get the best of both worlds: beautiful desktop layouts, a la physical zine, where you can still add digital embeds (maps, audio, websites, playlists…) to bring your words to life - read the post.
Use this layout to impress investors in your next update, create an interactive PR piece for your next launch, or even start your own Notion-Zine 🫶🏽
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✨ Notion AI just got better?!✨
For those of you who have been lucky enough to get through the Notion AI waitlist, you'll know just how life changing it is. Personally, I use Notion AI the most to summarise articles for me in the spirit of "I am not reading all of that “. I also use it to simplify/make paragraphs that I write easier to read. Anyways, it looks like the most recent update to Notion AI has been a feature where you can give it follow on commands, so it feels more like you are chatting to a virtual assistant.
It's starting to feel very dystopian in here. Someone out there is writing a fanfic where notion AI rebels and crashes the accounts of anyone using Notion ‘for evil’. For AI, Notion is still in the alpha testing phase, so I wouldn't be surprised if the team has more things up its sleeve.
What are some of your favourite ways to use Notion AI?
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✨Notion in the wild✨
As a Notion consultant, I always get excited when I see Notion in the wild!
I got access to this landing page when I signed up for early access to Simmer's new ready-made meal offer. I may have been swayed and can’t wait to receive my 12 pre-made meals next week!
Recovering from burnout, I’ve realised time is 100% my most valuable resource. As an entrepreneur, I’ve made several adjustments recently to reclaim my time.
I love cooking but it’s definitely a chore after a long a$$ work day, so having (freezer friendly!) healthy meals ready to go is a godsend for when I’m too tired to cook. Alternatives include ordering takeaway, which is double+ the cost of what one of these meals work out to be
In the UK and interested in healthy on-demand meals?
✨ Notion in Zaragoza, 🇪🇸✨
Another week, another cool Notion community meet up. This time in Zaragoza, Spain!
Community is 100% the thing which makes Notion POP against the other SaaS tools - shout out to the Notion community team in the last post
Why not explore the existing communities and/or host your own event?
✨ Woah, woah, woah - BULK EDIT?!✨
I LOVE these little ‘quality-of-life’ updates you get with Notion. Say HELLO to your new Notion bestie - bulk edit. This has been a godsend recently, as it let’s you bulk-delete multiple database entries, or bulk-update tags/dates etc - you name it.
As mentioned earlier in the Simmer segment, I love anything which buys me back time, so I am in LOVE with this new feature.
Are you using the bulk editor yet?
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Profuntivity: "adding layers of fun into your werkflow, while being realistic about what you can actually get done
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