✨notion ai + what else is new✨, anti-list view supremacy, profuntivity hacks, DOMESTIKA COURSE LAUNCH + more

frances odera matthews

Nov 30, 2022

Hi hi! What's new in the Notion zeitgeist & more?!

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If November was a GIF, it would be:

Truthfully a little (read:very) burned out, glad it's nearly the end of the year!

This month, expect more exciting emails from me as I lead up to the launch of the 2023 version of my cult journal + my Domestika Notion course launching on the 22nd December - eep!

Recently, in the Notion Zeitgeist ↯

🤷🏽‍♀️ Who needs list view, anyway?

the notion bar | your notion bae ✨slow replies✨ @thenotionbar

What's your least favourite view in @NotionHQ and why is it list view?!

I might be cancelled for this - a lot of you already tried - I don't like list view. There, I said it. For me, I need to be able to (ideally) edit directly on whatever view I'm using - homegirl list view just doesn't offer that.

I *guess* she's great for things you only need to view, but then there's always awkward spacing between the properties you show. Don't even get me *started* on trying to use it on a full-width page. A whole awkwardly white-spaced mess.

Anyways, I digress, if you like list view, I love that for you x

🪄 Notion AI is THAT girl

Ola King @justolaking

The new @NotionHQ AI assist feature is quite impressive! I didn't write or edit any words in the attached image. It may not help you with SEO-optimized content or entirely replace a human. But it's a highly effective writing companion. No more writer's block.

If you live on Notion Twitter and haven't been living under a rock, you'll know Notion AI is out. If you don't live on Notion Twitter/have been living under a rock (respect, who needs screen time anyways) - NOTION AI IS OUT.

That's right, Notion has a new in-app writing assistant that can do anything from writing sales pitches to Taylor Swift songs.

Truthfully, if I was a student, I would get it to outline every essay I had to write, but that's just me. But back to the real world (where plagiarism exists) this is going to be GREAT for content creation - I mean, look at the material:

It's currently in alpha for free (it will be paid in the future) and you can sign up HERE. Work smart, not hard, boo x

📆 SUBTLY A GAMECHANGER

As a gal who spends most of her life setting up filtered views in Notion for clients, I always get the question "can I filter it for this week?" The answer has always been no... until now!

Life changing, breathtaking - so subtle, it might not even make the release notes. But for hardcore Notion users, we can now stop filtering for "the past week" and "the next week" with hopes of capturing the "this week" essence.

Omna Gupta @OmnaGupta

I see a new @NotionHQ update! "This Week" locks in the current week's range in the filter. Super useful for your weekly planning displays. #notiontwt

💐 Flowers, deserved!

Congrats to RedGregory for reaching 20k on Twitter! I don't know if Elon's Twitter will last long enough for us to revel in these kind of milestones, but a worthy worthy recipient of this goalpost!

Red Gregory 🇺🇦 @RedGregory1

🎉 New milestone unlocked. @NotionHQ community is unmatched

"Notion is a possibility tool, not a productivity tool"

Alejandra Cienfuegos @heyiamAC

When I started this Notion/Creator journey I was so scared of not having “enough unique ideas” 🫣 I remember the feeling like it was yesterday 😅 Now I see these products and feel more inspired than ever 💪🏼 @thenotionbar tweets were gold for me about “creating different”🫶🏼

I love this tweet for so many reasons!

1) The Notion community is awesome and Alejandra is someone who's content I genuinely love & respect

2) Touching to have been an inspiration to someone! I started this journey making very weird things outside of the humble habit tracker/ the Life/Biz OS to show off what Notion could be.

Is this the most profitable route? (my bank account will respetfully tell you no) but I am playing the long game making content for my true fans in the ministry of profuntivity ↓

Profuntivity Tips ↯

Profuntivity: "adding layers of fun into your werkflow, while being realistic about what you can actually get done

On the socials, you are *loving* my Profuntivity tips, so here's a little archive - manifesting writing a best-selling book one day!

Upcoming Events ↯

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🚀 Domestika Course Launch: December 22nd!

The Course ↯

I'm launching a FUN and AFFORDABLE Notion course with GLOBAL course provider, Domestika on 22nd December ✨

🐣 New/Novice Notion Users will learn how unlock the power of Notion & think through it.
🪄 Notion Wizards will learn how to think creatively with Notion by applying the magic of design thinking
❤️ Everyone will trick themselves into Notion euphoria by tapping into their inner 2000s and building a "MySpace" style profile page, which you could deffo repurpose and share as a portfolio/personal site - (or not, lol)

📆 Add to your Calendar

🎶 In the meantime, you can listen to this 00s playlist...🎶

The Lab ↯

I'm building for clients + collabs:

Building a HQ for a Podcast Agency
Building a HQ for a Culture Consultancy
Building a HQ for a hyphenate content creator
Building a leaderboard for a fitness club
'Life Designing' a life/biz hub for a statrt-up owner
'Life Designing' for a multi-hyphenate mom
'Life Designing' a central dashboard to learn the Quran, manage home renovations and more
Surprise collab based around UGC
Suprise journal collab

💌 Read what my clients have to say

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I'm building:

Re-vamping my Notion workspace!

You're building:

LOVE this Wardrobe Organiser built by a professional stylist!

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Explore ↯

Le Pop Culture:

📺 Design-Competition Show I'm loving: Snack vs Chef
🎶 Song that's 90% of my personality, currently: Outside x Bryson Tiller

Notion + Productivity

💝 What's New with Notion: Notion AI, Custom Icons, Better Mobile & More
🎁 Newest Template: Beyoncé fans! Who produced your favourite songs in Renaissance?
📓 Journal: reflect with 1.6k+ people at The Happiness Bar
🗞 Read: 5 Ways to instantly make your Notion look better
📺 Watch: How other people use Notion in the #NotionStories series
👀 Campus Leaders: You can become a Notion Campus Leader!

🎓 New Semester: I'm jealous of the 280 + students planning their semesters with this semester planner - can I go back to school?!
🐣 Automate Twitter: my Twitter is 80% on auto-pilot thanks to Hypefury - get it in on the action (affiliate)
💸 Money for research: let your audience subscribe to your research and embed in Notion with Kahana - sign-up for free, use code 'TNB'
🖤 Black Notion Twitter: join 575+ Black voices being amplified in the Black Notion Twitter community

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Best Energy,

Frances Odera Matthews

Founder of The Notion Bar & Certified Notion Consultant (✨Artiste✨)