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'The Most Wonderful Time of The Year' with Notion - New Drops + Holiday goodies

'The Most Wonderful Time of The Year' with Notion - New Drops + Holiday goodies

The internet has been EXPLODING with BNE (Big Notion Energy) - here are some of the best bits.

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Dec 23, 2023
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'The Most Wonderful Time of The Year' with Notion - New Drops + Holiday goodies
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Hey, 2,168 Notion Rebels- ✨39% of you opened last issue✨

I’m Frances, a Certified Notion Consultant + Founder of The Notion Bar (150+ clients), Black Notion Twitter and the profuntivity movement. Enjoy this little curation of what’s new in The Notion Zeitgeist + at The Notion Bar

If this past week was a GIF, it would be:

It’s been a fewo weeks! I burned out, manically rebranded overnight, Notion released a bunch of things and now we’re here to digest it all

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📰 This week in The Notion Zeitgeist

🆕 Explain your views and properties ⋰🆕 Introducing: Notion Sites ⋰🆕 Speedier pages ⋰ 🆕 Better accessibility ⋰ 🆕 Notion x Zendesk! ⋰ 🆕 The creator of Google Sheets is Notion’s CTO ⋰ 🆕 Frozen columns now work on tablets ⋰ 🆕 New Notion shortcut alert

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🔮 What’s new with Notion?

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”Adding layers of fun into your werkflow, while being realistic about what you can actually get done” - future bestseller?!

🚀 How I recycle my tweets° ⋰ 🎵 Vinyl lover? 6 ways to store your records ⋰ 🌙 How to salvage your day after a bad night’s sleep ⋰ 📰 Kim K's first private equity investment ⋰ 🏡 Tiny homes with big character ⋰ 🛻 Is anyone actually going to get a cybertruck? ⋰ 🚀 Land dream clients by being an opportunity hound ⋰ 🚿 What Is a steam shower? ⋰ 🏠 Garage → creative space

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