Best Productivity Tools of Month & Evernote's Renaissance

Good afternoon wonderful people.

Francesco here. This week’s Tool Digest, we explore some of the best tools of the month, one that might shock you, and explore the newer tools making waves on the market. Before we begin, I’m eager to gather more from you about what you’d like to see in the newsletter, check out the poll below 👇

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🛠️ Best Tools of February 2024

This month’s best tools go to… the following:

• Reclaim AI — an AI-based calendar that connects with Google Calendar and brings a better way to focus on priorities in the calendar.

• AFFiNE Pro — A combination of whiteboards & documents without the fuss, AFFiNE is an interesting tool for combining both in one.

• Evernote — Long-time coming, Evernote has released product updates more recently in quick succession, a nod to the old days.

🏡 Notion’s New Home Experience

Notion home is here, but what does it do and how can I use it?

• See recently viewed pages in tile form

• Create a main task database - filtered by sort, properties & filter

• Suggested pages for you - their AI predictions

• Trending pages - this could be within you or your company’s Notion

This addition is a neat window into an organized dashboard for your future.

🏛️ The Evernote Renaissance

Yes, Evernote got the nod for Tool of the Month - the last time we did that was well over 6 years ago. This is thanks to a combination of branding, alignment, and a new focus on product - something I speak to here.

👏🏼 Google Tasks New Layout: Kanban

Google introduced a better way to view and manage tasks in Kanban-style boards inside Google Calendar, allowing you to flip between tasks in better wide-spanning views. Many people have had this in beta, but this just landed for us - so we wanted to outline it and how it works here.

AFFiNE Pro launches

Imagine if Notion and Miro had a baby? This is AFFiNE Pro, a new type of document application with whiteboards intertwined. Here’s our review.

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