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FEATURED TOOL Welcome to this edition of our Tools for Thought series, where we interview founders on a mission to help us work smarter and live better. Ian Inseok Seo is the founder of Routinery, a mobile application that helps you design and actually stick to better routines. In this interview, we talked about environment-driven … Read More
Craft is a rich text editor designed to be frictionless, whether you want to take notes, write papers, plan your day, or just get things done. In this interview, we discussed frictionless creativity, the value of well-crafted tools, the power of the Apple ecosystem, integrating AI with note-taking, bridging our personal and professional lives, and much more.
Chris Pedregal is the founder of Granola. In this interview, we talked about the added friction of traditionally-managed meetings, the benefits of AI note-taking during meetings, why bots are awkward in video calls, how we might work alongside AI in the future, and much more.
Venturekit is an AI-based strategic partner that helps founders explore potential paths forward and make better decisions. In this interview, we talked about how AI can help navigate uncertainty, leveraging data for strategic planning, finding business insights using technology, how data can empower entrepreneurs, and much more.
Moodset is an app that allows you to track, explore, and understand your mood through music. In this interview with founder Oleksandr Zhabin, we talked about the limitations with most mood tracking apps, the relationship between mood and music, implementing a useful in-app model of emotions, the ideal frequency for mood tracking, how to use playlists to manage your mood, and much more.
Cansu Tastan is the co-creator and designer of Defter Notes, a tool for infinite spatial thinking. We talked about the power of bridging the gap between analog and digital, how to interact with ideas in a tangible way, how spatial computing can support neurodiversity in note-taking, creating a liminal space for brain dumps, and more.
Beloga offers multi-source knowledge management to offer hyper-contextualized insights, streamline workflows, and make information retrieval easy. In this interview, we talked about addressing the challenges of knowledge management and transfer, cultivating an environment conducive to innovation, and their vision of building a world where information is effortlessly accessible and where we can all work at the speed of thought.
Lilly Chen is the founder of Brainstory, an AI-powered “think out-loud” app based on the Socratic method of questioning. In this interview, we talked about how to use AI for better thinking, how to practice open-mindedness and curious questioning, how to make context sharing efficient, asynchronous, and equal, how to use AI-based open-ended journaling to improve communication and focus, and much more.
FEATURED TOOL Welcome to this edition of our Tools for Thought series, where we interview founders on a mission to help us think better and work smarter. Abdullah Atta is the founder of Notesnook, an open source and end-to-end encrypted note-taking app with cross-device syncing. Abdullah is obsessed with privacy, promising no spying and no … Read More
Dmitri Leonov is the founder of SaneBox. We talked about email overwhelm, how AI can help us take back control of our inbox, the benefits of combining email management and time management, the myth of inbox zero, how to rediscover lost connections in your inbox, and much more.