For nearly seven years, I’ve used Notion as my daily-driver for taking notes, managing tasks, and handling many other parts of my digital life. It’s worked extremely well, for the most part. But there has always been one exception: flights. Anytime I’d fly – especially on an airline that still nickel-and-dimed its customers on in-flight […]| Thomas Frank
If you want to make good first impressions, build great relationships, and live a more successful life overall, one of the simplest things you can do is be punctual. Be where you’re supposed to be, when you’re supposed to be there. Of course, most of us live pretty complex lives, full of work, classes, meetings, […]| Thomas Frank
Notion databases now support conditional color formatting. Here's exactly how to add conditional color rules to your database views.| Thomas Frank
Getting Things Done (GTD for short) is a method for capturing, organizing, and prioritizing the information that comes into your life. Created by David Allen, GTD is one of the world’s most well-known productivity systems. It’s a method that can help you systematically process tasks, emails, notes, ideas, and anything else that comes into your […]| Thomas Frank
Notion recently released Notion Mail, a brand-new email client that you’re no doubt curious about since you clicked into this article. Notion Mail is Notion’s third standalone app, coming after Notion Calendar and Notion itself, and it adds a decidedly Notion-style twist to email management. It feels a lot more like Notion than Notion Calendar […] The post Notion Mail: Is Notion’s New Email App for You? appeared first on Thomas Frank.| Thomas Frank
2024 was chock-full of new Notion features and upgrades, and you’re in the right place if you want a rundown on all of them. In this guide, I’ll share every new feature Notion shipped in 2024, along with details on many of the smaller improvements and tweaks they’ve made. I also spent much of the […] The post Every Notion Feature Released in 2024 appeared first on Thomas Frank.| Thomas Frank
I’ve invested a lot of time into creating macros, shortcuts, and other ways of doing my work faster on my Mac. Part of the reason I’ve done this is that I deal with RSI (Repetive Stress Injury) issues, particularly in my left hand. Even though I practice good posture, have set up my workspace for […] The post My MacOS Shortcut & Macro Library – Raycast, Keyboard Maestro, and More appeared first on Thomas Frank.| Thomas Frank
You might have noticed a new section near the top of your Notion sidebar called Home. What is it – and why does it look so much different than every other page in Notion? In this guide, I’ll answer that question and give you a full breakdown of each widget that’s available in Home. I’ll […] The post Notion Home: Everything You Need to Know appeared first on Thomas Frank.| Thomas Frank
Notion gives us a lot of opportunities to customize our space both internally and with the use of external, third-party widgets. Indeed, a quick search of Reddit or Pinterest will return gorgeous Notion spreads, including external widgets like calendars, counters, and playlists. While they look amazing, I always have a single question—doesn’t that distract you? […] The post 17 Tips for Building Your Perfect Notion Aesthetic appeared first on Thomas Frank.| Thomas Frank
I recently built an automated workflow that takes my handwritten notes and converts them into digital text using ChatGPT. There are actually several ways to do this, including using the official ChatGPT app. The method I’ve built instead uses the ChatGPT API along with Pipedream, a platform for building automations. This brings a few key […] The post The Best (and Cheapest) Way to Digitize Your Paper Notes with ChatGPT appeared first on Thomas Frank.| Thomas Frank
In this guide, I'll show you how to build habit trackers in Notion at five different levels. You can also use the free template I've provided.| Thomas Frank
Hi, I'm Thomas Frank. I'm a YouTuber, author, and entrepreneur focused on helping people become more productive with Notion.| Thomas Frank
The comprehensive, public, and 100% free guide to Notion. Go from beginner to Notion expert with video lessons, articles, and downloadable templates.| Thomas Frank
Notion gives you lots of tools for writing and editing text, including a robust Markdown editor. In this guide, you'll learn how to use all of them.| Thomas Frank
Many productivity apps are designed for a single user, but Notion is inherently about collaboration. While you can keep things private, anything and everything in Notion can also be shared – with people on your team, guests, or even the entire internet. In this Notion Fundamentals lesson, I’ll give you a crash course on Notion’s […]| Thomas Frank
If you made a Teamspace and are dealing with Notion's 1,000-block limit, here's how to undo it and revert to the Free plan without limits.| Thomas Frank
Blocks are the most fundamental unit in Notion. In this guide, you'll learn how to use them, plus find a full list of all of Notion's blocks.| Thomas Frank
Notion’s Database Automations feature lets you create powerful “if this, then that” automations inside your Notion databases. Database Automations allow you to build workflows that can, for example: When you take an action – like adding a new page or editing a property on an existing page – your Automations can trigger other actions, such as: […]| Thomas Frank
A step-by-step guide on creating a voice command that can add multiple tasks to Notion at the same time, using ChatGPT. Works on iPhone and Android.| Thomas Frank
This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to automatically transcribe voice notes with Whisper, summarize them with ChatGPT, and send them to Notion.| Thomas Frank
Learn how to work with the Notion API using JavaScript in this beginner-friendly and extremely detailed tutorial.| Thomas Frank
Notion's new AI tools can translate text, generate blog posts, and more. Here are 10 ways to use Notion AI, plus all your questions answered.| Thomas Frank
Complete quick-reference for Notion formulas, including example code for all functions, constants, and operators.| Thomas Frank
Learn how to add recurring tasks to Notion and completely automate them (for free) in this step-by-step tutorial.| Thomas Frank
Notion now allows you to create simple, non-database tables in your pages. Here's everything you need to know about using them.| Thomas Frank
Databases are Notion's most powerful feature. This guide will teach you everything about them - including views, filters, sorts, grouping, and more!| Thomas Frank