Productivity, Creativity, NoCode Tools 🛠️

👋 Welcome!

We begin Friday with another brilliant Superorganizers post by Dan Shipper, this time on the talented Ali Abdaal. Not only is Ali a practising doctor, but he’s also built a productivity YouTube channel with over 1M subscribers. He’s just begun a sabbatical from medicine to spend more time on this work as well as his podcast, email newsletter, and blog. In this post, he gives a brilliant review of his workflow when developing and building a video using tools such as Notion, Things, Drafts and Roam Research. He also practices Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain methodology. Great insights for anyone wanting to improve their productivity. Read the full newsletter.

Dan Shipper @danshipper

New Superorganizers! The Double Life of Productivity's Most Famous Doctor with @AliAbdaal The Double Life of Productivity’s Most Famous DoctorYouTuber Ali Abdaal shares how he makes the productivity videos that have netted him 1M subscriberssuperorganizers.substack.com

September 24th 2020

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🚀 Maker News

Webflow Directory

Many of us know Mackenzie Child and the helpful tutorials he’s built for Webflow. He’s now launched flowmingo, a curated directory of Webflow training courses, mini projects and templates to help you build websites with NoCode. Visit website.

Mackenzie 🦩 @mackenziechild

It's Launch Day 🥳 Introducing Flowmingo Discover, a curated directory of all things @webflow! producthunt.com/posts/flowming…

September 24th 2020

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Hero Images

Continuing with NoCode, I found this tweet by NoCodeDevs sharing a helpful post from Webflow on how to choose the right hero image for your website. Written by Jill Evans from Pexels, it explores the function of a hero image, where to find hero images and how to select the right one for your goal. Read the full post.

NoCodeDevs @nocodedevs

How to choose a hero image that makes your website stand out How to choose a hero image that makes your website stand out | Webflow BlogHero images are a popular web design choice for a good reason. Leading with a compelling photo draws visitors into your website right away. Plus, the right hero image can instantly convey product offerings or brand style, before viewers even read a single word of copy.webflow.com

September 24th 2020

NoCode Web Apps

For any novice Maker or NoCoder thinking of building a web app, NoCode platform Bubble shares a great post on the basics. They explain what a web app is and the different ways you could build one. They also provide a 10 step rundown on how to start making one with NoCode, from having an idea, thinking of features, drafting your MVP and designing the app. Read the full post to learn more.

Bubble @bubble

What is a "web app" anyways? Learn the basics of web applications and how to build one on Bubble! (Spoiler: you don't need to code.) Everything You Need to Know to Build a Web App - BubbleThe 10 steps of how to build a web application using no-code tools like Bubble.bubble.io

September 24th 2020

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💭 Afterthought

To finish off the week, a podcast to bookmark. Today at 12:00 PT, Li Jin will be speaking with Joseph Cohen from Universe and Nathan Baschez about “website builders, low-end/new market disruption, and creativity on the internet.” It case you don’t know it, Universe is a mobile-only, NoCode website builder. Register here.

Li Jin @ljin18

Chatting with @josephcohen of @onuniverse and @nbashaw tomorrow about website builders, low-end/new market disruption, and creativity on the internet. ✨ RSVP: Means of Creation #11: Joseph Cohen - LumaOur guest on Means of Creation this week is Joseph Cohen, Founder & CEO of Universe! Universe is a new kind of website creation tool. It’s a mobile-only, no-code website builder that allows anyone to create a website through a grid-like drag-and-drop interface and it powers over 400,000 websites ar…lu.ma

September 24th 2020

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Take care everyone and see you next week.

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