What software tool or application has had the biggest impact on your productivity or daily life, and why? How did you discover it, and what specific features make it indispensable for you?

For me, it was Notion. I’m maybe using 10% of its capabilities, but it’s still a game changer. As I said in one thread, I love to learn and I strive to learn daily, and this is where the Notion kicks in. As I learn I take lots of notes and its simple interface and easy-to-use shortcuts sped up the note-taking fivefold. 

I’ve stumbled on it by accident. I think that the one guy I follow on Li has shared their book collection list through it. I liked the interface, downloaded it and since then I’ve been hooked :D 

Disclaimer: I’m not associated with Notion in any way, I just really like the app :D :D

Hi,

for me most productive NON-testing tools are 

• Better Touch Tool for Mac to arrange windows and to have more keyboard shortcuts. I am using it already for years. I was so frustrated that Mac OS was so limiting when it comes to window management :).
• Skitch for easy screenshot taking and editing. For me the best and fasted way to take screenshots, add info to it. Good for bugs and user stories to create.
• Notion to organize for my YouTube channel. Before I was using Trello, but it got worse and worse, so I saw some people on Twitter using it and I gave it a try! Love it.
• Canva to create great visuals. Since I am the creator of my YouTube channel, I needed a simple tool to create nice visuals, remove backgrounds and what not. I was trying out many tools, but Canva clearly was and is the winner for me :).

Thanks for creating this post!

Have a great day!

I agree with both Mario and Daniel. :) For a long long time, I was looking for an ideal application for managing both my tasks and notes and the same time. Tried a bunch of them, then I settled for a Google Keep for a while, but then I realized it wasn’t exactly my jam (the cards couldn’t be moved to whichever place I wanted them to move to, they could only be pinned, but it is just a personal preference). After some time I have discovered Notion and that one was probably the game changer for me. The only limitation there was my imagination.

And ChatGPT of course. Since it became popular, I have found myself spending a lot of time there, just looking for answers on some of the questions or problems I have been pondering with. Double checking all the outputs of course. :)