Skip to content

2 of my favourite productivity apps 🧑‍💻

2023-09-12 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:49 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Tools, apps and tech · mode: Review and recommendation

Ali names two apps he uses every day: Superhuman, whose calendar management shows his availability and creates events from his email replies, and Figma's online whiteboard FigJam, which he uses to plan business and life strategy.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Two apps he uses every day: Superhuman and FigJam

  • ★★ Ali strongly suggests Superhuman to people who live in their email and calendar; its calendar management, a favourite feature, shows whether he is free while he replies about a meeting and creates the event when he names a date. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Ali says Figma, used in the design world to mock up websites and products, was used by his social media team to create carousel templates. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali uses FigJam, Figma's online whiteboard for drawing diagrams, boxes and arrows, to visualise all his ideas, and finds it super helpful for planning business and life strategy. — 00:00:29
  • ★ Ali also used Figma to arrange research and ideas for his book for his publishers, which he found a great way to get everyone on the same page. — 00:00:29

Threads in this video

  • refine · How should you manage your email? — Ali strongly suggests Superhuman to people who live in their email and calendar; its calendar management, a favourite feature, shows whether he is free while he replies about a meeting and creates the event when he names a date. (00:00:00)
  • refine · Which productivity apps should you use? — Ali uses FigJam, Figma's online whiteboard for drawing diagrams, boxes and arrows, to visualise all his ideas, and finds it super helpful for planning business and life strategy. (00:00:29)

Mentioned

Central: FigJam · Superhuman

Also: Figma

Also centred on Superhuman: My Favourite Mac Apps · What's on my MacBook Pro? · What's on my iPhone - Favourite iPhone Apps ft. @KharmaMedic

← Previous: One of My Favourite Productivity Books 📚 · Next → A Powerful Quote from Marcus Aurelius 💭