Google's new Vids app can create collaborative shareable videos for things people do at work. The app makes making videos as easy as making slides - no video production is required. Users line up assets inside the app and edit it all into a finished video. They can choose to do all of this themselves or ask Google's Gemini AI to build storyboards, write scripts, read the scripts aloud using text-to-speech, and create images to use in the video. People with access to the video can add comments, leave notes, and make edits. Vids will launch in public beta this summer.

Google's new Vids app can create collaborative shareable videos for things people do at work. The app makes making videos as easy as making slides - no video production is required. Users line up assets inside the app and edit it all into a finished video. They can choose to do all of this themselves or ask Google's Gemini AI to build storyboards, write scripts, read the scripts aloud using text-to-speech, and create images to use in the video. People with access to the video can add comments, leave notes, and make edits. Vids will launch in public beta this summer.

Explore 16 Google Sheets keyboard shortcuts and formulas that allow you to grab data from the web (ie. ImportHTML), import recent entries from a website’s RSS feed (ie. ImportFeed), eliminate extra spaces (ie. Trim), enforce email addresses (ie. IsEmail), and more.

This blog demonstrates how customizing ZSH shell history configurations can be a boon for your productivity. These tips make it easier to find and reuse past commands quickly. You can efficiently access a personalized command library by tuning history storage and implementing advanced search techniques such as ‘fzf’ and ‘ag’.

A detailed guide to customizing your terminal setup to use productivity-oriented plugins, themes, aliases, and command-line utilities.

This thread covers 12 features on Canva that will help streamline your creative workflows. Magic Switch instantly converts decks to various document types. Magic Expand rectifies awkward framing, rescues zoomed-in images, and transforms a vertical shot into a horizontal one within seconds. Magic Animation lets you draw the path for your animation and adjust the speed along the way.

ButterDocs positions itself as a Google Docs alternative for serious writers and teams. It provides one workspace featuring notes and outlines without the need for tab switching. It can also create different draft versions, allowing you to merge edits with your original doc. Zencal is a scheduler that can set up multiple call links and has an easy UI. Publer is a scheduler for LinkedIn content. The post's comment thread mentions several other useful content tools including Wiser App, Swarm, Cal.com, and StoryPrompt.

To overcome the perceived difficulty of new, challenging tasks, block distractions and break down the problem into smaller achievable goals. Then, once you've gained momentum, don't stop until you reach a natural stopping point.

Teams should focus on fewer tasks and allow for more downtime, which counterintuitively leads to faster feature delivery and increased value. When working on too many things at once, teams may actually deliver things slower because there are too many things that are in a work-in-progress state. Smaller, faster completions keep momentum going.

Google's core code tooling team has trained a smart paste model that adjusts code pasted in based on the context. They found a 42% acceptance rate for 6% of all copied code.

It can be hard to maintain focus, especially when switching between tasks. Keeping a work journal to record your thoughts and actions can help you think more clearly and regain context faster. Writing down what you're doing and reading the last few sentences when resuming work can be a helpful tool for improving focus.

Cognitive ability and focus fluctuate throughout the day, influenced by factors like caffeine intake. This author encourages the strategic use of caffeine to improve productivity during peak focus periods and the importance of rest to recharge mental energy. These principles can be applied on both daily and yearly cycles to optimize creative and work output.