👀 New Zapier collab! Free self-paced curriculum + ⚙️ Productivity Hacks: Reflect.app

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⚙️ Productivity Hacks: Staying organized with Reflect

In an age of increasing speed and convenience, productivity remains to be something we seem to struggle with.

From trying to make sense of multiple ideas, to working collaboratively, to simply trying to keep track of never-ending to-do lists — being meaningfully productive can be a tough skill to master.

Luckily, technology has come a long way in helping us make sense of our busy lives. There are lots of tools available to speed up tasks and help us keep track of everything we need to do.

Reflect is one such tool. Launched on Product Hunt in October 2021, Reflect is an integrated note-taking tool designed to help professionals be more productive by meeting them where they’re at.

Unlike many of the bigger players in the productivity tool game — Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, Roam Research, to name a few — Reflect integrates with these tools, acting as a connective layer between all your thoughts and learnings.

Adam Wathan @adamwathan Started using @reflectnotes in earnest yesterday, mind already feels so much calmer. Similar feeling to when I finally started using a todo list — can stop worrying about remembering things, mind is totally free to just focus on what I'm doing. reflect.app Reflect Reflect keeps track of your thoughts, books, and meetings. reflect.app November 2nd 2021 2 Retweets 113 Likes

Needless to say, users are raving about its performance and efficiency. So we took a dive in to see just how it works, and how it can help you be more productive.

​Read the full post.

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⛰️ The hardest and easiest ways to start a business (by Ben Tossell)

The hardest way to start:

• Build V1 with no-code
• Get customers
• Iterate quickly

The easiest way to start:

• Make a deck
• Don’t share your idea
• Use code/hire programmers

​View this post on Indie Hackers.

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💥 Our first collaboration with Zapier!

Super-excited to introduce our first ever collab with Zapier: Getting Started With No-Code. It's a beginner's crash course into no-code, offering:

• Free curriculum – just enter your email to get started
• 4 modules: Websites, Databases, Automation and Apps
• 16 theory lessons
• 16 project build ideas to inspire you
• A guided environment to build real no-code projects

Please share with anyone you think would benefit from this entry-level no-code course!

​View this post on LinkedIn.

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🚀 Community Projects

​Closing down this forum, by Ben Tossell.

"Hey everybody,
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We try a lot of things at Makerpad but sadly not all of them work how we'd like them to! This forum is one of those I'm afraid.
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We're a very small team and are focusing on our educational content. This forum slowly became more difficult to upkeep. The battling of spam accounts and a few other factors influenced our decision.
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One of the biggest things I've been thinking about is creating our own place for people to hang out vs hanging out where our community already hang out. No-coders are everywhere, and we want to meet them there rather than force a new behaviour on yet another forum.
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We have a new site being rolled out any day now, with lots of links and ways that you can contribute to the community and stay up-to-date with our content and features.
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Cheers,
Ben"

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💼 Jobs

​Product Designer – WeWeb

​Nocode Content Creator – Baserow

​Systems Builder/No-Code Entrepreneur – For Them

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🐦 Tweet of the Week

Alex Lieberman @businessbarista What’s a startup idea that sounds great in theory but would be a shitty business? March 12th 2022 53 Retweets 608 Likes

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😍 Want to see your own story featured in this newsletter?

If you have a great story to tell that you think the no-code community would be inspired to read, we'll publish it on our blog and feature it in this newsletter. Send us an outline.

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Cheers!
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Ben & the Makerpad team ✌️