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TL;DV, Bardeen AI, Sunsama, & More

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Welcome to the new friends of the A Players newsletter who have joined us since last week!

This Week: 10 of the most useful websites on the internet

TL;DV

Record any call in Google Meet or Zoom with the click of a button.

Key features:

• Access the recording immediately after the call

• Timestamp key moments during meetings

• Transcribe in 20+ languages

• Clip parts of calls for sharing

Bardeen AI

Bardeen saves you time by automating repetitive tasks with a shortcut.

Key features:

• Hundreds of pre-built automations for all your favourite web apps

• Scrape data from any web page with one-click

• Run manual tasks automatically

Sunsama

Bring in tasks from all your tools into one place, and onto your calendar.

Key features:

• Pull in tasks from Trello, Gmail, Asana, and more

• Track your tasks & calendar in one place

• Prioritize your work day by day

Tango

An extension that generates beautiful step-by-step guides with screenshots, while you work.

Key features:

• Save hours of screenshots and writing instructions

• Answer questions quickly—no more repetitive training sessions

RISE Science

Built around the two principles that sleep researchers agree affect how we feel and perform: sleep debt and circadian rhythm.

RISE tracks how much sleep you owe your body & predicts your daily energy schedule.

Real performance, real wellbeing.

Plausible Analytics

Finding Google Analytics too complicated or looking for a lightweight alternative?

Plausible is your answer.

Key features:

• Simple to use

• Lightweight and open source

• No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR

Poet.so

Capture and share Twitter or LinkedIn posts as beautiful images.

Steps:

(1) Drop the link in

(2) Change the colour or background

(3) Re-size and toggle on/off the responses

(4) Download and share wherever you please

h/t @CallumMckeefery

Mailbrew

Turn off the firehose of news feeds with one daily email from Mailbrew (that includes all your news feeds in one place).

Your favorite sources.

Your favorite newsletters.

Saved links.

All in one place.

Eesel

Find any doc, create new ones, and follow your teammates' projects—all from your new tab.

Don’t ever hunt for that link again.

Quickly access your work when you need it.

Find anything you’ve worked on recently in a few keystrokes.

TinyPNG

Use TinyPNG to shrink images for your apps and sites—without sacrificing image quality.

Tiny PNG’s will use less bandwidth and help your apps and sites load faster.

Use Tiny!

There you have it, 10 of the most useful websites I've used.

I hope you found these as helpful as I have.

Stay curious,

Alex

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🔗 Favourite links of the week 🔗

  1. Making Good Decisions as a Product Manager (relevant for any role)
  2. Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems
  3. Unwavering Focus | Dandapani

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