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Ismail B.
July 18, 2023

7 lesser known tools you’ll love

Key points

  • Often, the most helpful tools are also the simplest and easily overlooked
  • The shower notepad lets me write down and develop shower thoughts on the spot
  • The dotted notebook combines the cleanliness of blank pages with the structure and guidelines of grid pages
  • Fathom Analytics is the perfect simple, 1-page, cookieless analytics tool for personal websites and creators
  • The Everyday app lets you track and visualize your habits
  • Make.com lets you automate mundane tasks and "glue together" the tools you already use
  • CopyClip keeps track of your copy/cut history
  • EZgif is perfect for sharinking an image file via resizing, format-changing, and compressing

Enjoy this list of random but game-changing tools that make my life a heck of a lot easier as a creator. No particular theme other than pure quality-of-life-boost resources to add to your creator toolkit and keep the creativity going..

A list of random but practical tools that make my life easier as a creator:

01. The Shower Notepad

I get some of my best in the shower, where my mind seems to wander (for some reason). I like to write these ideas down so I can forget about them and enjoy the rest of my shower 😂

02. The Dotted Notebook

Starting an idea with a quick sketch can get the ball rolling in most cases. The dotted notebook combines the cleanliness of blank pages with the structure and guidelines of grid pages.

03. Fathom Analytics

Simple, 1-page, cookieless website analytics. Perfect for a personal site. Btw, I think everyone reading this should have a personal website to which they post their thoughts, ideas and learnings.

04. Everyday.app

A simple and flexible habit tracker that lets you visualize your progress. been using it nearly every day since 2019. It has helped me improve lots of crucial lifestyle habits. My Everyday dashboard️ ☝️

05. Make.com

Make.com allows you to automate your repetitive tasks or “glue together” the tools you already use. I use Make.com to automate all the mundane tasks that I don’t like doing (examples in my newsletter).

06. CopyClip

Another random recommendation that came to mind: CopyClip is a Mac app that stores text you’ve copied in the past, so you can quickly find that snippet of text you thought you lost.

07. EZgif

EZgif is my go-to for shrinking the heck out of any image file. And that’s thanks to all the different things it allows you to do: Resize, change to a smaller format, compress and much more.