Taskade Blog – Page 17 – Insights & Updates: AI Agents, Automation & Productivity

🚀 Zapier Beta, Web Clipper, and More!

By John Xie August 30, 2022 4 Min Read

Hi Taskaders 🎉 We’ve worked hard to make Taskade work better for you! Here’s what’s new: ⚡️ New Zapier Integration You can now automate Taskade with Zapier! This beta release supports (1) Action to create a task and (2) Trigger for tasks due. Let us know what you’d like to see next. More updates will follow soon. Learn more. ⚡️ Browser Extensions We’ve released a major update for Google Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Microsoft Edge. Right-click to Add to Taskade now automatically…

7 Ways to Stop Procrastinating in 2024 (+Free Templates)

AI Productivity

By Dawid Bednarski August 22, 2022 16 Min Read

7 Ways to Stop Procrastinating in 2024 (+Free Templates)

Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something. It typically occurs if the task is too difficult, boring, or when you just don’t feel like completing it here and now. In this article, you’ll learn how to stop procrastinating and more done with less. So, is procrastination as bad as they say? Most of us are guilty of putting off tasks once in a while. And most of the…

Project Management Basics: A Beginner’s Guide

AI Project Management

By Dawid Bednarski August 22, 2022 17 Min Read

Project Management Basics: A Beginner’s Guide

Did you know it took 13,000 workers and engineers to drill the 50-kilometer Eurotunnel connecting England and France? This is just one example of a project that wouldn’t be possible without effective planning and coordination. In this article, we discuss why PM is a big deal and cover essential project management basics, in case you want to get into the business yourself. 🤔 What Is Project Management Anyway? The Project…

Best AI Note-Taking Apps for Students in 2024

Knowledge Management

By Fariz Hawafi August 22, 2022 33 Min Read

Best AI Note-Taking Apps for Students in 2024

Being a student is synonymous with having to soak up a lot of information in a short period of time. Students are constantly learning new concepts from different subjects, and it’s common for most to cram information before a test or exam. When it comes to learning new information, building a second brain is perhaps the best method to help you organize terabytes of information. With the rise of AI…

How to Improve Time Management in 2024 (7 Simple Steps)

AI Productivity

By Dawid Bednarski August 15, 2022 12 Min Read

How to Improve Time Management in 2024 (7 Simple Steps)

Are you overwhelmed with work? Do you spend hours working on tasks only to realize they aren’t even important? Are you always in a rush? If you answered “yes” to at least one of those questions, it’s about time you learned how to improve your time management! Here’s the thing. Time is your most valuable asset, and “lost time is never found again” (thanks Ben). If you’re not spending it…

Best Obsidian Alternatives for Note-Taking and Knowledge Management (Updated for 2024)

Knowledge Management

By Fariz Hawafi August 15, 2022 46 Min Read

Best Obsidian Alternatives for Note-Taking and Knowledge Management (Updated for 2024)

What is Obsidian? Obsidian is a note-taking software that works as a second brain application for knowledge management. Created by Erica Xu and Shida Li during the quarantine period of Covid-19 in 2020, the outliner tool has gained traction with over 50,000 members in their Discord community, all while still remaining as a two-man team. What’s interesting about Obsidian is that both Xu and Li were originally maintaining Dynalist, their…

SMART Goals – What They Are and How to Write Them (Updated 2024)

AI Productivity

By Fariz Hawafi August 10, 2022 12 Min Read

SMART Goals – What They Are and How to Write Them (Updated 2024)

Why Is Goal-Setting Important? Goal-setting is an important part of life. As David McClelland pointed out in 1961, having a sense of achievement is one of the three main sources of motivation for humans(1). What better way to feel a sense of achievement than to actually achieve the goals that you’ve set for yourself? However, setting goals blindly won’t help either. You have to hit the sweet spot when it…

What Is Mind Mapping? The Best Tool for Visual Thinking

AI Productivity

By Dawid Bednarski August 10, 2022 18 Min Read

What Is Mind Mapping? The Best Tool for Visual Thinking

Mind mapping is a visual tool that helps you organize your thoughts and ideas in an easy-to-read, graphic format. It’s a great way to brainstorm, plan projects, and organize. A mind map can be any type of diagram: pictorial, graphical, or even textual. The key characteristic of a mind map is its structure. Mind maps are made up of nodes (or “branches”) linked by lines called “connectors”. Nodes represent concepts,…

6 of the Most Popular Project Management Methodologies in 2024

AI Project Management

By Dawid Bednarski August 10, 2022 22 Min Read

6 of the Most Popular Project Management Methodologies in 2024

The question of the ages—“which project management approach is the best?” Well, the jury is still out on this one. But we can give you the second best thing. Here’s a list of the most popular project management methodologies in the wild. Learn about their pros, cons, and use cases, and pick the one that’s the best fit for your team and the project you’re dealing with. But first, let’s…

Building a Second Brain Review and Complete Guide (Updated 2025)

Knowledge Management

By Dawid Bednarski July 18, 2022 24 Min Read

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Building a Second Brain Review and Complete Guide (Updated 2025)

Let’s face it. Many people interested in the productivity space are master procrastinators. After all, checking new productivity tools and hacks seems like a perfect excuse to put real work off. But that ends now! In this Building a Second Brain review, we revisit a personal knowledge management system from Tiago Forte that will put you into high gear to finally get stuff done! Is the book worth your money? …

🚀 Mixed Formatting, Natural Language Due Dates, and More!

Taskade Updates

By John Xie July 12, 2022 5 Min Read

🚀 Mixed Formatting, Natural Language Due Dates, and More!

Hi Taskaders 🎉 We’ve worked hard to make Taskade work better for you! Here’s what’s new: ⚡️ Mixed Formatting in New Outliner The new outlining experience is finally here! You can select multiple formats on the same indent level, with tasks, notes, and paragraphs in the same block. We moved the 🔽 Fold / ▶️ Unfold button to the left, next to the Drag Icon (⋮⋮). Learn more. ⚡️ Natural Language Due Dates Taskade now…

Waterfall Project Management: Your Complete Guide (Updated 2024)

AI Project Management

By Dawid Bednarski July 11, 2022 22 Min Read

Waterfall Project Management: Your Complete Guide (Updated 2024)

The Waterfall project management methodology is a “traditional” PM approach. Created in the 70s, the model is designed for clear-cut, linear projects with upfront requirements and firm milestones. While iterative methodologies like Agile have pushed Waterfall out of software development, the model is still popular in industrial, engineering, and construction projects. Here’s everything you need to know about the Waterfall methodology! 👇 🤔 What Is the Waterfall Project Management Methodology?…