Tools & Craft – Notion Blog

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Pioneers

Char Stiles explores tools for expression and experience

Char Stiles is an artist, educator and programmer whose work uses emerging technologies like live coding to bring to light how computers work.

Devon Zuegel

Co-founder, Esmeralda Institute

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Pioneers

Suzanne Ciani explains the composition of her sensory career

Suzanne Ciani is a five-time Grammy award-nominated musician, composer, sound designer, and record label executive whose work helped define the sound of electronic music in the 1970s.

Devon Zuegel

Co-founder, Esmeralda Institute

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For Teams

Build a knowledge base to avoid 3 most common mistakes startups make

On the journey to starting a company, there are many pitfalls that can get in the way of your success. Here are three problems most startups face — and how a knowledge base helps combat them (with examples from fast-growing companies).

Nate Martins

Marketing

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For Teams

How to build an engineering team: Guide & best practices

Your engineering team determines your product’s success. Learn who to hire and how to support your team with this engineering team guide.

Anabelle Zaluski

Marketing

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For Teams

3 asynchronous collaboration models for distributed teams

Teams often try to apply in-person collaboration techniques to remote work. But distributed teams face their own challenges — here are some solutions to keep teams connected.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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Pioneers

Gretchen McCulloch talks about why we talk the way we do online

Gretchen McCulloch is an internet linguist — an analyst of the language of the internet, for the people of the internet. She's the author of the New York Times bestselling "Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language," a Resident Linguist at WIRED, and was formerly the Resident Linguist at The Toast.

Devon Zuegel

Co-founder, Esmeralda Institute

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Inspiration

Kim Scott's framework for confronting workplace injustice

Use Kim Scott's Just Work template to quickly record instances of workplace injustice and respond based on the role you played.

Ben Smith

Community

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For Teams

A project charter template that's clear and effective

A project charter spells out the goals, deliverables, budget, timeline, and people involved in a project. It serves as a starting point to get the team aligned.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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For Teams

A one-on-one meeting template to keep everyone on track

Whether you’re a manager meeting with a direct report, two project team members, or a CEO meeting with a potential investor, one-on-one meetings will bolster the confidence and trust you need to keep your startup running smoothly.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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Pioneers

Omar Rizwan on shaping computers into friendlier forms

Omar Rizwan is a researcher and developer interested in new computer interfaces and new ways of programming. He previously worked at Dynamicland, Stripe, and Khan Academy. He’s a prolific creator of interesting projects such as Geokit, Screenotate, Hijack Your Feed, and many others.

Devon Zuegel

Co-founder, Esmeralda Institute