Thread by @george__mack

"The computer is the bicycle of the mind." - Steve Jobs

In 2021, we're all digital cyclists.

Here's 9 tools + hacks for your digital bike.

THREAD...

Why is the computer the bicycle of the mind?

• Steve Jobs read a study that measured the locomotion efficiency of species on earth

• The condor used the least energy to move a Kilometer

• The highlight of mother nature - human beings - came 3rd of the way down the list

• However, a human being on a bicycle blew every other species away - including the Condor.

• "A computer is the most remarkable tool we've ever come up with. And it's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." - Steve Jobs

Let's get into pimping your bike...

1. Spam filter for LinkedIn

• LinkedIn DM's are a dumpster fire of spam.

• Add an emoji before your first name on LinkedIn.

• You will be able to faster identify the people who are using mass messaging bots.

H/T @faisalsethi / @awilkinson

2. Deep Nostalgia - myheritage.com/deep-nostalgia

• Upload photos of loved ones who have passed away.

• Deep Nostalgia creates a deep fake to bring them back to life in animated format.

• My Grandmother died when my Dad was 10. We just brought her back to life...

*Kinda crazy*

3. Twitter advanced search

• Find a new account you love

• Filter for their most popular tweets

• 30 minutes binging your favorite thinker > 30 minutes on the timeline

Here's me doing it for @balajis' account

4. Alfred (alfredapp.com)

• Alfred lets you make unlimited Mac keyboard shortcuts

• I have 10 Twitter accounts I like to regularly visit (rather than rely on the algorithm)

• I press Command + T10 and it opens them all up at once

H/T @PropaneFitness

5. Vimcal (vimcal.com)

• Vimcal is your calendar on steroids

• The best feature? My growth agency multiply.marketing has clients in Australia, USA, Peru, UK and Dubai

• 2 time zones next to each other is a GAME CHANGER.

• LA to London below.

6. Cheaper Than Guru (cheaperthanguru.com)

• See your favorite investors portfolio

• Analyse their portfolio value over time

• See when people got in and out of different shares

H/T @thepatwalls

7. Tandem (tandem.chat)

• The best tool I've found for getting the upside of remote work AND an office

• No need to arrange Zoom calls or endless Slack messages.

• Everyone who's available sits in a meeting room, and you can hop in at any point.

8. Deepfake your voice (descript.com/overdub)

• Upload 10 minutes of your voice to Descript

• It can now deep fake your voice for any written text on the internet

• Here's @tomosman using his deep fake voice

9. Unicorn Ads - (unicornads.com)

• Spy on the top 1000 Shopify stores (ranked by their website traffic)

• Filter by niche or category

• Click on the store and it will show you the Facebook/Instagram ads they are currently running

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Got any tools or hacks for making your digital bike go faster?

Drop em below 👇

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