I hate to say it. But Microsoft Planner kind of looks good...

I never thought I would ever actually use Microsoft Planner until Microsoft released some new feature additions.

Essentially copying my favorite note-taking app Notion.

👁️ Different Views

Oh hello, beautiful! Different views. It's about time Microsoft gets into this century. This should not have taken so long.

🤑 Premium

It looks like most of the fancy stuff is premium. Not me praying to the corporate gods that my company has a premium plan... lol

• Timeline - Shows your critical path
• Copilot - AI helper
• Sprints - A software IT concept on how to finish projects
• People view - See what each person is working on

Example of Timeline:

Example of People View:

🎬 Video Link

This is the video I watched that walked through all the features. I hope we will have access to all these features by early 2024.

🎨 Figma + Microsoft Power Apps

I recently saw that Microsoft Power Apps now has an add-in for Figma. You can design in Figma and convert it to a Power App. This is a game changer because you now don't have to have super ugly Power Apps. I am going to film a whole video on this coming up!

🔗 Link: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1110934196623232680

👩🏼‍💻 Excel + Python

In case you missed it Microsoft Excel now has Python. I know... weird. I have yet to try this out (this is not available to Enterprise yet) but I watched a few great tutorials.

🎬 Behind the Scenes

I have now been posting every week for about (2) years - talk about consistency! More opportunities are starting to come up.

⭐ YouTube

• (2) Sponsorships for $500 each
• 4.6k+ subs
• Several videos in the pipeline

📚 Books

Someday is Today (Read: 11/25/2023)

Find small pockets of time to create. Even 10 minutes is enough. He talks about the struggles of finding time to get things done.

🔗 Link: https://amzn.to/49X5RhF

▶️ Latest Video

This video hit 2.3k views this week which is crazy. Usually, my videos will get anywhere from 100-300 views in the first few days.