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5 Google Drive Automations You Can Launch Instantly with Taskade AI Kits

By Dawid Bednarski June 16, 2025 17 Min Read

5 Google Drive Automations You Can Launch Instantly with Taskade AI Kits

Google Drive is supposed to make storing and sharing files easy. But did you know a typical office dweller spends up to 2.5 hours a day searching for information? Want that time back? Google Drive automation, the kind that connects your documents to the rest of your workflow. Let’s get one thing straight first: storing files isn’t the issue; it’s everything that happens before and after that creates the mess….

What Is Cognitive Offloading? How AI Is Taking Over Our Mental Load

Artificial Intelligence

By Dawid Bednarski June 12, 2025 16 Min Read

What Is Cognitive Offloading? How AI Is Taking Over Our Mental Load

When was the last time you remembered a phone number? No, seriously, without looking it up. That’s called cognitive offloading, outsourcing mental effort to something “outside” your head. Stone tablets, note-taking apps, artificial intelligence, we do it because brains like shortcuts. In this article, we’ll explain the science of cognitive offloading, show off some tools, and maybe make you question how much of your brain you’re still actually using. TL;DR:…

6 Google Sheets Automations You Can Launch Instantly with Taskade AI Kits

Automation

By Dawid Bednarski June 9, 2025 20 Min Read

6 Google Sheets Automations You Can Launch Instantly with Taskade AI Kits

You open a spreadsheet. You scroll. You forget why you’re even there. Sound familiar? Google Sheets is great for storing information, but without automation, it’s just another place for tasks to hide. This article shows you how to set up powerful Google Sheets automations with Taskade’s AI Kits. According to a study by McKinsey, knowledge workers spend nearly 20% of their time just looking for information. And spreadsheets—especially the shared,…

The Ultimate Guide to Task Automation with Taskade

Automation

By Dawid Bednarski April 11, 2025 16 Min Read

The Ultimate Guide to Task Automation with Taskade

A typical office dweller switches between 30 apps & tools during a typical workday. That’s far from optimal. You want less context switching and better focus. And this straightforward guide to task automation with Taskade will teach you how to go from an apprentice to a productivity mage. 🧙 Now, before we go any further, let’s clear up a few misconceptions. No, task automation doesn’t mean that you can fling…

How AI Can Help You Manage Your Tasks

Automation

By Dawid Bednarski April 4, 2025 23 Min Read

How AI Can Help You Manage Your Tasks

How many times have you heard that AI can simplify task management? Probably too many (guilty as charged). But here’s the thing — many of those claims don’t deliver concrete solutions. AI is a tool, and like any tool, it only works if you know how to use it. That’s where this guide comes in. PwC predicts that AI tools will bump our productivity by 40% by 2035(1). Considering that…

Integrating Google Forms with Slack Using Taskade to Streamline Your Workflow

Automation

By Dawid Bednarski January 8, 2025 16 Min Read

Integrating Google Forms with Slack Using Taskade to Streamline Your Workflow

Imagine collecting data from various sources and instantly sharing it with your team in an easily digestible format. That’s the dream, right? In this guide, we’ll teach you how to integrate Google Forms with Slack using Taskade to bridge the gap between data and team communication. 🤔 Understanding the Integration Before we get into the nitty-gritty, let’s explain a few basic concepts. If you’re new here… Taskade is an AI-powered…

AI Task Manager: Top 5 Tools to Boost Productivity

AI Productivity

By Dawid Bednarski January 8, 2025 15 Min Read

AI Task Manager: Top 5 Tools to Boost Productivity

Umberto Eco once called lists the antidote to chaos. He would likely find today’s AI task managers intriguing, just as we do (though we might be a bit biased). In our quest for order, we explore the top 5 AI task manager platforms that blend the simplicity of to-do lists with intelligent features. But before we get to all that, let’s answer a few questions. 👇 🤖+✅ What Are AI…

Taskade’s Top 5 AI-Powered Features Transforming the Future of Work

Artificial Intelligence

By Dawid Bednarski December 11, 2024 19 Min Read

Taskade’s Top 5 AI-Powered Features Transforming the Future of Work

AI is everywhere. You interact with it when you chat with your smartphone’s voice assistant, shop online, or reply to emails. But do you use it effectively? In this article, we break down 5 AI-powered features for work that will help you supercharge your personal and professional life in Taskade. At this point, we’ve all heard about large language models (LLMs) and autonomous agents (right?). But there’s more to AI…

The Pareto Principle: How to Maximize Efficiency with the 80/20 Rule

AI Productivity

By Dawid Bednarski September 30, 2024 13 Min Read

The Pareto Principle: How to Maximize Efficiency with the 80/20 Rule

Ever felt like you’re working your butt off but only seeing minimal results? You’re not alone. What if I told you that 20% of your actions might be responsible for 80% of your results? Intrigued? The Pareto Principle, the 80/20 rule, or the “viral few and trivial many” is the secret sauce you’ve been missing. 🌾 Origin of the Pareto Principle Back in the late 19th century, an Italian economist…

Flowtime Technique Explained: Everything You Must Know

AI Productivity

By Fariz Hawafi August 22, 2024 23 Min Read

Flowtime Technique Explained: Everything You Must Know

The Flowtime technique (a.k.a. Flowmodoro) is a flexible time management technique that helps you maximize your productivity by staying in a creative state of mind. It allows you to work in natural, uninterrupted intervals until you need a break. This technique derives its name from the word “Flow,” as it encourages you to be in a flow state to help ideas flow better. A flow state is achieved when you’re…

How to Use the Method of Loci in 2025 — A Mnemonic Device for Memorization

AI Productivity

By Fariz Hawafi July 12, 2024 18 Min Read

How to Use the Method of Loci in 2025 — A Mnemonic Device for Memorization

The Method of Loci, also known as the memory palace technique, has been used for thousands of years. The use of this technique dates back to ancient Rome and Greece. While modern second-brain tools have stolen some of their popularity, the Method of Loci is still one of the most effective mnemonic techniques around. The importance of the method of loci stems from the memory problems many experience. Our brains…

Here’s How Eat the Frog Can Boost Your Productivity in 2025!

AI Productivity

By Fariz Hawafi July 11, 2024 19 Min Read

Here’s How Eat the Frog Can Boost Your Productivity in 2025!

One of the ways to boost productivity is to Eat the Frog first. Nowadays, the biggest productivity challenge is procrastination. Putting off that task until the last minute can impact your productivity negatively, as it can result in missed deadlines, decreased output, and even harm to your reputation. Eat the Frog is a technique that was Popularized by Brian Tracy. it guides you to handle the most demanding tasks first,…