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Yes, I'm still taking notes by myself during calls..
Don't get me wrong, I use AI meeting notetakers. But I still always have Apple Notes open on the left side of every call.
Not to write everything down as if we were in the 90s, I'm not that behind, just to anchor myself. A word. A phrase. Something to start from when I take the mic.
Because here's what I've learned: AI is incredible after the call. Summaries, follow-ups, action items - #Notion AI Meeting Notes is great!
But during the call, I want to be human. Actually listening. And you can't listen if you don't write down.
The blank note isn't a backup plan. It's what kee:ps me in the conversation.
Use AI to scale the output, but use your presence to build the relationship.
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A fictional async standup app where the meeting is one gesture: slide to stand up.
Film-photo window up top, a four-way compass below, and a loading state that resolves your team one row at a time.
Concept project.
A client came to me with a problem every exhibition team knows.
They collected visitor business cards all day…
then someone had to type up the details and email each lead to the right company.
Slow. Easy to mess up. And leads went cold while they waited.
So I automated it. Here's how it works now 👇
📸 Staff take a photo of the visitor's business card and fill a short form
🏷️ They pick the visitor type (the company this lead belongs to)
💾 They click Save
That's it. In the background, the system:
✅ Creates a clean PDF with all the visitor details
✅ Emails it to the right company automatically
✅ Sends a confirmation to the staff member who added it
🔁 If an email fails, it retries 2 more times on its own
And if an email still fails?
I added a new screen to their admin panel:
→ See every email: Sent ✅ or Failed ❌
→ Resend one with a single click
→ Or resend all failed emails at once
No chasing. No lost leads. No manual follow-ups.
The client loved it, and honestly, that's my favourite part of the job.
The lesson: good automation isn't flashy. It quietly removes boring work so your team can focus on people, not paperwork.
If you run events, exhibitions, or any business where leads get lost between "collected" and "followed up", let's talk. My DMs are open 👋
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