Wonder Tools

Wonder Tools helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Building on one of Substack's most popular productivity newsletters, each episode of the podcast includes specific tips on how to make the most of these new tools to work creatively and productively. wondertools.substack.com

Wonder Tools is a technology podcast hosted by Jeremy Caplan, with 77 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jeremy Caplan hosts Wonder Tools, a technology show with 77 episodes published.

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  📍 Pinpoint, Explained

  Jun 5, 20268 minS0

  <p>Google’s Pinpoint is now open to everyone. It’s a surprisingly powerful free tool for making sense of giant piles of digital stuff. (Before June 3, it was restricted to journalists and academics). Read on to learn more about creative ways to use Pinpoint; its new AI features and their limitations; and how Pinpoint differs from NotebookLM.</p><p>How Pinpoint Works</p><p>Pinpoint lets you store and analyze hundreds of thousands of files so you can find tiny needles in gigantic digital haystacks. </p><p>* Pinpoint can transcribe hundreds of hours of audio and video. </p><p>* It a...

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  🛑 Skip the Upgrade

  May 21, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>I love new gadgets and gizmos, and I’m constantly trying new sites and apps. So I was intrigued by the title of Eric Athas’s upcoming book, Saying No to New.</p><p>Eric’s an editor at the New York Times, where he helps journalists make the most of new tools. He’s also a lifelong early adopter. He told me he used to wait in line for new iPhones. But his upcoming book is about thinking twice about new stuff.</p><p>In our Substack Live conversation, we talked about old gadgets we still love and new gadg...

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  What I Learned About Time 🕰️

  May 8, 20261h 4mS0

  <p>I love Laura Vanderkam’s books about how to make the most of time. </p><p>It’s never about stuffing more into our days. It’s not about productivity. It’s about savoring and being creatively thoughtful about what we choose to do. </p><p>Her books 168 Hours and Tranquility by Tuesday changed how I think about my own weeks. For example, her argument for “effortful before effortless,” nudged me to spend more of my discretionary time on my hobbies. </p><p>Her latest book, Big Time, new this week, makes the case for time abundance: we have more time th...

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  ✍️ Let AI Interview You

  Apr 30, 20261h 12mS0

  <p>The following is a guest post by Jay Dixit, founder of Socratic AI </p><p>Most people treat AI like a question-answering machine: Ask a question, get an answer. What is chili crisp, and why is Gen Z so obsessed with it? What’s the best starting guess for Wordle? What’s the best time of day to post on LinkedIn? (My own real queries from today.)</p><p>There’s nothing wrong with using AI to get answers to your questions. But there’s another mode of interacting with AI that many people never consider — one I find much more...

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  My Quieter Toolkit 🌙

  Apr 10, 20267 minS0

  <p>Mornings are for deep work. Afternoons are for everything else — teaching, planning, thinking, movement, and meetings. This is part two of my daily kit. Part one covered my morning apps. Here are the apps and gadgets that carry me through from noon to bedtime. I’ve included a few AI tools, but mostly the quieter tools that don’t get as much attention.</p><p>Catch up on Part 1 👇</p><p>12pm: Midday Break</p><p>Healthy Minds 🧠 </p><p>This free app helps me with mindfulness. The 5-10 minute audio lessons work well as walking meditations. I sometimes also use Hea...

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