Cool Hacks & AI Tools

A fascinating SmarterX Space with some old friends.

Madalyn Sklar
October 08, 2023

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Hi Friend,

I love it when old friends of the Twitter Smarter chat - now SmarterX in Spaces - pay us a surprise visit. Jon Wesselink came by last week after some time away and shared what he's been up to. This week Laura Pence Atencio dropped in, and we had a fascinating conversation about our mutual favorite AI tool Magai. I also shared a cool new hack for editing posts. Plus, we discussed another controversial X update that rolled out shortly before we went live - and so much more. If you haven’t heard it yet, be sure to check out the Spaces replay below.

Now here’s this week’s roundup.

Gear of the Week

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Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920

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Highlights From Madalyn's X Feed

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Wonderful advice from Arun Chandra about your social media posts. Don't get caught up in chasing vanity metrics. Think about what you can write to make an impact in someone's life.

New this week, a link in a tweet/post will no longer show a headline and description below it. You will only see an image. It’s a bit confusing. Here’s a before and after.

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The Latest From Madalyn

A Cool X Hack and Ways We Use the AI Tool, Magai

What an awesome #SmarterX chat! 🔥 We had a great discussion about:
• A cool new editing post hack I discovered
• ChatGPT on steroids using Dustin Stout's tool, Magai
• Laura Pence Atencio's AI prompts to generate social media post ideas
• Posts with a URL will only show a photo - no headline or description
• And so much more!
Click here for the Spaces replay.

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Spotify to add auto-generated transcripts to podcasts

Spotify will add auto-generated scripts to millions of podcast episodes, and YouTube Music is adding auto-download to the app. Madalyn and Suze also discuss a screenshot that appears to show Threads devs are still thinking about adding voice, and what the impact on next year's planned closure of Google Podcasts will mean for podcasters. We also hear from Morgan about creating his daily audio log created using Clubhouse Chats as he visited Seville.

Upcoming Spaces

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You can easily access my upcoming audio conversations as well as the past ones via Spaces Dashboard. Tap on this link to get started. At the top right, you’ll see a green button that says “Set Up Alert.” This is a brand new feature that will send an email notification whenever I go live. Below that you'll see the ones I host, co-host, and spoke in. You can listen to replays of past conversations and also add upcoming ones to your calendar.

That’s A Wrap!

Thank you for taking the time to read my newsletter. I hope you discovered some useful nuggets. 😊

Until next week…
Madalyn

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