Hand-Picked Content
The True Costs of Being on Youtube
Blog, 15min
A must-read for content creators and anyone curious about the economics of YouTube. Carla Lalli Music transparently shares the financial reality behind her cooking channel – spending $3,500 per video while consistently operating at a $10,000 monthly loss. Despite amassing 18 million views and 230,000 subscribers over three years, her breakdown reveals why even “successful” channels often face unsustainable economics. She’s now found financial success on Substack, which has become her primary income source.=
Hack your workflow
Screen recording to the cloud
Do you prefer to absorb new knowledge by listening instead of reading? You can upload documents to NotebookLM, which can create audio summaries of several documents at once.
The created audio summary can be downloaded and you can add it to your playlist on your phone.
The feature is still free and all you need to get started is a Google account.
How?
- Go to NotebookLM website
- Login with your Google account
- Create a new notebook by uploading a file
- Click “create audio summary”
Tools & Apps
Sounds Like You
AI Writing
Lex, an AI-native Google Docs alternative, now offers “context tag” features that make AI-generated content sound more like you. Upload writing samples, define your audience, and customize settings more extensively than in Claude or ChatGPT. In my testing, the results were about 80% aligned with my style and accelerated my LinkedIn post creation. Free to try, but advanced LLM models require a paid plan. Consider Lex if you’re a serious writer looking for a tool that has AI features built in from scratch
LinkedIn Post Formatter
Socials
This website helps you to add formatting to your LinkedIn posts. Bold, underline, bullet points, and so on. If you think such formatting fits your style – this is an easy way to do it.
Free AI Image Generator
AI Images
This free AI image generator creates images with specific styles like tarot cards, anime, or sketches. Simply select a style, enter your description, and instantly receive unique AI-generated artwork. (Screenshot)
Fresh Reflections
AI Chats, organized
Discover how Claude Projects transforms AI workflows from scattered conversations to organized workspaces. I am using this feature intensively and share all my learnings about it in this new blog post up on the Fresh van Root blog.
Visuals on Brand
One of the annoying things about AI image or visual creation is that it takes lots of effort to make them look like your brand. Napkin, the app that turns text into visuals, added features to infuse your brand details like colors and font. It is very easy to set up, and free to use. We reworked our blog post so it reflects the recent changes.
Mistral Catching Up
Paris-based AI company Mistral is now available on mobile phones, offers paid plans including a workspace for teams, and updated the UI and capabilities. Go check the blog post to read up on the latest developments.
Off-Topic Links
Retro Gaming Challenge
Watch
A teacher challenged students to connect a Nintendo Entertainment System (released 1985) to an old TV.