Agile Tools for Modern Creative Writers
Agile Tools for Modern Creative Writers
iA Notebook wins Red Dot “Best of the Best” Award 2025, recognizing its exceptional design. It's the first paper notebook to receive this prestigious honor, joining elite products like the iPhone and Porsche Taycan. Designed for simplicity and elegance, it includes innovative features like disappearing watermarks.
https://ia.net/topics/ia-notebook-wins-the-crown-of-product-design-in-2025
Outlining organizes ideas into a structured plan, enhancing clarity and focus for writing projects like essays, blog posts, or research papers. The article outlines six steps to create an effective outline: define a central idea, map out major sections, choose a structure, add supporting evidence, ensure logical flow, and refine as needed. Tips for effective outlining include maintaining clarity, staying flexible, and avoiding common mistakes. Ultimately, a strong outline supports great writing by providing structure and adaptability throughout the drafting process.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/writing-process/how-to-write-outline/
Pomodoro Technique: time-management system with 25 mins work, 5 mins break. Enhances creativity and productivity; helps combat writer's block. Developed by Francesco Cirillo using a kitchen timer. It transforms daunting tasks into manageable sessions and allows mental resets. Use any timer—digital, web app or manual; adapt as needed. Effective for boosting productivity, but may not suit everyone's style.
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/how-the-pomodoro-technique-can-boost-creativity
Grammarly hosted an IT leaders' event discussing AI, productivity, and future work. Key takeaways: 1) Prioritize people over tools for effective AI integration; 2) Focus on meaningful metrics beyond easy measurements; 3) Embrace “shadow AI” with guidance to reveal employee needs; 4) Demand clear ROI from vendors to justifying AI spending; 5) Shift to an imagination-driven economy for greater innovation. AI should enhance creativity and employee experience, promoting long-term business success.
Grammarly is now ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certified, highlighting its dedication to responsible AI development focused on ethical communication, safety, and privacy. This certification establishes a framework for governing AI responsibly, showcasing Grammarly's commitment to ethical design, privacy, risk monitoring, and user trust. The company embeds responsible AI principles into product development, maintains strong governance policies, conducts risk assessments, and emphasizes transparency and user control. This milestone reflects Grammarly's ongoing efforts to ensure safe and effective AI use for users and businesses.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/company/iso-iec-420012023-certification/
Brainstorming fuels innovation through idea exploration, organization, and collaboration. Effective tools can transform scattered thoughts into actionable insights. The guide discusses 23 brainstorming tools, including AI platforms like Grammarly and ChatGPT, digital tools for collaborative mind mapping, and traditional methods like sticky notes and whiteboards. Selecting the right tool depends on purpose, collaboration needs, integration, and ease of use. Both digital and physical tools retain value in capturing and refining ideas, with a combined approach enhancing creativity.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/writing-process/brainstorming-tools/
Creative writing engages the unconscious mind, enhancing creativity. Writers often create spontaneously, reflecting their subconscious during the writing process. Techniques to nurture this include allowing time for background processing, daydreaming, repetitive activities, brainstorming, freewriting, and paying attention to dreams. Establishing regular practices exercises the unconscious, making creativity more accessible.
Grammarly's Data Science team developed BEAM, an AI-driven budget allocation tool designed to optimize marketing spend across various channels. Transitioning from a manual, attribution-based model, BEAM uses data and machine learning to allocate budgets efficiently and assess channel performance, enhancing decision-making while addressing challenges related to diminishing returns and data privacy. The tool enables self-service for marketers and finance, improves budget recommendations, and allows continuous evaluation through backtesting and testing methods. As a result, Grammarly's marketing strategies have become more accurate and scalable.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/engineering/how-grammarly-built-beam/
Android update highlights: New “Entry” button added to Multi-Entry Viewer; app icons refreshed. Improvements include simplified entry creation, fixed sync issues, and enhanced “On This Day” reminders.
https://dayoneapp.com/releases/refreshed-icons-and-timezone-fixes/
TLDR: Western Governors University (WGU), a nonprofit online university, partnered with Grammarly in April 2024 to integrate the Writing Score API into its LMS, enhancing student writing through real-time feedback and promoting academic integrity. This tool supports over 175,000 students, automates evaluations, and improves writing quality, leading to 70% adoption, 82% improvement in writing sessions, and 69% reduction in critical errors. Faculty benefit from increased efficiency and focus on personalized instruction, achieving significant time and cost savings. WGU enhances accessible education while fostering communication skills in a rapidly evolving landscape.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/academic-writing/case-study-wgu/
