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Notes on Notion, Automation, and AI

Practical writing from a Certified Notion Consultant.

FeaturedOctober 5, 2026

Notion Automation Components

If you use Notion to run a business, or you’re responsible for its operations, then some of your most important information probably lives somewhere else.

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July 25, 2026

What AI Must Learn From The Apollo Missions

As a percentage of GDP, we are spending more than ten times as much on AI infrastructure as we did on the Apollo space program.

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July 16, 2026

We Are The Yellowstone Wolves That AI Is Hunting

In the early 1900s, wolves were removed from Yellowstone National Park after they were declared a menace to elk, deer, sheep, and antelope. The wolves were

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July 15, 2026

AI Is A Payday Lender

I believe the benefits AI can bring to humanity are immense and still largely unknown. However, AI expansion without regulatory structures and resource

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May 23, 2026

How AI Made My Stories More Human

Claude told me that a story I was writing was not worthy of my craft.  Despite telling Claude to be blunt, that was still a slap in the face.

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April 18, 2026

Do You Want to Be A Mechanic Or A Racecar Driver?

Are you a business owner who loves the power Notion gives you to know what's going on within your organization, or are you a technician who keeps the wheels

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March 21, 2026

How Notion, AI, and Automation Actually Fit Together

Notion and AI are moving so fast with changes and new features that I find it challenging to keep up.  Worse, because I specialize in automations and

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January 2, 2026

Using Notion AI to Create Custom Resumes

Businesses have been using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) for decades.

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February 2, 2025

Beyond Business Jargon: A Human Guide to Notion OKRs

Here's how to think about your Notion OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) in a way that makes the the solution simple and easy to integrate with your projects.

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January 28, 2025

Ultimate List of Notion Alternatives

Let's explore Notion alternatives that can meet your needs and preferences with a comprehensive matrix to compare product features.

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December 14, 2024

How to Make Notion WebHooks Easier to Use

Despite their technical power, Notion and WebHooks can rapidly become unmanageable. This guide helps you understand Notion Webhooks much easier.

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November 8, 2024

Notion Project Management

Effective Notion project management is about producing satisfaction for a customer through conversation about what matters. Click to here to learn more.

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July 23, 2024

Script to Reset Your Notion Cache

The Notion website has a page to Troubleshoot and Reset Notion, but here is a script to reset Notion cache and kill all instances of Notion.

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July 1, 2024

Notion Synchronization and Replication

An overview for implementation details for Notion synchronization and replication of databases, showing multiple replication and synchronization (R/S) options.

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February 21, 2024

Nine Options for Notion Backup & Restore

A comparison of nine options for Notion Backup and Restore of your data, with the benefits and shortcomings of each. Includes a comprehensive free option!

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February 4, 2024

Notion Can’t Create Process – Only Support It.

In your business or organization, if you’re not clear on what you are trying to accomplish and the economic gravity that pulls you forward, no tool will help.

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January 17, 2024

Adding Business Rules to Notion Data – Notion Referential Integrity

How to use Make.com for referential integrity to enforce Notion business rules in our data. Automation fills in missing data by making logical inferences.

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November 25, 2023

How to Deploy Make.com Scenarios

This post addresses overcoming the challenges of deploying a Make.com scenario to clients. Make lets you export and import scenario blueprints that contain

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October 13, 2023

Notion Data Dictionary

Notion is many things to many people, chiefly a task and knowledge management platform. This explains how to make a Notion data dictionary for your project.

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August 12, 2023

7 Steps to Define Your Business Process

There are two main challenges to documenting, streamlining, and automating complex business processes.

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August 5, 2023

You Can’t Run Your Business on Notion

businesses want working systems that are easy to use and meet their needs.  With Notion, they get a fantastic platform of blocks like a truckload of auto parts.

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March 4, 2023

Copywriters vs. ChatGPT

Machines are already better than humans at several narrow tasks, even if one of those tasks is your job.  But comparing people to machines is the wrong way to

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