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A New N otion For

Your Life

Labeling itself as an “all-in-one workspace”, Notion is a tool that helps people
organize and track their work and life.

By Alina Chen in Shenzhen

ion Li, a product manager of an “I’m one of those who have tons of Li is a Pro user, but she also sug-
internet company, learnt Notion notes, not only about my job. I have gests that Pro version is not necessary
Lfrom YouTube and has been us- more than 1,000 work logs/work daily. for freshmans. The free version also
ing it for two months. Li describes the I also have many reading notes. And allows users to create unlimited pages
records she put into other notetaking I like writing. I can’t manage (all my and blocks. The differences between
apps before were like “a stone sank notes).” paid version and free version do not
into the sea”. Notion helps her make everything affect individual user experience a lot.
To help users start using this app, organized and clear. It “changes her Notion is available on various
Notion team made some instruction life and saves her time”. platforms like Mac, Windows, iOS
videos introducing its basic functions. Unlimited nested feature helps its and Android. The personal computer
“Once you have learnt Notion’s frame- users to organize their information, version has full functions. Users usu-

work, it will be very easy,” Li says. which means users can press a key on ally need to build his/her systems on
Many users also share their expe- the keyboard and embed a sub page their laptop before using it on mobile
rience in YouTube. Li also uploaded inside the existing page. “Because No- phone or iPad.
videos sharing some tips in YouTube tion has unlimited nest, if you have a Notion now has English and Ko-
and Bilibili. She says she wants to project, you can nest unlimited sub rean versions. The translation of
share and communicate with others pages and tables in this project,” she other languages is still being devel-
because this app is so impressive and says. oped. Have a try and it may be a new
excellent. It is free for personal use. For those workplace. It is available on the Apple
Notion has become an important who need more functions, it also pro- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/
tool for Lion’s job and life. Now she vides different paid plans. Students us/app/notion-notes-projects-docs/
spends more than ten hours on No- and educators can sign up with their id1232780281 and Google Play Store:
tion every day. “(It can be) related to school email addresses to get the free https://play.google.com/store/apps/
daily life, career and study,” she says, Personal Pro version. details?id=notion.id&hl=en_US .

Sub-edited by
Sub-edited by
Savoki Zhang
Savoki Zhang