This promising, for sure.
I take notes every day.
I avidly use Obsidian.md, for example (I've even created an Obsidian expert course).
But to help me better connect with people, I'm clearly considering using Clay.
I think the program is great, and Nexus as a vehicle for using AI is very interesting.
The interface is nice, making the experience of navigating Clay very fluid and soothing.
I love the feeling of automatically feeling closer to people by appealing to our curiosity, our empathy.
In my opinion, it's a very virtuous piece of software that connects us to people in a new way.
So it's a big yes for Clay.
So I've decided to make it one of my daily tools, betting that certain points will be reviewed and improved.
Here's what I think is missing to make Clay a real Game changer:
- Not having Android applications means cutting yourself off from a mobile user base that accounts for 70% of the world market, which seems unthinkable. What's more, the mobile view is not responsive. In my opinion, this is more than important for the evolution of your tool. If the aim is to be able to take notes at any time, and quickly, you can't make it impossible to use the software properly on mobile. Start with a No-coded web app. Or at least have it responsive for the start (because we can very well create a shortcut on our phone from chrome mobile for example, but there it's unusable as it is).
- It should be possible to delete/archive/validate Home notifications.
- There should be more integration of online messaging tools.
You should have integrations with telegram, whatsapp, etc...
- For example, my main messaging tool is telegram, followed by whatsapp. There are people I communicate with every day on these platforms, but the lack of integration will result in the software having no idea.
we can do it by hand, but it's a huge friction.
- The more you remove the friction from the software, the more people will want to use it, the more it will become an essential tool.
- In this sense, it would be interesting to be able to quickly capture information from the tools we use. For example, highlight an item from our browser, and fill in a new note with that highlight from our browser (via Chrome extension). Programs like Napkin.one use this type of system.
- You could add Make to your automation tools, as it's cheaper and more malleable than Zapier. Bardeen is also interesting.
- And of course, create and publish an API to enable us to add automation stacks on our own.
To sum up, I think Clay is a diamond in the rough, but it deserves some polishing. Coninue the good work, you're definitely onto something.
Wes_Clay
May 9, 2024Thank you for your very kind words and for taking the time the write this thorough review!
We are certainly investigating an Android app and further integrations – thank you for flagging those for us.
I appreciate your thoughts regarding API access and a Chrome extension. I'll pass those on to the team!