Do you need a better place for you and your team to store all that information? No, I'm not talking about tasks and projects, but I'm talking more about all the other information that may support your projects.
Hello everyone, Scott Friesen here at Simpletivity, helping you to get more done and enjoy less stress. Today, we are taking a look at Nuclino.
Now, Nuclino can manage your projects if you want, but where Nuclino really shines is as a team knowledge base. Whether it's meeting notes or a meeting agenda like you see here, or maybe it's some brainstorming or things you are trying to work out with your team, Nuclino is a great place to organize and store all of those ideas.
Let me get you familiar with some of the terminology here within Nuclino. You'll see there's a little plus button here.
If I select this, I have two options: I can either create an item or I can create a cluster. An item is essentially a single file or a single workspace, like you see here in this example called "YouTube Ideas."
The nice thing about Nuclino is that you can embed those videos directly into your item space. Here, I can actually watch those videos and share them with others with whom I may be working.
My second option is to create a cluster, and you can see here I actually have a few different clusters. Here's my team brainstorming cluster, which branches down into a marketing cluster.
In another way, it's like saying that you have folders or subfolders, which can be a great way to organize your information. Let's take a closer look at what an item looks like and feels like within Nuclino.
Here, I've got an example called "September 10th Meeting Notes." At the beginning, you see I've got some pretty standard text here, some things that we perhaps talked about or need to talk about in a future meeting.
But I can do so much more within a single item. Here, I've got a link to a PDF document; I can create separation within my item, I can create a workable checklist, and I can even upload images as well.
Let's start a new item just to give you a better example. I'm going to call this one a "Text Item Sample," and I can start typing in text right away here if I want.
But you'll notice that there's a little plus button. If I hit that plus button, I've got so many more options available to me. Whether it's adjusting the heading and the font, changing the types of lists, uploading files or images, or even adding a code block, it's all here.
And of course, because Nuclino is a team knowledge base at its core, I can mention other people that I'm working with or link directly to them. I really like that flexibility.
In fact, if I go back to this example here, which has some further content, the look and some of the feel is almost very similar to Evernote in terms of a simple editor. But you can do an awful lot in it.
As I look at something like "YouTube Ideas," for example, yes, I can embed videos directly into an item. Here's another one I've entitled "YouTube Thumbnails," so I can get access directly to those images.
It can be a great place to brainstorm and store those pieces of information, but of course, Nuclino is so much more. One of the nice things about Nuclino is that you can view your information in a few different ways.
At the top, you can see we are looking at all of my items in this particular case, and of course, I can expand or collapse certain clusters. Let's go over to the board view.
For anyone who is familiar with Trello or the Kanban style of project management, yes, you can have a board view. Here, I have a few different clusters: content marketing, team brainstorming, in progress, and done.
I can move things along just like you would expect with any Kanban board if I want to move things from one area to the next. Of course, I can click on them, and this window will expand, and I can see more details about what's going on on that side of the screen.
But there are other views for us to take a look at as well. This one is called the graph view, and this can be really great for mind mapping or brainstorming.
Here, you see I've got content marketing, which would be the highest level project. You can see the title of it here at the top of the screen, and then I've got my different clusters.
You'll recognize some of these from our Kanban view, but if I click on this one, for example, team brainstorming, well, now I can branch out even further and take a look at what's going on in these areas. I can see, even if I hover over these little dots, it will actually give me the title of those particular items.
In this case, I've used a combination of clusters and items, but it's an interesting way for you to view and take a look at some of your content within Nuclino. Now, Nuclino has developed a mobile app for both iOS and Android, so I would encourage you to check it out.
Some of the things that I like the most here are just how clean the interface is. I like how the menu is clean on the left-hand side, the ability to add new items or create a new cluster is very simple and straightforward.
This simple editor, where you can add text immediately or change the type of input, or add different elements to your notes, is very quick and intuitive. If you are managing a team or if you are part of a team, you may want to check out Nuclino.
Even if you are an entrepreneur or just a small business owner, maybe you're just a team of one, I think you're still going to see the benefits of using a tool like Nuclino. Even if it's just for brainstorming or a mind dump, it's a very clean interface for you to check out.
Now, I would love to hear from you. What do you think of Nuclino, and what do you hope to use it for as part of your day or business? Be sure to tell me below in the comments.
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