I made this (free) Trello chrome extension

Want to try it out?

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I had a wild idea last weekend and instead of finishing my Due Date Power-Up (yes I’m still working on that), I created a Chrome Extension that shows a random Trello card everytime I open a tab.

The inspiration behind this was that I am tired of highlighting quotes in books and then never actually going back and re-reading them. I was like, what if i had something that randomly would show me those quotes?

So I created a Chrome Extension where you pick a Trello board and every time you open a new tab, you’ll see a random card from that board, beautifully displayed.

Here’s a video showing how it works:

I’d love for you to give it a try and let me know what you think!

Next up… should i see if i can make a mobile app that does this too??? That might be too ambitious 😂

🌮 Dear Taco

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Automation variables - how to find out what they are or what could be included when creating automations.

~Bec

Bec, it’s your lucky day because I LOVE to talk about Automation Variables.

These are dynamic fields that take your Trello automations to the next level. If you’ve ever wanted to include some info from a Trello card as part of your automation, you’ll use Automation Variables.

Card info: For instance, you can use things like {cardname} to reference the name of a card in something, like an email or another card.

Dates: You can also use them to dynamically add times and dates. For instance, if you create a list every week with automation, you can include {weeknumber} in the name and it will dynamically pull the current week number, making it easy to distinguish between previous weeks.

Whodunit: This is my favorite… if you use {username} that grabs whoever is doing the action. So if you want to keep track of who is doing a specific thing, set up an automation that posts a comment with {username} and the action.

Want to learn more? I wrote an entire post about My Favorite Automation Variables and how you can use them.

Want to submit your question? Maybe it’ll be featured next week!

🗞 Coming up

I’ll be speaking virtually at the ACE Lansing chapter about the new Trello 2.0! It’s a free virtual event, and open to anyone, even if you don’t regularly use your hand as a map and say “ope”!

🛎️ Newbie tips

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Tip of the week

• Use labels when you think of something you’d want to sort or filter your board by (like categories or types). Use lists to describe parts of a process or stages of a workflow (like drafting, reviewing, publishing).

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Thanks for reading!! I’ll see ya next week 👋