Loads of things happened since last year and it was a very long break for me 🫠 War in Ukraine and a busier schedule, in general, made me unable to publish consistently. I am slowly starting again, trying to keep up with all the new tech that appeared during all this time. This newsletter is not written by ChatGPT but I got a plus subscription and testing it a lot these days. For example, on this note, I've started a Twitter thread about building a TestingCatalog publication in public where ChatGPT will help me with some governance decision-making.

I also had to shrink the list of apps that I will be covering but it will expand back at some point.

Why does ICYMI have a new look and URL? Revue (a newsletter platform I've used before) got killed by Elon Musk so I had to find a new one. I've chosen Paragraph as it supports token gating and does not require a Stripe connection. Read more about TestingCatalog project at the end 👇

What's new?

1. ChatGPT opened a waitlist signup for its plugin marketplace. There you would be able to connect different plugins in order to enhance ChatGPT capabilities. It would be able to order food for you, browse the internet from your browser and more. This is simply a revolutionary moment for the way how we interact with the digital world. Plugins will be a new app store and over there you will be able to find a lot of new products and user experiences. This feature is not yet available to everyone regardless if you are a Plus subscriber or not.

   ChatGPT opened a waitlist sign-up for the plugins feature

   OpenAI announced today support for plugins that will help enhance ChatGPT capabilities. In this way, it can use the available data from additional sources. 11 plugins were announced in total, including Klarna, Zapier, Instacart and others. Below you can also watch an example of a plugin that can access your

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2. Mirror launches the "Subscribe to mint" feature in early access for Mirror Genesis NFT holders. Mirror.xyz is a web3 alternative to Medium where writers and bloggers can now create NFT minting pages. This feature in particular would make those pages only available to publication subscribers. I am planning to create one in the nearby future as well.

   Mirror launches "Subscribe to mint" feature in early access for Mirror Genesis NFT holders

   Mirror has announced that their latest feature, "Subscribe to Mint" will be in community beta for the next two weeks. This new feature will only be accessible to Mirror Genesis NFT holders, who will need to collect the NFT in order to unlock early access to the tool, future product

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3. Notion 2.22 Release: Buttons, Embedded Content, and New Page Icons. If you are a heavy Notion user as well, you can make your workflow even more productive by adding buttons to your pages that would automate the addition of new blocks after you click on them.

   Notion 2.22 Release: Buttons, Embedded Content, and New Page Icons

   Notion 2.22 is here, and it brings exciting new features that can enhance productivity and streamline workflows for writers and bloggers. In this post, we'll take a closer look at these features and their potential benefits. Buttons Notion's new button feature lets you add a button to your pages

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Tier One Changelog

This is a list of apps which I am testing myself and using on a daily basis and will be able to cover their new features even when I am short on capacity. It will be useful to writers, bloggers, content creators, DAO builders and many more.

Discord

• ICYMI: Discord launched voice chat integration with PS5s

Ghost

• Invite members to reply in the comments

• Minimalist newsletter settings

Paragraph

• Shipped view counts. Track total & unique views across all of your published posts on Paragraph

Substack

• Shipped boost and improvements for group subs, chat, SEO and more

Telegram

• Power Saving Mode and More

• Wallet on Telegram now supports USDT on Tron chain allowing you to buy or swap it from TON directly

Twitter

• Working on improved composer with bold and other styling options

Early Access

I often sign up for waitlists and this section is just about it. If you are interested to get early access to new upcoming products and features, check it out.

• Jounce - a new AI copywriting tool sent out some early access invites

• Microsoft Bing opened early access for its ChatGPT4-powered search feature

• Phantom wallet has a waitlist for its upcoming multi-chain wallet

• 0xFrens opens a waitlist for its web3 networking DAPP

• Web3inbox by Wallet Connect is an upcoming wallet-to-wallet messenger

• ICYMI: Google I/O 2023 registration is open. May 10, online

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Web3

Web3 remains to be one of the emerging fields where loads of new products are being built. Here you can find info about NFTs, marketplaces, wallet apps and many more.

• Now you can bulk list your NFTs on Opensea

• Trust Wallet collabs with Tezos giving away free McLaren NFTs

• Rainbow wallet got support for push notifications for Android

• You can claim a free Solana NFT from the SOAP project

• Looksrare launched a watchlist feature

• 🧵 A huge reason why web3 adoption is lagging behind

• Meta is winding down its NFT integration from Instagram

• Opensea rolling out an "offer protection" feature

• Metamask releases v6 for mobile making it simpler to browse and connect to web3 dapps

• Blur NFT marketplace drops a bunch of new features including a proper browse&purchase experience for mobile web

• Floor app opens the possibility to claim your Twitter username via its app

• ICYMI: Reddit has its own NFT avatars that you can mint and sell on the secondary market

I want to start with these 3 sections that I would aim to maintain as long as it would make sense but I am not following "Android apps" and "Social apps" for now.

In general, the strategy for TestingCatalog publication at this moment is the following.

1. Build in public with ChatGPT, following the #HastleGPT movement (check it on Twitter).

2. Open up a Discord server for TestingCatalog.

3. Build a DAO behind the news publication.

4. Attract writers who will be willing to contribute to the project and participate in its governance.

Stay tuned! 🙌