🐕 What Happens When Smart Glasses Meet a Smarter Workspace? - Issue 33

What’s On My Mind?

What if the space around you could think?

What if you could glance, speak, or move — and your tools just knew what to do?

That’s not a sci-fi dream anymore. Two new breakthroughs are quietly rewriting how we work, create, and communicate. 

They don’t look like traditional devices. They don’t act like them either. But they do something we’ve all been waiting for:

They blur the line between physical presence and digital productivity.

One sits comfortably on your face. The other surrounds your thinking like an intelligent second brain.

Together, they don’t just help you get things done — they change how ideas are born in the first place.

So what happens when smart glasses meet a smarter workspace?

Let’s find out.

GADGETS & GEAR
Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses (2nd Gen)

This isn’t your average wearable. It’s a whole new category.

Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses bring together fashion, function, and AI — all wrapped into a single frame.

Here’s what makes them special:

• Capture your perspective with a tap — using a 12MP camera that takes photos and HD video, hands-free.

• Crystal-clear open-ear audio means you can take calls or listen to music discreetly, without disconnecting from the world.

• Voice-powered Meta AI acts as your assistant on the go — answering questions, giving directions, or translating in real time.

• Livestream directly to Instagram with a first-person view, no phone in your hand.

Whether you’re capturing content, asking for help, or just moving through your day — these glasses make it seamless.

The world becomes more accessible. Your interactions become more intuitive. 

And your hands? Free to create.

You can read more about it on their website here.

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AI Software
Gemini’s Canvas (by Google)

Now let’s talk thinking — the kind that doesn’t happen in silos, apps, or endless tabs.

Gemini’s Canvas is Google’s newest AI workspace, and it’s designed for deep, dynamic collaboration between you and your ideas.

What makes it different?

• Context-rich environment: Drop in Google Docs, Sheets, Gmail threads, YouTube links — even long PDFs — and Gemini understands the full picture.

• Gemini 1.5’s long memory means you can ask questions across hundreds of pages and get accurate, tailored responses — fast.

• Real-time co-creation: Write content, plan projects, build strategies — and refine them in conversation with an AI that tracks your direction.

• Visual, distraction-free layout: Unlike traditional doc editors, Canvas lets you organize your thoughts in flexible blocks and outlines that evolve as you think.

• Ongoing memory and feedback loop: It remembers what you’re working on and improves over time, like a thought partner that gets smarter with you.

It’s not a place to type. It’s a place to think.

And when paired with a device that helps you experience the world more clearly, the result is a workflow that starts in your mind — and finishes with momentum.

Try Gemini Canvas: Discover it here

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