A couple weeks ago, my colleague on the Radiant IRIS team said:
“I’m still looking for a way to get our meeting recordings from the Zoom cloud over to Google Drive,” with a big sigh.
Technically, this registers as a complaint, but I heard a challenge.
Somewhere in the world I knew there had to be a quirky little app, a clever workaround or a tech dragon on Reddit who’s already solved the problem.
The issue was this:
Meetings happen nearly every day in Radiant IRIS with team members all over the world, which means downloading recordings and transcripts, reuploading them to Drive, and sending links to the people who need them.
In other words, it’s a royal pain in the badonkadonk.
No one raised their hand for the task, but I made a note. (Like I said, complaints are challenges and side quests for me.)
So last week I did some research and stumbled on RecordFlow.
It connects Zoom directly to Google Drive and automatically saves the recordings and transcripts to a designated folder.
I tested and it works better than a dragon on nalanthium. It’s so cool that I’ve been using it myself.
Now Zoom simply appear in my Google Drive folder like obedient little digital minions. It’s faster and easier than sharing private videos on YouTube.
And because RecordFlow is brand new, one of the founders has already implemented my feedback, improving it to convert Zoom’s transcript file into a format that’s useable by ChatGPT. (Those vtt files are pure hell.)
Now all I have to do is upload to chat for analysis, summaries, copywriting inspiration and anything else I want to play with.
Did I mention it’s also free?
What strikes me about this isn’t just a cool new tool. It’s how much unnecessary friction I’ve been tolerating.
The old process annoyed me every single time, but I just accepted it as “just the way it works.”
I think we do this all the time, and not just with technology. We do it in business, relationships, our creative process, making dinner.
We adapt to systems that aren’t actually working for us without questioning them.
When all the while, one tiny shift removes the friction, and suddenly everything feels easier.
Living with a tech nerd has changed me.
My old way of being with technology was: groan dramatically and work around it.
Now all I have to do is complain (nicely) and my on-call tech support comes to the rescue with a solution. Olly treats tech grievances like an engaging puzzle to solve.
So here’s an experiment I’m playing with:
#1 – Notice what isn’t working for you.
#2 – Instead of automatically tolerating it, pause and imagine a cooler alternative. “What would a better version look like?”
#3 – Do what occurs to you next.
Then watch how quickly life jumps in to help.
I invite you to try this experiment with something in your own life. If you do, I’d love to hear what happens.
Yours in love and play,
Steph 🐲❤️
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