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# Your Applications Can Do Much More Than You Probably Realize
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/your-applications-can-do-much-more-than-you-think/
- Published: 2026-11-10T13:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T23:18:52.000Z
- Description: Even seemingly simple screenshot tools pack one hell of a punch.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Notion, AI, Claude, Automation

For years, [Shottr](https://shottr.cc/?ref=philsimon.com) has been my go-to screenshot app. I used the free version for maybe a week before upgrading to the paid one. If I had to guess, Shottr has helped me create thousands of marked-up images for clients, friends, and support agents. 

Typically, my markups were pretty standard, like this one of Claude:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8f/b5/8fb5e321-49a6-4cf5-8a28-c6f6d5417e54/content/images/2026/10/1_converted.jpeg)

Shottr Markup: | Click on the image to enlarge it.

While updating the app recently, though, I stumbled across images of a feature that I hadn’t been using. I didn’t know that I could make my notes appear handwritten. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8f/b5/8fb5e321-49a6-4cf5-8a28-c6f6d5417e54/content/images/2026/10/2_converted.jpeg)

Shottr Markup: | Click on the image to enlarge it.

But Shottr lets users do much more. [This guide](https://shottr.cc/kb/startguide?ref=philsimon.com) details the myriad ways to customize screenshots. TL;DR: I was using only 30 percent of its rich functionality.

💻

Ironically, the new version of Shottr [dropped](https://phil-simon.ghost.io/ghost/?ref=philsimon.com#/editor/post/6ae5ea0a68a00f0001d3d2b5/) the day I published this post. It adds some more nice touches.

That fact doesn't make me special. 

[Automating Mac MaintenanceClaude Code quickly helped me take another manual task off my plate.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8f/b5/8fb5e321-49a6-4cf5-8a28-c6f6d5417e54/content/images/icon/300br-1-25db847c-ce6e-4f6c-9699-e387cbb6ada6.png)Phil SimonPhil Simon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8f/b5/8fb5e321-49a6-4cf5-8a28-c6f6d5417e54/content/images/thumbnail/a_robot_janitor_sweeping_a-2b657c4e-2447-448b-b2c4-9c847dcce448.jpg)](https://www.philsimon.com/automating-mac-maintenance/)

## The Moral of the Story

Pick an application—either personal or professional. Odds are that you're using only a fraction of its valuable features. (I've known about [this 80/20 rule](https://www.crn.com/news/security/18821726/microsofts-ceo-80-20-rule-applies-to-bugs-not-just-features?ref=philsimon.com) for decades.) Now that AI lets companies roll out capabilities at [a frenzied pace](https://www.philsimon.com/anthropic-new-feature-frenzy/), maybe that heuristic has moved to 90/10.

Nowhere is this gap more true than with Notion. When I talk to clients and prospects, it quickly becomes obvious that they either overlook or ignore a great deal of its power. 

If you'd like to change that, [we should chat](https://www.philsimon.com/connect).