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Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of writing when it comes to figuring out what we think and believe, and forming our own ideas. I was talking about in the context of large language models like chatGPT, because there is now a discourse that seems to suggest that humans don’t…

The speed of Bear is impressive, and it makes note-taking a breeze. The interface is intuitive and easy to use, making it easy to focus on the content of your notes rather than getting bogged down with the mechanics of the app. — Why Bear is Different Bear has a fast backend that allows for seamless note-taking, a user-friendly interface, multiple themes, markdown support, wiki-linking & Zettelkasten capability, automatic back-ups, and an active community. All at a highly affordable price.

A framework for taking smart notes. From Take Useful Notes. — What are we to do with what we have written down? Certainly, at first we will produce mostly garbage. But we have been educated to expect something useful from our activities and soon lose confidence if nothing useful seems to result. …

Does it happen that you get an epiphany and want to share it with the world, but when you get to writing it, you feel uninspired? You still chug along with the topic, and you feel like you are stuck! You question your worth as a writer, and as a…

A framework for taking smart notes. From Take Useful Notes. — The Outline Wall is a technique used by historian Robert Caro [1], to organize and make sense of large amounts of information. He would create an outline of the main ideas and concepts of a historical event or period and post it on a wall. …

A framework for taking smart notes. From Take Useful Notes. — It was on March 2nd, 2022, when I attended the Eventbrite event “Sketchnoting with Mike Rohde” [1]. Therefore, it was an intense pleasure for me to have a live online workshop together with him and more than a hundred participants. As I listened to his voice and watched his live…

When we think of note-taking, we often think of linear text on a page, or maybe a few bullet points and diagrams. …