The Feynman Technique is one of the simplest yet effective ways to learn new things. Whether you’re into productivity, marketing, or quantum physics, this four-step framework will help you acquire knowledge in a refreshing and surprisingly humbling way. Learning things by heart sucks. It’s monotonous, uninspiring, and you’re likely to start bleeding key facts as soon as you don’t need them. And this is where the Feynman Technique, named after…
Continue ReadingIn 2013, Ryder Carroll’s Bullet Journal redefined the musty art of journaling and pushed it to the mainstream. In today’s article, we revisit the BuJo method and show you how to make a digital bullet journal using outlining software. 📓 Beyond BuJo… Hungry for more note-taking and productivity tips? Check other similar articles on the blog when you’re done reading. 📒 A Short Preface: Everybody Journals One of the earliest…
Continue ReadingFrom punch cards through colossal typewriters (we’ll get to that) to spec’d out IDEs, WYSIWYG, and inline editor features, processing text has sure gone a long way. If you’re looking for the best text editors in 2024—and want to know where they come from—you’re in the right place. In today’s article, we look at the best editing software and some of the classic code editors that came before it. Here’s…
Continue ReadingManaging big chunks of work and solving complex problems on the fly isn’t exactly easy. In today’s article, we set out to find the best AI outliner software for 2024 that’ll help you plan, organize, and get things done, one indent at a time. Here’s the thing. The legendary Emacs Org Mode has been around since 2003. But while its utility is still top-notch, it’s not the most user-friendly outliner…
Continue ReadingCollaborative note-taking has a solid track record in the academic world. It helps students distribute workload, patch up revision materials, and mix in different points of view. Now, with a bit of tinkering, you can also turn it into a remote team superpower! In today’s article, we revisit Niklas Luhmann’s Zettelkasten and discuss three popular note-taking techniques. We’ll also show you how you can combine the two ingredients to create…
Continue ReadingThe recipe for a productive video conference is simple. Take a clear agenda, add willing participants, and set it to a quick, vigorous boil. But there’s one secret ingredient all distributed teams need but few use—a crisp meeting notes template to put things down in writing. Writer and business management expert Patrick Lencioni says that “the majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.“ And we can’t but…
Continue ReadingHave you come here looking for knowledge? 🧠 That’s perfect timing as we’re just about to take a closer look at another interesting system for collecting and organizing information. A brainchild of German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, the Zettelkasten method can make you (and your team) smarter, more productive, and effective at work. While the Zettelkasten was originally created to support Luhmann’s scientific research, we decided to look at it from…
Continue ReadingBreaking news, product releases, company updates, galloping deadlines, personal commitments… welcome to the age of information overload. If you wish you had a second brain to cope with all that, we have some good news. You can actually build one! 🥳 No, we don’t mean another pinkish jelly to play tag with your “biological brain”. We’ll show you how to create a robust, collaborative knowledge-management system that’ll help you and…
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