Topic: Research & Insights

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• The Omni Show Ep. 164: How I Use OmniFocus

  An interview about a software tool central to my work life.

• Content Strategy Insights: Duly Noted, Ep. 175

  A podcast interview on how digital notes can help you think better.

• Tinderbox Meetup: Information Gardening

  A livestreamed presentation with the Tinderbox community about ‘Duly Noted.’

• The Informed Life with Jerry Michalski

  Summary of a conversation with Jerry Michalski about his long-running open knowledge graph, Jerry’s Brain.

• Ebooks for Efficient Note-taking

  If you like to take notes while reading, you might prefer ebooks over paper books.

• My Favorite Books of 2022

  What I most enjoyed reading in a year when I didn’t read as much as usual.

• The Informed Life with Mark Bernstein

  A summary of my conversation with the designer of Tinderbox, a deep hypertext tool for thought.

• Three Use Cases for Notes

  We talk about note-taking as if it were a single activity, but that’s not the case.

• How to Use Tags to Manage Your Information

  Tagging can be a powerful tool for organizing your personal information — but it requires mindful use.

• The Informed Life with Sam Ladner

  Overview of my conversation with a sociologist, UX researcher, and author on how she manages her research insights.

• Balancing Work and Meta-work

  How to improve your effectiveness at work.

• My Favorite Posts of 2021

  A list of posts I enjoyed during the year.

• My Favorite Books of 2021

  In case you’re looking for holiday gift ideas, here's a list of books I enjoyed during the year.

• Two Ways of Organizing Notes

  Mindful organization can help you find and use notes more effectively. Many apps offer two basic ways of doing so.

• The Most Logical Date Format for Notes

  When taking notes, it's important to write down their dates — and this format is the way to do it.

• Develop Mastery by Revisiting the Basics

  When you're learning a complex system, you can miss essential concepts. Revisiting the basics can help.

• How New Note-taking Apps Give You Information Management Superpowers

  Exploring a new type of note-taking that will take your thinking to another level.

• How I Take Notes

  As part of my personal information ecosystem series, I explain how I take notes.

• The Informed Life with Kourosh Dini

  How a psychiatrist and productivity expert uses DEVONthink to create smart notes and connect ideas.

• My Favorite Reads of 2020

  An overview of my favorite books of the year.

• Digital Dependency

  How my tools changed how I remember stuff, and why I’m worried about what I’ll lose if I rely on them for thinking.

• The Informed Life With Rob Haisfield

  How a behavioral product strategist uses a new note-taking tool to organize his thoughts and express his ideas.

• Five Books I Enjoyed in 2019

  My favorite books from 2019 — from designing for big changes to how Disney turned around.

• The Informed Life With Ariel Waldman

  How preparation and self-reliance help you succeed when tech fails.

• The Informed Life With Peter Morville

  How Peter Morville and I dove into the challenges of living in an information-saturated culture

• Five Practices for Using Information More Mindfully

  How to start the New Year with mindful information habits for personal growth.

• Five Books I Enjoyed in 2018

  Discover engaging reads for yourself or others through books I loved in 2018.

• Start With a Structure

  How adding a simple structure to journaling and note-taking transformed my productivity.

• So Many Books

  How do you choose what to read?

• Book Notes: “Stubborn Attachments”

  Tyler Cowen's vision for fostering long-term societal success.

• Book Notes: "Seeing What Others Don't"

  How ""Seeing What Others Don't"" reframes insights to drive innovation beyond error-reduction.

• The Practice of Principles

  How practicing values can shape and strengthen their true significance.

• Book Notes: “Factfulness”

  Why we're often wrong about global trends and how to think more factually.

• Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free

  Exploring why the value of information depends on timing, context, and relevance.

• Give Priority to Old Sources

  Turn to ideas that have stood the test of time.

• Book Notes: “Textos Cautivos”

  A window into the literary pulse and geopolitical tensions of the 1930s through the pen of my favorite author.