Hi Cam, I’m glad you found the notes useful! Most of these (with The Precipice being an exception) were notes taken from audiobooks. As I was listening, I’d write down brief notes (sometimes as short as a key word or phrase) on the Notes app on iPhone. Then, once a day/once every couple days, I’d reference the Notes app to jog my memory, and write down the longer item of information in a Gdoc. Then, when I’d finished the book, I’d organize/synthesize the Gdoc into a coherent set of notes with sections etc.
These days I follow a similar system, but use Roam instead of Gdocs. Contrary to what some report, I don’t find that Roam has significantly improved anything for me, but I do like the ability to easily link among documents. As a philosopher I don’t find this super useful. I think if I were e.g. a historian I would find it a lot more useful.
Hi Cam, I’m glad you found the notes useful! Most of these (with The Precipice being an exception) were notes taken from audiobooks. As I was listening, I’d write down brief notes (sometimes as short as a key word or phrase) on the Notes app on iPhone. Then, once a day/once every couple days, I’d reference the Notes app to jog my memory, and write down the longer item of information in a Gdoc. Then, when I’d finished the book, I’d organize/synthesize the Gdoc into a coherent set of notes with sections etc.
These days I follow a similar system, but use Roam instead of Gdocs. Contrary to what some report, I don’t find that Roam has significantly improved anything for me, but I do like the ability to easily link among documents. As a philosopher I don’t find this super useful. I think if I were e.g. a historian I would find it a lot more useful.