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11 Nov, 3 tweets, 2 min read
I stumbled upon @ZFleischmann’s @RoamBrain article today and it was the piece that made things “click” for my ideas of the flow of information through a zettelkasten.

HIGHLY recommend.

#RoamBookClub
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10 Nov
I’ve noticed a shift lately.

I’m settling into my tools.
This summer, I went all in on tools for thought. I spent a lot of time and focus think *about* tools.

I’m now spending much more time thinking *with* those tools.

It’s feeling quite fluid and effortless lately.
Sure, I still tinker, experiment, adjust, and imagine — but that’s my fun. I don’t watch Netflix 😂

Plus, that thinking gives me returns down the line.

I’m feeling those returns.
It’s a blending of play and vocation. Structure and content. Meta and practical.

The interplay between these things is fascinating to me.
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9 Nov
What’s happening in #RoamBookClub feels like a breakthrough in collaboration.

It’s exciting to watch the chaos evolve into order. Structure and convention taking form.
I just keep thinking of how profound this will be once the conventions take place and large communities can become aligned in pursuit of a common goal.
Imagine getting 100 experts on a topic together, and giving them a format to collaborate both synchronously and asynchronously.

In a medium that encourages elaboration and nuance.

One where time is not a factor because you’re not competing for “air-time”
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24 Oct
On track with this, I’ve been listening to philosophy podcasts on Airr this week.

Wow — I love this. A while world just opened up.

The history of seeking knowledge maps so well with the present act of seeking knowledge.
My approach:

Start with the quick 30 min episodes from “Philosophize This!”

From the beginning-ish, with some meandering paths. I’m loving the sense of time and evolution of thought this provides.

If I’m intrigued by a collection of ideas, I search broadly for more sources.
This week I sought to understand “Machiavellian” ideas from the Prince and Discourses on Livy.

I’ve always liked wrestling with concepts of morality — this was fun.
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24 Oct
I’m nearing a point in my digital life that I’ve always yearned for:

knowing where to send every piece of content I want to save.

Images → mymind
Book highlights → RW
Podcast clips → Airr
Tweets → RW
Online highlights → Memex
Conversations → Otter
Notes → Roam
What’s missing?
Extracting highlights and full text from *email* is still strangely elusive...
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23 Oct
I love visual content. And I think visually.

I’d like to create visual content.

I’d even like to create bad visual content at first.
I often look at things and think:

“How’d you make that”
What I’d like is to know *enough* to quickly whip up sloppy graphics of things.

And to slowly stack more polish over time.
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23 Oct
Keep an eye on Memex @worldbrain 👀

I’m about to dive all-in on the service as my curation engine.

- Easy to use
- Easy to annotate & comment on annotations
- Inbox & collections drive clear workflows
- Readwise/Roam integration
- ???

Browsing just got much more powerful 💪
And an exciting roadmap to boot!

Can’t wait to watch this thing evolve 🚀

My stack:
@RoamResearch - synthesis/ personal database
@readwiseio - integration wizard
@worldbrain - collection and curation
My goal is to conceptualize and create a seamless flow that connects browsing/consumption to expanding and creating.

A personal SOP and workflow to add a later of ease and intentionality to how I interact with the wild world of information.

Wrangling the complexity of life.
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