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Follow my learning exhaust (Patreon)

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2023-05-06 07:32:21

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2026-06

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Here's a preview of next week's video, in which I trace the path of one book I read throughout my vault, from raw Kindle highlights to the variety of notes, videos, and presentations I made from it as a result. The whole process took five months (so far).

The book in question is Emergence, by Steven Johnson.

Note: This video will be unlisted until Friday, when I have to mark it as private shortly before it is published for everyone to see. If you try to watch it and get a "Private video" error, you've probably caught it in that small window. Wait a few hours and try again-- it will be published shortly.

Napkin for AI tagging and linking

I also released this week's video yesterday, on Napkin.one, an app that uses AI to tag my Readwise highlights.

Have a good week, everyone!

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More than just taking notes - Learning exhaust

For me, using Obsidian is about more than just taking notes-- it's about creating learning exhaust. Learning exhaust is the byproduct of real learning, and thinking of my notes as learning exhaust has helped me shift my focus from taking good notes to learning new things well. // RESOURCES MENTIONED Zsolt Viczián's Visual Thinking Workshop: https://www.visual-thinking-workshop.com/ Emergence, by Steven Johnson: https://amzn.to/42utpWV Kindle Scribe: https://amzn.to/3LTM9cP My fork of the Obsidian Vault Changelog plugin: https://github.com/nicolevanderhoeven/obsidian-vault-changelog LEARNING EXHAUST: Kindle highlights: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/readwise/Books/Emergence Kindle Scribe highlights and drawings: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/assets/emergence-scribe-notes.pdf Book note: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/sources/Book/Emergence Abstract note: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/Emergence Applied note: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/Emergent+software Applied note: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/Emergent+load+testing Applied note: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/Emergent+note-taking Presentation in Obsidian: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/sources/Presentation/Mine/Emergent+load+testing+-+Rules+for+organized+chaos Emergent load testing presentation: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/blog/20230419-emergent-load-testing/ Emergent note taking video: https://youtu.be/-XZwcZHKnMg // TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:42 Reading the book Emergence 01:57 Overview of my learning path 04:48 Kindle Scribe: highlights and drawings 06:40 Creating a book note 09:13 Writing an abstract note 11:33 Making applied notes 12:49 Making a presentation in Obsidian 18:26 Creating a Changelog in Obsidian --- // ABOUT ME Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole My travel YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/luckydippers k6 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/k6test // APPS I USE - Obsidian: https://obsidian.md - Readwise: https://readwise.io/nicole - Shortform: https://shortform.com/nicole - Reclaim: https://reclaim.ai/r/s/yYOqK // GEAR https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/gear/ // WANT TO SUPPORT ME? ❤️ Join my Patreon and get my sample vault with templates: https://patreon.com/nicolevdh ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/nicolevdh Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I may get a small percentage when you sign up using those links. To see how I decide what to promote in this way, check out my Ethics Statement: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/ethics/