Personal Knowledge Management tools?
any tools that connect a person's previously consumed articles/readings (from multiple platforms) together? Or is it too hard to accomplish?
any tools that connect a person's previously consumed articles/readings (from multiple platforms) together? Or is it too hard to accomplish?
I use http://notion.so, which is more a note-taker, personal wiki than a webpage bookmarking tool (which you seem to be talking about).
I have pages about topics I'm interested in and add notes / links when I find a website related to that topic.
I believe that if bookmarking is too easy, it just turns into hoarding i.e. adding yet another link to an increasingly long list of links you never go back to.
Some effort and curation is needed as a filter.
I completely agree with that premise! I also like your idea for a soft filter involving effort and curation.
Earlier on, when the read-it-later app craze was going on, I thought of trying to make a web-app that had a hard filter of only allowing 10 active links (active meaning non-archived) to be saved at any given time.
But I think getting the sweetspot between ease-of-use and actually encouraging users to be productive with the links they are saving is definitely the hard-part when it comes to such applications.
+1 for Notion!
I occasionally wonder what kind of tool is good to collect & organize resources.
I tried all of these, but non of them feel right or useful enough.
I sorry I didn't figure this out yet :(
workflowy for the win!
https://getpocket.com, if I'm understanding your question correctly
Pocket is good for this.
There is a new feature that lets you highlight passages of articles, which then show up in "highlights". I think it was Android only at first, it might be out on other platforms by now. It's a great feature because after reading something you probably have a handful of gems you want to be able to come back to.
Pocket works only as a read it later and allows saving with tags.... But does it integrate similar readings into categories other than tags?
I use a combination of saving links to pinboard.in (which has a premium archive feature!) and dumping references and ideas into Google Keep. Would love to hear what others are doing to accomplish some of this
I dump things into Evernote usually. But I am now ideating over a tool that can connect your acquired knowledge in a much more visual way then a list.
Can you say more about the tool/idea?
Something that allows you to reinforce old information. Do you go back to your old readings?
What do you mean by "reinforce" old info? Pulling pieces of info from literature/resources and using pop-ups or some other tool to randomly offer reminders of info? Or some sort of quiz/learning assessment?
I may be way off center here, but when you write "reinforce old information," the first thing that came to mind was language learning apps. I have used Memrise to learn a couple of languages and found it really effective (when used consistently). I'm not sure how one might do with that user-collected information.
I've already forgotten the second thing that came to mind, which is why a tool such as your idea might be helpful! :-)
Maybe an easy template to QUICKLY summarize info, possibly pull important stats/quotes/deets into the template, with an MLA/APA/etc. option for future referencing? Create a user-friendly form to enter info into, which turns into a clean, clear summary page of info stored in one place? I have used One Note in the past and like the way it is set up - I liken it to a "binder" or chapter book - with different sections/chapters containing specific information.
Yes, constantly. I still don't have an idea about what you mean though.
I've been thinking for years about this concept! However, the concept is a bit bolder - how can I get all of the information out of my head and into a written sourced reference list?! :-)
Seriously, I have recently been doing a lot of reading and research for a consulting biz I'm trying to launch, and I don't always have (make/take) time to summarize the info I'm consuming. Instead, I have a ton of articles and stats but probably can't easily find the source I'm seeking on-demand. I haven't checked out Notion or Pocket, but will.
In the past I have used OneNote for collecting info. There are also aspects of Keep and Evernote that like but haven't used them as extensively.
I just joined this site after reading your question but would like to follow it.
Hey! Sorry to get back to you late.. Did you get a chance to try Pocket or Notion? I feel like they are not meant for as a solution to reinforce or bring your knowledge in one place, you know. I am still in the process of building the tool, but if you're interested to stay in the loop, maybe I can ping you when the Beta is ready. Let me know. Thanks!
Hey SN!
I'm currently working on https://teamhut.co, which solves the problem of organising digital content for you and your team.
Which platforms would you like to combine?
Take a look at the website, and let me know if you have questions!