Making Sublime

a curated personal knowledge base has never mattered more

This is how we create Tesla products

World building is the new web design Worlds make your brand unforgettable Bookmark this so you never forget it https://t.co/P29TWMQMR6

A great thing about taking notes is that it subtly encourages you to live a ‘notes-worthy life’ You end up seeking interesting conversations to build your memex; experimenting with new recipes to add to your collection; reading more widely to find surprising connections etc.

I have been keeping both physical and digital commonplace books for over five years. The last couple of years, my commonplace book has been entirely digital. This is my process for keeping a commonplace book in @obsdmd from start to finish. 👇

a viable strategy in many markets that are saturated by VCware or big tech: make the same thing but principled + user-supported

Every time I fail a spaced repetition review for a card which I remember thinking was almost too trivial to write down, I become more convinced that everything I read without making cards for is a waste of time.

Dear people who have tried to build their own digital gardens and failed (or are still trying but haven't succeeded yet)... What was your main blocker / what did you get stuck on? What was frustrating about the experience? What tools / platforms / things were you trying to use?

A cool way to bootstrap a cooperative: package the business plan as a beautiful zine and sell 1,000 copies (doubling as memberships) for $100/ each.

I miss personal blogs when they were smaller, less polished, and felt less like a performance, and more like peeking into someone's inner life