Sublime
nurturing my idea Library happened in tools that were single player and the feeling of laboring away in these tools that were you know that that nobody would ever see that my children wouldn't get to see that weren't able to kind of give a a Serendipity or a useful Trail to somebody else wouldn't collide with other people's brains or thoughts um
... See moreSublime • How I Build My Personal Knowledge Library W Sari Azout
Seeking knowledge instead of news, and tending to our own idea gardens will lead to a more fulfilling, more peaceful, and more joyful life.
To feel creatively and intellectually alive, you have to stop mindlessly consuming the Internet and start mindfully curating it.
In French, “cultiver son jardin intérieur” means to tend to your internal garden—to take care of your mind.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • You and Your Mind Garden
Some note-taking software will now show you a subset of your notes at regular intervals to help you jog your memory; a third-party plug-in for this is now available for Roam. To my mind, though, this needs a first-party solution: Roam should show me old concepts, ideas, and even people and places when I open it each day, and encourage me to do more... See more
Casey Newton • Notes on a year using Roam Research
Because when you curate, you notice.
You pay attention.
You search, you question, you explore.
You read books differently.
You listen differently in conversations.
You live more curiously.
You pay attention to what you pay attention to.
You uncover connections you couldn’t see before.
You become a scientist, not of the natural world but of whatever world... See more
You pay attention.
You search, you question, you explore.
You read books differently.
You listen differently in conversations.
You live more curiously.
You pay attention to what you pay attention to.
You uncover connections you couldn’t see before.
You become a scientist, not of the natural world but of whatever world... See more
Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves.
–Laura Esquivel
–Laura Esquivel
What we are trying to do influences what becomes salient to us. If you are looking for a friend in a crowd, faces become salient to you, faces that would have otherwise passed you by.
If you are making videos, you will notice patterns in the videos you watch. If you’re not, you can watch a thousand videos and have them pass through your head... See more
If you are making videos, you will notice patterns in the videos you watch. If you’re not, you can watch a thousand videos and have them pass through your head... See more
You basically just dump anything that is interesting to you and watch how it intelligently intertwines with everyone else’s.