Ev chapman
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Ev chapman
To truly “know” something, it’s not enough to read about it in a book. Ideas are merely thoughts until you put them into action. Thoughts are fleeting, quickly fading as time passes. To truly make an idea stick, you have to engage with it. You have to get your hands dirty and apply that knowledge to a practical problem. We learn by making concrete
... See moreTiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
5. Giving Ideas Away to Make Room for New Ones
One idea that resonated with attendees was something I learned from Marvin Minsky— that the purpose of having an idea is to give it away. Many of us hold onto ideas tightly, but there’s freedom in sharing and knowing that, as hybrids, we can always find another spark. Each idea we put out there has the... See more
One idea that resonated with attendees was something I learned from Marvin Minsky— that the purpose of having an idea is to give it away. Many of us hold onto ideas tightly, but there’s freedom in sharing and knowing that, as hybrids, we can always find another spark. Each idea we put out there has the... See more
John Maeda • Embracing the Hybrid Path: Reflections on Creativity, Career, and Resilience
“Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up in your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than gray matter, and lead pencil markings endure longer than memory.”
— Jack London
— Jack London
If you nerd out on knowledge management stuff you’ve probably heard the phrase PKM. It stands for personal knowledge management. Most PKM tools are about creating your own private repository of ideas.
Sublime is less PKM and more CKM – communal knowledge management.
Instead of living on an island somewhere out on the web, the ideas you collect... See more
Sublime is less PKM and more CKM – communal knowledge management.
Instead of living on an island somewhere out on the web, the ideas you collect... See more
sublimeinternet.substack.com • "What Does Sublime Actually Do?"
The purpose of knowledge is to be shared. What’s the point of knowing something if it doesn’t positively impact anyone, not even yourself?
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?
The art of process over destination and on keeping a notebook
What if the process of taking notes is the point?