MakingHistory

Part 2 of my Reading Notes section, where I try to make the case that good books are much bigger than the notes we make on them, but that we should make notes anyway, using William Cronon's book Nature's Metropolis as an example.

The second installment of my three-parter on my reactions to Sönke Ahrens book, How to Take Smart Notes, covering chapters three through six.

In this one I respond to a half dozen interesting questions asked by listeners. I appreciate the feedback and enjoy the interaction -- I'll plan on doing it again if the questions and comments continue!

As I'm working on my new Note-taking series, I thought I'd review my own notes on Sönke Ahrens very helpful book, How to Take Smart Notes.

In this one I begin talking about turning highlights into reading notes. This can be a time-consuming process, especially when the text is full of good material. In the background, the notes I made on part of Taleb's book Antifragile, while traveling last week.

I just returned home from a short vacation in California to see my parents. Stayed in my father's study while I was visiting. Looked at his books and highlights, walked and talked. The only thing that beats a zettelkasten is a real discussion partner.

Part 3 in my series on Heuristics and Biases, based on Daniel Kahneman's book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. This one covers the Anchoring Effect, which not only biases our estimates of numbers, but can affect our ability to perceive new information.

This is the sixth installment in my new Note-taking, Research, Writing handbook and series. I have some suggestions on highlighting and on the types of questions to ask as you are reading and processing a text.

I've just gotten beta access to Research Rabbit and it is a really powerful tool for chasing ideas down rabbit-holes. I used it to find a bunch of articles and monographs is a very short period of time. Super useful!

I've discovered a couple of new apps that I'm excited to try out this summer, to make my online course a little more personal and interactive.