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Making History is the top-level thing I do, as a historian, teacher, and writer. I create content, based on either original primary research or to present the findings of other historians to my studen... more
FAQs about MakingHistory:How many episodes does MakingHistory have?The podcast currently has 323 episodes available.
November 16, 2020Getting Things Done, part 1This weekend I listened to the first third of David Allen's famous book and began thinking about implementing the GTD program in my own process....more7minPlay
November 15, 2020My Note-taking ProcessThe reading and note-taking process I developed in grad school, and thoughts about how and why I want to teach it to my students....more8minPlay
November 14, 2020Planning to Teaching Note-takingI'm starting to plan how to turn the things I've been learning about my own reading, note-taking, and writing process into material to teach my students how to do something similar....more9minPlay
November 10, 2020Kuhn's Paradigms in Historical ThinkingA quick description of Thomas Kuhn's famous book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and how I think it applies to historical thinking....more12minPlay
November 05, 2020Visualizing HistoriographyA brief description of how I used to work as a grad student, processing books in my little study carrel at UMass and building Tinderbox "trees" of historiography. I've since moved on to MarginNote 3 and Roam, but I'm still thinking about visualizations....more7minPlay
November 04, 2020Kindle Highlights to Roam Reading NotesTalking about how I'm adding Reading Notes into Roam Research from Kindle highlights and notes. Also, more of my comments on Sönke Ahrens' book, How to Take Smart Notes....more11minPlay
November 03, 2020More Thoughts on Roam Research & Smart Notes Reading GroupI'm thinking about the idea of block quotes vs. paraphrasing, the things I'll probably use Roam Research for (and not), and my notes on the first chapter of Sönke Ahrens' book, How to Take Smart Notes....more10minPlay
November 02, 2020Roam Reading Group (#86)My thoughts about the first Zoom meeting of the Roam Research Reading Group that's going to read Sönke Ahrens book How to Take Smart Notes this month. It was a great model for a virtual conference! Also, my notes on the book's Introduction....more9minPlay
October 30, 2020Discovering Permanent Notes in RoamA second pod about my learning process, as I've been messing around in Roam Research for about three weeks now and loving it. ...more11minPlay
October 29, 2020Electoral CollegeI listened to NowThis's final Who Is? pod of the season, on the Electoral College. While I get what they were trying to say, I think there were some historical lapses that could be corrected to improve their argument about power inequality throughout American history. ...more6minPlay
FAQs about MakingHistory:How many episodes does MakingHistory have?The podcast currently has 323 episodes available.