In this season's finale, Mo and Adam chat about the 'second brain' trend, the apps second brain'ers use (like Obsidian), and whether it's all smoke and mirrors – or a brilliant productivity hack.

Timestamps

00:01 – Second brain: Beneficial or waste of time?
05:00 – AI pins are a true second brain
09:30 – Forgetfulness as a feature
16:52 – The knowledge graph
21:25 – Beware productivity gurus
28:00 – If you're not a note-taker, will second brain really help?

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Since joining the Standard Notes X (formerly Twitter) account, Adam's noticed a huge jump in entrepreneurs chatting about MRR’s and #buildinginpublic. 

Interested, he asks Mo about the Standard Notes approach to indie hacker marketing.

Timestamps

08:23 - The challenges and rewards of building in public

13:11 - The power of small daily actions

24:17 - Building in public as a marketing strategy

29:37 - Defining the goals of an indie hacker

35:33 - The implications of your first hire on company trajectory

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 The Standard Notes Podcast is all about encryption, security, and digital privacy, fronted by Adam and Mo from Standard Notes. Standard Notes is the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that keeps your stuff safe.

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What does it take to be productive? How can you get to the bottom of your goals and work out what it is that you actually want to achieve? Is there such a thing as toxic productivity? 

In this episode of the Standard Notes Podcast, founder Mo and community member Adam take a deep-dive into the realm of getting stuff done and chat about how Standard Notes can help you realise your potential. 

Timestamps

07:00 - The importance of focus on other aspects of business like marketing and finance, and the difficulty of understanding net profitability in business

13:49 - The importance of knowing your goals for productivity

29:16 - Burnout from over-organising and over-optimising

Standard Notes: https://standardnotes.com 

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 The Standard Notes Podcast is all about encryption, security, and digital privacy, fronted by Adam and Mo from Standard Notes. Standard Notes is the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that keeps your stuff safe.

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Adam and Mo have a free-spirited conversation about life's many avenues, about journalism, and about courage. 

This episode was recorded to mark Wikileaks' 17th birthday.

We chat about figures like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden and about the importance of encryption in journalism, all while exploring the essence of privacy and the power it gives individuals to express their unique ideas safely.

Timestamps

02:39 - The need for privacy when having divergent ideas

15:00 - Reflections on sacrifice and courage

20:32 - The drive to create productivity tools that work for you

27:04 - Measuring success beyond material wealth

31:37 - The essential role of encryption for security on the internet and how encryption can help protect sources 

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The Standard Notes Podcast is all about encryption, security, and digital privacy, fronted by Adam and Mo from Standard Notes. Standard Notes is the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that keeps your stuff safe.

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Apple's treasure-trove of software goodies lands around now and we're looking at it all. What's new in iOS 17 and what's the Standard Notes take on Apple's privacy stance?

Mentioned in this episode:

Mo's blog: https://mough.xyz

Standard Notes: https://standardnotes.com

Discord: https://discord.gg/standard-notes-894600255058898974   

Timestamps

01:52 - Anticipating the release of iOS 17 for iPhone and talking about Apple's Advanced Data Protection

07:04 - Apple's dedication to user experience and security

17:52 - Announcement of New Feature in iOS 17: Journal App

24:14 - The challenge of competing with Apple's Ecosystems

28:16 - The Curse of writing down every idea and the economic model of problem-solving products

The Standard Notes Podcast is all about encryption, security, and digital privacy, fronted by Adam and Mo from Standard Notes. Standard Notes is the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that keeps your stuff safe (and it works on MacOS and iOS!)

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A product changes. A thing you love shuts down. Annoying, isn't it? That won't happen with Standard Notes, the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that keeps your stuff safe, because it's 100% funded by YOU and we're in it for the long-run.

The Standard Notes Podcast is all about encryption, security, and digital privacy, fronted by Adam and Mo from Standard Notes. 

Timestamps

01:25 - Understanding open source

04:45 - Challenges of being open source 

15:30 - Challenges and progress in building collaboration feature

16:22 - How is Standard Notes funded?

22:43 - Desire for transparency in business 

29:41 - Personal motivation behind Standard Notes

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What is encryption? What does the 'end to end' bit mean? And, in a world where computers are getting faster and more powerful, is encryption under threat? 

The Standard Notes Podcast is all about digital security, privacy and encryption and is brought to you by the same people that make the super-secure end-to-end encrypted note-taking app of the same name.

Timestamps 

01:32 - Explaining encryption for beginners

03:50 - The difference between encryption and end-to-end encryption 

06:03 - How does Standard Notes keep your data safe?

07:37 - Argon2 and key stretching 

15:11 - Security and future proofing of Standard Notes

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Welcome to The Standard Notes Podcast! It's a show that's all about encryption, security, and digital privacy, fronted by Adam and Mo from Standard Notes.

Standard Notes is the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that keeps your stuff safe.

Over the next few episodes, we're laying the foundation. This episode is all about what Standard Notes is and who's behind it

Timestamps 

04:01 - Exploring Standard Notes, encryption, and meeting Mo, the founder

05:36 - Delving into the struggle of privacy, exposure, and the balance in business promotion.

11:47 - Tracing the evolution of Standard Notes

15:17- Simplicity in product design 

18:55 - Discussing the importance of not leaving users hanging and the challenges of working on a side branch

If you've got a question for us, Discord is the place to ask it: https://discord.gg/standard-notes-894600255058898974 

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