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Personal development, Thinking and Learning

Why I Quit Tana

I was elated when I finally received my tana invite and I wrote about my first impressions here. I loved the tool so much that I even started a wiki at tana.wiki where I thought I would help others to learn Tana. But over the weeks, I almost stopped using tana because Tana had a learning curve. I wo…

Tools for Thoughts 💭Manoj Nayak

In Defense of the Unoptimized Life

Give yourself the space to be inspired

Napkin MathEvan Armstrong

Obsidian Starter Kit

Who is this for?You are just getting started with note-taking or you’ve recently switched to ObsidianYou wonder how to take smart notesYou want to know how to properly organize your notes and avoid creating an overwhelming messYou want a solid system that scalesYou wonder what Zettelkasten, the PARA…

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7 Obsidian Templates to Streamline Your Notes

Let your work flow.

MediumDiana Demco

Concept maps — the hidden gem of personal knowledge management

Facilitating associative thinking based on your permanent notes

MediumRasmus Ursem

Indie Hacking and bootstrapping

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-launched-an-app-3-months-ago-with-0-budget-and-less-than-600-followers-yesterday-i-sold-it-for-65-000-c06c506266

How I Built a Social Network in 4 Years as a Solo-Developer

A behind-the-scenes look into my journey

Better ProgrammingMario Stopfer

Daniel Pirciu on LinkedIn: Here's the story of the #1 platform for startup deals & resources. It…

Here's the story of the #1 platform for startup deals & resources. It began in April 2019 when their first 100+ paying users paid an annual subscription of…

LinkedInDaniel Pirciu

Tech

GPT-4

We’ve created GPT-4, the latest milestone in OpenAI’s effort in scaling up deep learning. GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs) that, while less capable than humans in many real-world scenarios, exhibits human-level performance on various professi…

GPT-4

Dropbox

OpenAI’s GPT-4 Just Smoked Basically Every Test and Exam Anyone’s Ever Taken

OpenAI has released a bunch of stats about its even-more-powerful new language model called GPT-4 — and we’re slightly freaked.

FuturismNoor Al-Sibai

Is the future of computing biological?

Human brains have a leg up on computers—so what’s the next logical step?

Ars TechnicaDoug Johnson

Design Debt

A less commonly discussed side effect of adopting an iterative and experiment-driven design process is the incurring of something called Design Debt. This is where the cohesion and consistency of a design deteriorates over time as new experiments are run and new elements are introduced into the desi…

IDEO logoAn essay by Austin Knight

Makefiles for Web Work

A set of recipes for using Makefiles for web development.

Ross ZurowskiRoss Zurowski

Go Further

10 Knowledge Management Methods Every Professional Needs

Stop drowning in information. Master these 10 proven knowledge management methods and methodologies to transform scattered thoughts into organized, actionable knowledge.

Sébastien DuboisSébastien Dubois

Why Obsidian is All You Need - From Simple Notes to Complete Productivity

Discover why Obsidian isn't just another note-taking app, but a complete system for managing your knowledge, tasks, projects, and digital life.

Sébastien DuboisSébastien Dubois

Obsidian for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Getting Started

The complete guide to getting started with Obsidian for beginners. Learn the basics, set up your vault, discover essential plugins, and build a personal knowledge base that grows with you.

Sébastien DuboisSébastien Dubois

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About Sébastien

I'm Sébastien Dubois, and I'm on a mission to help knowledge workers escape information overload. After 20+ years in IT and seeing too many brilliant minds drowning in digital chaos, I've decided to help people build systems that actually work. Through the Knowii Community, my courses, products & services and my Website/Newsletter, I share practical and battle-tested systems.

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