"Before Glasp, I would have two windows open in my browser. One with an article, the other with Roam taking notes, it was cumbersome but it worked. Now with Glasp, I just highlight & take notes in the browser window using the Glasp extension."

"Better than a read-it-later app — Glasp Is A read-it-now app"

"Rather than saving things for later. If I am reading through an article and something stands out, I can just select it, highlight & take notes all within the browser."

"It helps me to be present in the moment, rather than squirrelling a whole lot of articles away that I may or may not read again."

"every highlight and note I make is public on my Glasp profile. So anyone who follows me can see what I’m reading, what is resonating and what I think about it."

"you have better ideas (we all have better ideas) when you expose them in public."

"rather than having to build some kind of digital garden for die-hard fans of my thinking… I can just direct them to Glasp."

"on Glasp I’m surrounded by a whole bunch of people who read in different algorithmic circles than I do, so I end up discovering a whole bunch of articles that wouldn’t usually be in my feeds or my view. And I’m better off for it."

"Rather than having to update my website each week with all the new and interesting articles I am reading, it stays updated all the time with the Glasp widget embedded into Notion (where I host my website)"

"my audience loves my writing, but they also pay attention to what I’m reading & consuming. This is why curation is still a big part of what I do as a creator, both in my weekly newsletter and on my website."

"I’ve found myself reading & taking notes on so many more articles now with Glasp, because I’m not waiting to read them later (& never getting to them) I’m simply taking the moment to read, take notes & have those notes waiting for me later to write about."

"I actually don’t have anything against Readwise. It’s highlighting I have a real problem with."

"I had a mountain of highlights and clippings but no real knowledge and certainly no original ideas as a result of all that consuming."

"When I consume articles, I save them to Matter and then read them on my phone or iPad using the Matter app."

"As I’m reading I highlight passages that stand out to me — I call these sparks. And with my newfound note-taking habit I then write a brief note to my future self about why this particular thing sparked me. It might start off with this is interesting because… or this reminds me of…"

"By highlighting & making a note, Readwise syncs both the highlighted text & the note into my writing inbox so when I come back to it a few days later I have the context (highlighted text) and my own thoughts (the note)."

"By connecting both Kindle & Matter to Readwise all those notes & highlights get automatically transferred into Roam Research and are waiting for me in my Writing Inbox."

"as I go through each note and transform it into a longer note that lives in my long term knowledge library I can mark it as complete and it just disappears from the list."

"Automation tools like Readwise can’t do the work of building knowledge for you, but they can enhance your workflow and free you up to do the most important work."

"Literature Notes: Ugly, incomplete notes you take as you are reading. Permanent Notes. Top-level topics or groups of notes that help you establish thoughts and arguments. Sequence Notes. Atomic notes with one idea each that sit inside your top level permanent notes."

"Think of literature notes like the first draft of a note. It doesn’t have to be beautiful, just capture your thought and move on."

"Subconsciously after you’ve created the note your brain is going to work thinking about that note and connecting it to what you already know. That doesn’t happen if you are just reading and highlighting."

"My general rule of thumb for the Zettelkasten is don’t overthink it. It’s a living system. You might be going over your notes later and realise that two permanent notes are similar and you’ll merge them together. You might re-write a note title. Think of your system as a living ecosystem that can grow and change over time."

"One note = one thought. And this is why sequence notes sit underneath permanent notes. They add thoughts and ideas to the original permanent note."

"Your Zettelkasten can be a powerful system for thinking and generating new ideas. I consider it one of the secrets to my success. But not necessarily because of the structure of the notes, or the interconnectedness of the system. It’s because of the practices I employ every day that make the system work."

"Build your system, then support it with good practices."

"The hardest thing about incremental progress is that it’s so hard to see"

"Trust The Process. Most of the time we just quit way too early."

"Find An Anchor Point."

"Measure yourself against that landmark."

"Find The Joy. It’s easy to get caught up in the outcome as the only thing that matters. I’ve found that is a clear pathway to failure. Find joy in the daily activities that get you to your goal and you’ll find momentum on your side."

"The important thing is just don’t give up. The surefire way to reach any of your goals is to just keep going."

"So when I visit Glasp.co I can follow interesting people and see what they are reading, highlighting & taking notes about."

"Not every will like this side of Glasp I’m sure. But it brings an important element to knowledge building that I believe is important— you have better ideas (we all have better ideas) when you expose them in public."

"And rather than having to build some kind of digital garden for die-hard fans of my thinking… I can just direct them to Glasp."

"But on Glasp I’m surrounded by a whole bunch of people who read in different algorithmic circles than I do, so I end up discovering a whole bunch of articles that wouldn’t usually be in my feeds or my view. And I’m better off for it."

"When I need to break out of my own algorithm bubble, I can head to Glasp and see what others are reading."

"I know my audience loves my writing, but they also pay attention to what I’m reading & consuming. This is why curation is still a big part of what I do as a creator, both in my weekly newsletter and on my website."

"As I browse the internet and come across articles, I highlight passages, hit the highlight button and leave myself a breadcrumb note as I read."

"I add the tag sparknote so all those notes end up in my writing inbox for my next writing session."

"But now I’ve firmly built the habit of taking notes in my own words (rather than just highlighting things) I’ve been enjoying using Readwise as a conduit to get those notes into my writing inbox so I can focus on what matters most — turning those notes into knowledge."

"How I Use Readwise To Get Notes Automatically Into My Writing Inbox"

"Now that my notes are automatically in Roam, I look forward to diving into the writing inbox every day and finding new notes to jam on and think about & turn into real life knowledge."

"If you treat it like a conduit between what you are reading & your writing inbox then it can save you a hell of a lot of time & even speed up your note-taking process."

"It’s highlighting I have a real problem with."

"Specifically, thinking you can simply highlight a few passages and use spaced repetition to magically synthesize them into your brain without doing any real thinking."

"And I haven’t skipped a day since. I call it incremental journaling, which is my fairly liberal take on interstitial journaling."

"I started looking into interstitial journaling as part of my productivity stack. The idea around it is to note down when you start a task, and what you are doing. It increases awareness and helps your brain get in the flow."

"I Started To Take More Notice"

"I Write How I Feel"

"No Structure Required"

"Don’t Overthink It"

"Since starting a year ago I’ve had over a million views on my content & built a significant audience."

"Most writers have two problems that stop them from creating consistent content. They either sit staring at a blank page wondering what to write."

"Or they put so much effort into one piece of content but really have no idea if it will resonate or not with their audience."

"They always have a good idea of what resonates because ideas have already been tested down the ladder."

"Their content creation feels effortless because each level builds on the next and the positive signal provides motivation to keep creating."

"Step 1: Ideas Start Off As Tweets"

"All you have to do is commit to writing one tweet a day."

"Start by breaking down that big idea and distilling it into just 280 characters."

"A higher amount of likes per usual indicates something is definitely resonating for people."

"Step 2: Take Your Best Tweets & Turn Them Into Essays"

"Atomic Essays are quick 250–300 word essays that you publish as an image on Twitter."

"They are quick to write. If you already have an idea it’s not hard to get it to that next step of 250 words."

"They are not a replacement for long-form writing either. But they bridge the gap and give you more chances to (one) validate the idea and (two) keep exploring & expanding on it."

"I’ve found leaving about a 2-week gap between the original tweet and a follow-up essay creates the best results."

"Step 3: Turn Your Best Essays Into Articles"

"Usually, a couple of essays make the cut which is when I dump them into Medium as a draft and start expanding on each point."

"Step 4: Turn Your Articles Into Any Number Of Things"

"Quite often as creators, we feel like we’re writing into the void."

"Each level takes just a small step to validate the idea and tell you whether you should keep promoting it up the ladder further."

"Literature Notes: Ugly, incomplete notes you take as you are reading."

"Permanent Notes. Top-level topics or groups of notes that help you establish thoughts and arguments."

"Sequence Notes. Atomic notes with one idea each that sit inside your top level permanent notes."

"The most important thing is to just get started writing. Create chaos. Clean it up later."

"I like to think of them and name them like I would name an essay or a piece of writing."

"So if our permanent notes are not just wide topics, then it makes sense to give our permanent notes a name."

"At the end of the day, don’t overthink it. Just start writing permanent notes. Write some bad notes. Create Chaos and you can clean it up later as you get better and more comfortable with the process."

"Your permanent notes aren’t just a bucket for random sequence notes. The key is to find a place for this new note among all the other sequence notes."

"So how do we stay motivated when we can’t see progress?"

"Trust The Process."

"Find An Anchor Point"

"Record where you started from and each day measure yourself against that one thing."

"Find The Joy."

"It’s easy to get caught up in the outcome as the only thing that matters. I’ve found that is a clear pathway to failure."

"Instead of keeping all of that information somewhere separate where I’d never use it again, I began to incorporate it into my template, so what I was learning was also part of the process of my writing. The act of what I was doing wasn’t disconnected from the learning."

"After I’ve done an initial brain dump and I’m ready to start writing, I use the research section to search for any existing notes in my Zettelkasten that relate to my idea."

"Because I take the time to write fully complete notes in my Zettelkasten, it means that I can literally just copy and paste these into my brain dump area and they are pretty much good to go."

"Now I can use what I’m thinking and learning about in my writing because it’s right there ready to go."

"When I’m ready to write my final essay I take my brain dump and my Zettelkasten notes and I start to craft the final essay content."

"Now, I have embedded the word counter directly into the Notion template, so I simply copy it from one side of the template to another."

"Once I’ve created a headline and tweet, I head to my publishing checklist."

"I like having the links there cause I can just click and get to them straight away."

"Once a week I’ll take some time to review the previous week’s content. I check my analytics, what resonated with people, what didn’t."