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🌲 Takeaways on efficiency, passive learning, & optimization
Thoughts on how to take notes that actually matter.
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Eleanor Konik
🌲 The Konik Method for Making Analog Notes
Life is tradeoffs. Analog notes last longer but aren't as searchable. They are, however, useful, beautiful, and less distracting to create.
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🌲 A Personal Take on Using LLMs
Navigating the ethics -- and effectiveness -- of new AI tools as a writer.
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Eleanor Konik
🤖 Oz, Ender's Game & my favorite e-ink devices
How the Boox Palma and Go Color7 revitalized my family's love of fiction.
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Eleanor Konik
💎 How Claude + Obsidian + MCP Solved My Organizational Problems
I thought they were just a gimmick, but MCP Servers are unusually reliable — and useful — compared to most AI tools I've tried.
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Eleanor Konik
🌲 The Konik Method For Maintaining Sane Task Lists
... despite having a full-time job, two kids underfoot, and a history of severe depression
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📚 Thinking rigorously, with tools, lists, & agency
Micro reviews of nonfiction I read recently. On problem-solving, offloading our thoughts, AI tools & the struggles centaurs would face.
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Eleanor Konik
🌲 Secondary sources are pretty great, actually
On the difficulty of learning from first principles, and how to pick what information to rely on
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Eleanor Konik
🌲 On the Difficulty of Being Pithy
Bylines vs clever pitches, and remembering to share ideas that are difficult to sum up.
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🌲 Themed logs are still more useful than daily notes
I group notes by purpose, not chronology. This method allows for more focus, easier retrieval, and less context switching.
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🌲 When computers are less efficient than analog methods
Reflections on bullet journal spreads that seem silly at first glance
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🌲 On what it means to not have time
People mean different things by "I can't--" ; it's ok to say you shouldn't.
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Eleanor Konik
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