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Tag: information capture

Stop taking notes on your phone

Aug 29, 2023

in Conference, Mobile

AMEE, AMEE23, information, information capture, information processing, mobile, note-taking, notes, phone

I can’t believe how many people I’ve seen taking notes on their phones at this conference. Surely they must realise how inefficient this is? Laptops are better. Tablets with a keyboard also work. Or seriously, use a notepad and pen.
Stop taking photos of slides at conferences

Aug 28, 2023

in Conference

AMEE, AMEE23, information, information capture, information management, information workflow, posters, presentation, slides

Firstly, I’ll note that I’ve been guilty of taking photos of other people’s slides. Secondly, a lot of what I’m going to say here is based on those experiences. Your mileage may vary, depending on your own information processing system. Stop taking photos of slides (and posters) at conferences I understand the impulse; there’s information…
Using Zotero to create literature notes from video

May 7, 2021

in Productivity, Video

information capture, literature notes, markdown editor, note-taking, obsidian, zotero

In this video I talk about the way that I use Zotero to create literature notes from a video presentation. With the increase of video content online – especially academic content that’s now being recorded by default – I’ve been spending some time experimenting with different approaches to extracting useful information from video. Video remains…