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1 \n00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:03,840 \nare you ready to manage your work and<\/p>\n
2 \n00:00:02,129 –> 00:00:06,060 \npersonal world better to live a<\/p>\n
3 \n00:00:03,840 –> 00:00:07,080 \nfulfilling productive life then you’ve<\/p>\n
4 \n00:00:06,060 –> 00:00:09,510 \ncome to the right place<\/p>\n
5 \n00:00:07,080 –> 00:00:11,880 \nproductivity cast the weekly show about<\/p>\n
6 \n00:00:09,510 –> 00:00:13,920 \nall things productivity here are your<\/p>\n
7 \n00:00:11,880 –> 00:00:16,490 \nhosts Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto<\/p>\n
8 \n00:00:13,920 –> 00:00:18,840 \nPinaud with Francis Wade and Art Gelwicks<\/p>\n
9 \n00:00:16,490 –> 00:00:20,760 \nwelcome back everybody to productivity<\/p>\n
10 \n00:00:18,840 –> 00:00:23,160 \ncast the weekly show about all things<\/p>\n
11 \n00:00:20,760 –> 00:00:24,660 \npersonal productivity I’m Ray Sidney-<\/p>\n
12 \n00:00:23,160 –> 00:00:27,900 \nSmith and I’m here with Augusto Pinaud<\/p>\n
13 \n00:00:24,660 –> 00:00:30,090 \nFrances Wade and art Galax welcome to<\/p>\n
14 \n00:00:27,900 –> 00:00:33,660 \nproductivitycast gentlemen wait the<\/p>\n
15 \n00:00:30,090 –> 00:00:36,510 \nyear hey how you doing we’re gonna be<\/p>\n
16 \n00:00:33,660 –> 00:00:38,790 \ntalking about today the idea of the<\/p>\n
17 \n00:00:36,510 –> 00:00:40,530 \nexternal brain and I and I just wanted<\/p>\n
18 \n00:00:38,790 –> 00:00:42,180 \nto disclaim this for anyone who might be<\/p>\n
19 \n00:00:40,530 –> 00:00:45,149 \nlistening to us I know a couple of our<\/p>\n
20 \n00:00:42,180 –> 00:00:46,079 \nlisteners are medical doctors and so for<\/p>\n
21 \n00:00:45,149 –> 00:00:47,969 \nthose of you who are medical<\/p>\n
22 \n00:00:46,079 –> 00:00:50,690 \nprofessionals please know that we are<\/p>\n
23 \n00:00:47,969 –> 00:00:54,000 \nnot talking about the the the assistive<\/p>\n
24 \n00:00:50,690 –> 00:00:55,500 \ndevices and and so forth that are called<\/p>\n
25 \n00:00:54,000 –> 00:00:57,809 \nexternal brains we’re talking about the<\/p>\n
26 \n00:00:55,500 –> 00:00:59,820 \nproductivity focus concept of the<\/p>\n
27 \n00:00:57,809 –> 00:01:01,859 \nexternal brain but what we’re gonna do<\/p>\n
28 \n00:00:59,820 –> 00:01:04,769 \ntoday in this episode is really define<\/p>\n
29 \n00:01:01,859 –> 00:01:06,720 \nwhat an external brain is we’re then<\/p>\n
30 \n00:01:04,769 –> 00:01:08,760 \ngonna talk about why it’s important in<\/p>\n
31 \n00:01:06,720 –> 00:01:11,100 \nat least personal productivity for you<\/p>\n
32 \n00:01:08,760 –> 00:01:13,619 \nto have an external brain once we are<\/p>\n
33 \n00:01:11,100 –> 00:01:15,960 \nall sort of on the same page in terms of<\/p>\n
34 \n00:01:13,619 –> 00:01:18,150 \nwhat it is and then we’re going to talk<\/p>\n
35 \n00:01:15,960 –> 00:01:21,090 \nabout how each of us potentially uses<\/p>\n
36 \n00:01:18,150 –> 00:01:22,979 \nthe functions of building an external<\/p>\n
37 \n00:01:21,090 –> 00:01:25,590 \nbrain so I’m gonna I’m going to turn it<\/p>\n
38 \n00:01:22,979 –> 00:01:28,979 \nover to you art to to start sort of the<\/p>\n
39 \n00:01:25,590 –> 00:01:31,770 \nco defining process of how do you define<\/p>\n
40 \n00:01:28,979 –> 00:01:33,090 \nwhat an external brain is all right<\/p>\n
41 \n00:01:31,770 –> 00:01:34,850 \nwe’ve talked about this in previous<\/p>\n
42 \n00:01:33,090 –> 00:01:37,470 \nepisodes this idea<\/p>\n
43 \n00:01:34,850 –> 00:01:39,240 \nSpeirs of access and where information<\/p>\n
44 \n00:01:37,470 –> 00:01:42,930 \nis really to you and how do you get to<\/p>\n
45 \n00:01:39,240 –> 00:01:45,720 \nit and to me this idea of an external<\/p>\n
46 \n00:01:42,930 –> 00:01:48,530 \nbrain the information that is relevant<\/p>\n
47 \n00:01:45,720 –> 00:01:50,729 \nto you but does not need to be<\/p>\n
48 \n00:01:48,530 –> 00:01:51,570 \nimmediately accessible or at your<\/p>\n
49 \n00:01:50,729 –> 00:01:54,000 \nfingertips<\/p>\n
50 \n00:01:51,570 –> 00:01:57,869 \nfalls into that category because it’s<\/p>\n
51 \n00:01:54,000 –> 00:02:00,270 \nnot information that I need to keep in<\/p>\n
52 \n00:01:57,869 –> 00:02:02,040 \nmy head it’s not information I need to<\/p>\n
53 \n00:02:00,270 –> 00:02:03,869 \nhave on a post-it note on the monitor in<\/p>\n
54 \n00:02:02,040 –> 00:02:05,579 \nfront of me but it’s information that<\/p>\n
55 \n00:02:03,869 –> 00:02:08,369 \nI’m going to encounter during my day<\/p>\n
56 \n00:02:05,579 –> 00:02:10,289 \nthat I may need again in the future<\/p>\n
57 \n00:02:08,369 –> 00:02:13,860 \nit feels like it’s relevant it has<\/p>\n
58 \n00:02:10,289 –> 00:02:15,990 \ninterest and value to me but I need to<\/p>\n
59 \n00:02:13,860 –> 00:02:19,320 \nsomeplace where I can go get it later<\/p>\n
60 \n00:02:15,990 –> 00:02:20,760 \nand when I think about this model I have<\/p>\n
61 \n00:02:19,320 –> 00:02:23,010 \nto think that this is almost one of the<\/p>\n
62 \n00:02:20,760 –> 00:02:25,530 \nmost challenging areas that we have when<\/p>\n
63 \n00:02:23,010 –> 00:02:28,440 \nwe think about productivity because this<\/p>\n
64 \n00:02:25,530 –> 00:02:31,800 \nstuff is probably the big biggest<\/p>\n
65 \n00:02:28,440 –> 00:02:34,560 \ncandidate of productive clutter that I<\/p>\n
66 \n00:02:31,800 –> 00:02:36,000 \ncan imagine just thinking about this as<\/p>\n
67 \n00:02:34,560 –> 00:02:38,340 \nwe brought this topic up<\/p>\n
68 \n00:02:36,000 –> 00:02:41,390 \nI went digging back through a lot of my<\/p>\n
69 \n00:02:38,340 –> 00:02:43,560 \nexternal systems looking at things like<\/p>\n
70 \n00:02:41,390 –> 00:02:46,200 \npocket for example which I use for<\/p>\n
71 \n00:02:43,560 –> 00:02:48,480 \noffline reading Instapaper and feedly<\/p>\n
72 \n00:02:46,200 –> 00:02:50,910 \nand starting to dig through OneNote and<\/p>\n
73 \n00:02:48,480 –> 00:02:53,790 \nI’m thinking more about it just the<\/p>\n
74 \n00:02:50,910 –> 00:02:56,160 \nplethora of things that I have that<\/p>\n
75 \n00:02:53,790 –> 00:02:57,600 \nevery time I look at them I go yeah<\/p>\n
76 \n00:02:56,160 –> 00:02:59,280 \nthat’s interesting that’s relevant I<\/p>\n
77 \n00:02:57,600 –> 00:03:01,350 \nmean I want to keep that and then<\/p>\n
78 \n00:02:59,280 –> 00:03:03,600 \nliterally 10 minutes later I have no<\/p>\n
79 \n00:03:01,350 –> 00:03:07,470 \nidea that that’s even in the system so<\/p>\n
80 \n00:03:03,600 –> 00:03:11,640 \nI’m curious one how how we all handle<\/p>\n
81 \n00:03:07,470 –> 00:03:15,630 \nthis idea of important but not critical<\/p>\n
82 \n00:03:11,640 –> 00:03:17,459 \nstuff how do we organize it and really<\/p>\n
83 \n00:03:15,630 –> 00:03:20,220 \nprobably the biggest thing how do we<\/p>\n
84 \n00:03:17,459 –> 00:03:22,590 \nkeep it from becoming overwhelming I’ll<\/p>\n
85 \n00:03:20,220 –> 00:03:25,170 \nsay that for me the idea of the external<\/p>\n
86 \n00:03:22,590 –> 00:03:27,660 \nbrain was first introduced to me through<\/p>\n
87 \n00:03:25,170 –> 00:03:31,080 \nreally discussions of getting things<\/p>\n
88 \n00:03:27,660 –> 00:03:33,269 \ndone by David Allen and the idea of your<\/p>\n
89 \n00:03:31,080 –> 00:03:35,790 \nbrain is for having ideas not holding<\/p>\n
90 \n00:03:33,269 –> 00:03:38,730 \nthem as David is often quoted as saying<\/p>\n
91 \n00:03:35,790 –> 00:03:41,360 \nand this always led me to the<\/p>\n
92 \n00:03:38,730 –> 00:03:44,430 \nEinsteinian Khan step right that<\/p>\n
93 \n00:03:41,360 –> 00:03:46,440 \ncolloquially or sort of mythically<\/p>\n
94 \n00:03:44,430 –> 00:03:49,049 \nEinstein never remembered the phone<\/p>\n
95 \n00:03:46,440 –> 00:03:50,850 \nnumbers of any of the people he knew and<\/p>\n
96 \n00:03:49,049 –> 00:03:52,350 \nhe would always say I don’t need that<\/p>\n
97 \n00:03:50,850 –> 00:03:55,799 \ninformation because it’s in the phone<\/p>\n
98 \n00:03:52,350 –> 00:03:57,570 \nbook and that really did clue me in to<\/p>\n
99 \n00:03:55,799 –> 00:03:59,850 \nsomething very important which was that<\/p>\n
100 \n00:03:57,570 –> 00:04:02,489 \nyeah we have these tools that were<\/p>\n
101 \n00:03:59,850 –> 00:04:04,799 \navailable to us like an address book or<\/p>\n
102 \n00:04:02,489 –> 00:04:06,299 \na contact database you know a piece of<\/p>\n
103 \n00:04:04,799 –> 00:04:08,489 \nsoftware where we can put all of this<\/p>\n
104 \n00:04:06,299 –> 00:04:10,350 \ninformation so that it didn’t have to be<\/p>\n
105 \n00:04:08,489 –> 00:04:13,980 \nrolling around in my head taking up<\/p>\n
106 \n00:04:10,350 –> 00:04:15,840 \nspace that was unnecessary I’ve always<\/p>\n
107 \n00:04:13,980 –> 00:04:18,720 \nhad the conflict between the external<\/p>\n
108 \n00:04:15,840 –> 00:04:20,700 \nbrain and our real brain in the sense<\/p>\n
109 \n00:04:18,720 –> 00:04:24,720 \nthat my concern is that when I need<\/p>\n
110 \n00:04:20,700 –> 00:04:26,880 \nsomething to be in in my for mind at a<\/p>\n
111 \n00:04:24,720 –> 00:04:27,780 \nparticular time and location I want to<\/p>\n
112 \n00:04:26,880 –> 00:04:29,850 \nbe able to Reza<\/p>\n
113 \n00:04:27,780 –> 00:04:31,980 \nthat information very very quickly I<\/p>\n
114 \n00:04:29,850 –> 00:04:34,050 \nwant to be able to you know not only<\/p>\n
115 \n00:04:31,980 –> 00:04:37,290 \nretain it but be able to recall it very<\/p>\n
116 \n00:04:34,050 –> 00:04:39,180 \nvery quickly when necessary so there’s<\/p>\n
117 \n00:04:37,290 –> 00:04:41,510 \nactually a toggling back and forth<\/p>\n
118 \n00:04:39,180 –> 00:04:44,850 \nbetween what information do we commit to<\/p>\n
119 \n00:04:41,510 –> 00:04:47,190 \nyou know long-term memory and what<\/p>\n
120 \n00:04:44,850 –> 00:04:50,070 \ninformation do we commit to the external<\/p>\n
121 \n00:04:47,190 –> 00:04:53,340 \nbrain this long-term external memory<\/p>\n
122 \n00:04:50,070 –> 00:04:56,250 \nstorage tool or device or devices in<\/p>\n
123 \n00:04:53,340 –> 00:04:59,460 \norder to be able to be effective in real<\/p>\n
124 \n00:04:56,250 –> 00:05:04,169 \ntime I’m not happy with my external<\/p>\n
125 \n00:04:59,460 –> 00:05:07,020 \nbrain I use a lot of Evernote as my tool<\/p>\n
126 \n00:05:04,169 –> 00:05:10,050 \nand of course my harddrive on my laptop<\/p>\n
127 \n00:05:07,020 –> 00:05:13,320 \nI am not happy in the sense that it’s<\/p>\n
128 \n00:05:10,050 –> 00:05:15,930 \nit’s not it’s not adequately indexed<\/p>\n
129 \n00:05:13,320 –> 00:05:17,970 \nit’s not properly tagged it’s sort of a<\/p>\n
130 \n00:05:15,930 –> 00:05:20,250 \nreal hodgepodge of stuff that’s just<\/p>\n
131 \n00:05:17,970 –> 00:05:21,510 \nbasically thrown together this is this<\/p>\n
132 \n00:05:20,250 –> 00:05:23,820 \nis when it comes to sort of the data<\/p>\n
133 \n00:05:21,510 –> 00:05:26,460 \nthat I know that I I may need at some<\/p>\n
134 \n00:05:23,820 –> 00:05:28,200 \npoint in the future so I can’t find it<\/p>\n
135 \n00:05:26,460 –> 00:05:29,460 \nwith a quick google search so I don’t<\/p>\n
136 \n00:05:28,200 –> 00:05:31,740 \nreally save the stuff following<\/p>\n
137 \n00:05:29,460 –> 00:05:34,110 \nEinstein’s precept that I can’t find<\/p>\n
138 \n00:05:31,740 –> 00:05:36,180 \nvery quickly with a Google search so<\/p>\n
139 \n00:05:34,110 –> 00:05:37,169 \nstuff that would be too hard to find or<\/p>\n
140 \n00:05:36,180 –> 00:05:39,419 \nkind of ambiguous<\/p>\n
141 \n00:05:37,169 –> 00:05:41,970 \nthat’s the stuff I really save I’m not<\/p>\n
142 \n00:05:39,419 –> 00:05:45,570 \naltogether happy with with with the<\/p>\n
143 \n00:05:41,970 –> 00:05:47,370 \nmethod of storage or retrieval I like<\/p>\n
144 \n00:05:45,570 –> 00:05:48,630 \nthe fact that Evernote and other kinds<\/p>\n
145 \n00:05:47,370 –> 00:05:51,330 \nof tools like that are there and that<\/p>\n
146 \n00:05:48,630 –> 00:05:52,950 \nthey work very well but I think there’s<\/p>\n
147 \n00:05:51,330 –> 00:05:55,350 \nsomething missing in my practice in<\/p>\n
148 \n00:05:52,950 –> 00:05:58,380 \nterms of how I put something away and<\/p>\n
149 \n00:05:55,350 –> 00:05:59,970 \nthen how I pull it back out so I’m sort<\/p>\n
150 \n00:05:58,380 –> 00:06:03,330 \nof in this one as a student looking to<\/p>\n
151 \n00:05:59,970 –> 00:06:04,860 \nimprove the way I do things yeah my my<\/p>\n
152 \n00:06:03,330 –> 00:06:08,220 \nbattle point really when I think about<\/p>\n
153 \n00:06:04,860 –> 00:06:12,300 \nit is in two main categories of in I’ve<\/p>\n
154 \n00:06:08,220 –> 00:06:14,550 \ngot things that I’ve read and things<\/p>\n
155 \n00:06:12,300 –> 00:06:16,800 \nthat I’ve gathered for lack of a better<\/p>\n
156 \n00:06:14,550 –> 00:06:18,120 \nterm so if I think about the things that<\/p>\n
157 \n00:06:16,800 –> 00:06:20,039 \nI’ve gathered they’re actually a little<\/p>\n
158 \n00:06:18,120 –> 00:06:22,350 \nbit easier because everything like that<\/p>\n
159 \n00:06:20,039 –> 00:06:24,510 \ngoes into OneNote I generate notes I<\/p>\n
160 \n00:06:22,350 –> 00:06:27,300 \ntake pictures I tag things everything<\/p>\n
161 \n00:06:24,510 –> 00:06:29,789 \ngoes in there that becomes a trusted<\/p>\n
162 \n00:06:27,300 –> 00:06:31,919 \nsystem equation as long as I am<\/p>\n
163 \n00:06:29,789 –> 00:06:34,080 \nconsistent in my behavior of putting<\/p>\n
164 \n00:06:31,919 –> 00:06:36,539 \nthings into that system I know I will<\/p>\n
165 \n00:06:34,080 –> 00:06:38,400 \nget them back out should I remember that<\/p>\n
166 \n00:06:36,539 –> 00:06:40,620 \nI need them now it doesn’t change the<\/p>\n
167 \n00:06:38,400 –> 00:06:41,370 \nfact that I wind up accumulating a lot<\/p>\n
168 \n00:06:40,620 –> 00:06:43,350 \nof stuff in<\/p>\n
169 \n00:06:41,370 –> 00:06:44,430 \nthat I probably don’t need and every so<\/p>\n
170 \n00:06:43,350 –> 00:06:47,160 \noften you need to do a digital<\/p>\n
171 \n00:06:44,430 –> 00:06:48,660 \ndecluttering which I find amusing that<\/p>\n
172 \n00:06:47,160 –> 00:06:51,030 \nsome people say oh no you know there’s<\/p>\n
173 \n00:06:48,660 –> 00:06:52,410 \nno reason we have mass storage just keep<\/p>\n
174 \n00:06:51,030 –> 00:06:54,210 \neverything I think we’ve even had this<\/p>\n
175 \n00:06:52,410 –> 00:06:55,979 \ndiscussion I’ll never buy into that<\/p>\n
176 \n00:06:54,210 –> 00:06:57,510 \nbecause I’ll go in there and I’ll look<\/p>\n
177 \n00:06:55,979 –> 00:07:00,180 \nand say why the heck do I still have<\/p>\n
178 \n00:06:57,510 –> 00:07:02,040 \nthat and coming from the old-school<\/p>\n
179 \n00:07:00,180 –> 00:07:05,160 \ncomputer world where bytes were<\/p>\n
180 \n00:07:02,040 –> 00:07:06,900 \nexpensive I still will go through it<\/p>\n
181 \n00:07:05,160 –> 00:07:08,820 \nactually delete things rather than just<\/p>\n
182 \n00:07:06,900 –> 00:07:10,530 \nkeep them and store them but that yet<\/p>\n
183 \n00:07:08,820 –> 00:07:12,990 \nthe big challenge for me is the things<\/p>\n
184 \n00:07:10,530 –> 00:07:15,389 \nthat I read because I try to make as<\/p>\n
185 \n00:07:12,990 –> 00:07:18,360 \nmuch of an effort as possible to read as<\/p>\n
186 \n00:07:15,389 –> 00:07:20,669 \nmany different sources as I can but I<\/p>\n
187 \n00:07:18,360 –> 00:07:23,370 \ncan’t keep all of that in my head it<\/p>\n
188 \n00:07:20,669 –> 00:07:25,860 \njust for various reasons each being one<\/p>\n
189 \n00:07:23,370 –> 00:07:27,330 \nof them so I have to say how am I going<\/p>\n
190 \n00:07:25,860 –> 00:07:30,000 \nto reference this information and that’s<\/p>\n
191 \n00:07:27,330 –> 00:07:32,190 \nwhere I struggle because I’m looking at<\/p>\n
192 \n00:07:30,000 –> 00:07:35,039 \ndifferent sources of the reading content<\/p>\n
193 \n00:07:32,190 –> 00:07:38,250 \nif it’s in Kindle for example you can<\/p>\n
194 \n00:07:35,039 –> 00:07:40,050 \nhighlight things great if it’s in pocket<\/p>\n
195 \n00:07:38,250 –> 00:07:41,400 \nyou can highlight and put notes in if<\/p>\n
196 \n00:07:40,050 –> 00:07:43,050 \nit’s an instant paper and highlight and<\/p>\n
197 \n00:07:41,400 –> 00:07:46,080 \nput notes but they’re all disparate<\/p>\n
198 \n00:07:43,050 –> 00:07:47,940 \nsystems so I have yet to find one that I<\/p>\n
199 \n00:07:46,080 –> 00:07:50,370 \ncan consistently use all the time for<\/p>\n
200 \n00:07:47,940 –> 00:07:52,590 \neverything to make it the trusted system<\/p>\n
201 \n00:07:50,370 –> 00:07:55,620 \nso now I wind up with information in<\/p>\n
202 \n00:07:52,590 –> 00:07:57,630 \nvarious boxes with various sorts of tags<\/p>\n
203 \n00:07:55,620 –> 00:08:00,720 \nand highlights I don’t necessarily feel<\/p>\n
204 \n00:07:57,630 –> 00:08:02,789 \nlike I can go back and say fine you know<\/p>\n
205 \n00:08:00,720 –> 00:08:04,320 \nwe started talking about this idea of<\/p>\n
206 \n00:08:02,789 –> 00:08:05,789 \nmindfulness for example in a<\/p>\n
207 \n00:08:04,320 –> 00:08:07,050 \nconversation and I know there was an<\/p>\n
208 \n00:08:05,789 –> 00:08:08,550 \narticle I was reading about it and I<\/p>\n
209 \n00:08:07,050 –> 00:08:10,530 \nwon’t able to reference that article to<\/p>\n
210 \n00:08:08,550 –> 00:08:12,539 \nsomeone I don’t remember what system I<\/p>\n
211 \n00:08:10,530 –> 00:08:14,370 \nwas in when I saw the article I know the<\/p>\n
212 \n00:08:12,539 –> 00:08:16,050 \narticles there I know the contents there<\/p>\n
213 \n00:08:14,370 –> 00:08:17,580 \nI should be able to hide it but where do<\/p>\n
214 \n00:08:16,050 –> 00:08:20,010 \nI start that’s where I run to the<\/p>\n
215 \n00:08:17,580 –> 00:08:22,770 \nchallenge with this and I would I would<\/p>\n
216 \n00:08:20,010 –> 00:08:25,620 \nadd I would a sort of potential solution<\/p>\n
217 \n00:08:22,770 –> 00:08:27,060 \nis a meta search tool right and there<\/p>\n
218 \n00:08:25,620 –> 00:08:29,760 \nare several of them actually on the<\/p>\n
219 \n00:08:27,060 –> 00:08:31,949 \nmarket today that searches against the<\/p>\n
220 \n00:08:29,760 –> 00:08:34,979 \nvarious different software that you have<\/p>\n
221 \n00:08:31,949 –> 00:08:36,870 \nin this case cloud storage tools where<\/p>\n
222 \n00:08:34,979 –> 00:08:39,360 \nyou can you can basically search<\/p>\n
223 \n00:08:36,870 –> 00:08:41,190 \nmultiple silos of data and I think<\/p>\n
224 \n00:08:39,360 –> 00:08:42,180 \nthat’s really where the where the future<\/p>\n
225 \n00:08:41,190 –> 00:08:43,890 \nis going to go<\/p>\n
226 \n00:08:42,180 –> 00:08:45,240 \nI was actually testing and I’m not going<\/p>\n
227 \n00:08:43,890 –> 00:08:47,370 \nto mention the product because it has<\/p>\n
228 \n00:08:45,240 –> 00:08:49,260 \nrecently shut down but I had been<\/p>\n
229 \n00:08:47,370 –> 00:08:51,570 \ntesting a project product that I thought<\/p>\n
230 \n00:08:49,260 –> 00:08:54,050 \nwas going to be very very useful and the<\/p>\n
231 \n00:08:51,570 –> 00:08:58,130 \nwhat what it actually did was it<\/p>\n
232 \n00:08:54,050 –> 00:09:01,190 \ntook its scanned images of your computer<\/p>\n
233 \n00:08:58,130 –> 00:09:02,839 \nscreen and presumably they would go to<\/p>\n
234 \n00:09:01,190 –> 00:09:05,480 \nthe effect of taking screenshots of your<\/p>\n
235 \n00:09:02,839 –> 00:09:07,279 \nmobile phone screen and then it took<\/p>\n
236 \n00:09:05,480 –> 00:09:10,610 \nthat information and over time it<\/p>\n
237 \n00:09:07,279 –> 00:09:12,230 \nindexed the the pages and the<\/p>\n
238 \n00:09:10,610 –> 00:09:15,230 \ninformation that was showing on screen<\/p>\n
239 \n00:09:12,230 –> 00:09:18,050 \nso you started to get this visual index<\/p>\n
240 \n00:09:15,230 –> 00:09:20,300 \nof everything that you looked at and<\/p>\n
241 \n00:09:18,050 –> 00:09:22,610 \nthat way when you search back against it<\/p>\n
242 \n00:09:20,300 –> 00:09:26,450 \nyou you kind of saw this sort of<\/p>\n
243 \n00:09:22,610 –> 00:09:29,149 \ninteresting visual matrix of of contexts<\/p>\n
244 \n00:09:26,450 –> 00:09:31,220 \nso you were able to see literally what<\/p>\n
245 \n00:09:29,149 –> 00:09:33,410 \nyou searched when you searched for it<\/p>\n
246 \n00:09:31,220 –> 00:09:34,100 \nand it was it was actually really<\/p>\n
247 \n00:09:33,410 –> 00:09:36,680 \ninteresting<\/p>\n
248 \n00:09:34,100 –> 00:09:38,570 \nunfortunately the company has now shut<\/p>\n
249 \n00:09:36,680 –> 00:09:40,940 \ndown and and so we’re gonna have to look<\/p>\n
250 \n00:09:38,570 –> 00:09:42,500 \nto new things there was a product out<\/p>\n
251 \n00:09:40,940 –> 00:09:44,570 \nfor a long time I think they’re still<\/p>\n
252 \n00:09:42,500 –> 00:09:46,220 \nout and it’s a web-based product<\/p>\n
253 \n00:09:44,570 –> 00:09:49,010 \nactually it has an install it’s called<\/p>\n
254 \n00:09:46,220 –> 00:09:50,510 \nthe brain of all of all things and they<\/p>\n
255 \n00:09:49,010 –> 00:09:52,810 \nhad a personal version and a<\/p>\n
256 \n00:09:50,510 –> 00:09:55,610 \nprofessional version and it dealt with<\/p>\n
257 \n00:09:52,810 –> 00:09:57,920 \ninformational linking so instead of<\/p>\n
258 \n00:09:55,610 –> 00:09:59,959 \ncreating hierarchical structures and<\/p>\n
259 \n00:09:57,920 –> 00:10:02,720 \nthings like Evernote and oneness it was<\/p>\n
260 \n00:09:59,959 –> 00:10:04,339 \nliterally I have this article and it’s<\/p>\n
261 \n00:10:02,720 –> 00:10:06,649 \nabout these topics so I’m going to link<\/p>\n
262 \n00:10:04,339 –> 00:10:08,570 \nit to these other topic or other items<\/p>\n
263 \n00:10:06,649 –> 00:10:11,149 \nthat have the same topic and be able to<\/p>\n
264 \n00:10:08,570 –> 00:10:13,190 \nwork almost I don’t want to use the term<\/p>\n
265 \n00:10:11,149 –> 00:10:15,790 \nneural network but almost through that<\/p>\n
266 \n00:10:13,190 –> 00:10:18,350 \nkind of logical branching and<\/p>\n
267 \n00:10:15,790 –> 00:10:20,329 \nrelationship connection I played with it<\/p>\n
268 \n00:10:18,350 –> 00:10:22,880 \nfor about a year and a half really a<\/p>\n
269 \n00:10:20,329 –> 00:10:26,089 \nfascinating tool but you had to be so<\/p>\n
270 \n00:10:22,880 –> 00:10:29,360 \nbought into that structural connection<\/p>\n
271 \n00:10:26,089 –> 00:10:32,060 \nthat it really it almost became a<\/p>\n
272 \n00:10:29,360 –> 00:10:33,829 \nproject in and of itself there’s another<\/p>\n
273 \n00:10:32,060 –> 00:10:36,350 \ngreat product out there for this kind of<\/p>\n
274 \n00:10:33,829 –> 00:10:39,320 \norganization and tying geeses together<\/p>\n
275 \n00:10:36,350 –> 00:10:41,690 \ncalled workflowy which is an outline<\/p>\n
276 \n00:10:39,320 –> 00:10:43,339 \nbased structure it’s really nice because<\/p>\n
277 \n00:10:41,690 –> 00:10:46,190 \nyou can drop links into different things<\/p>\n
278 \n00:10:43,339 –> 00:10:48,529 \nso I could see almost creating an index<\/p>\n
279 \n00:10:46,190 –> 00:10:51,019 \nmodel there I’m going down a slightly<\/p>\n
280 \n00:10:48,529 –> 00:10:53,329 \ndifferent path I just completed a lesson<\/p>\n
281 \n00:10:51,019 –> 00:10:57,140 \nfor a one-note training that’s going on<\/p>\n
282 \n00:10:53,329 –> 00:10:59,480 \nand I’m building out I’m trying to build<\/p>\n
283 \n00:10:57,140 –> 00:11:01,279 \nout my own digital assistant for this<\/p>\n
284 \n00:10:59,480 –> 00:11:04,640 \npart of the equation so what I’m doing<\/p>\n
285 \n00:11:01,279 –> 00:11:07,100 \nis I’m using IFTTT one of my favorite<\/p>\n
286 \n00:11:04,640 –> 00:11:07,670 \napplications on the web if this then<\/p>\n
287 \n00:11:07,100 –> 00:11:10,910 \nthat<\/p>\n
288 \n00:11:07,670 –> 00:11:14,240 \nto say that when I mark something in one<\/p>\n
289 \n00:11:10,910 –> 00:11:17,630 \nof my readers to go ahead and put a note<\/p>\n
290 \n00:11:14,240 –> 00:11:20,120 \nin one note with the context of what I<\/p>\n
291 \n00:11:17,630 –> 00:11:22,400 \njust marked so that I can leverage the<\/p>\n
292 \n00:11:20,120 –> 00:11:25,070 \nsearching capabilities and also have a<\/p>\n
293 \n00:11:22,400 –> 00:11:27,800 \nlink back to the original content I’m<\/p>\n
294 \n00:11:25,070 –> 00:11:30,080 \ntrying to build that assistant in a way<\/p>\n
295 \n00:11:27,800 –> 00:11:32,480 \nthat works with the way I function<\/p>\n
296 \n00:11:30,080 –> 00:11:34,700 \nrather than changing the way I function<\/p>\n
297 \n00:11:32,480 –> 00:11:36,380 \nto work with those and I have to do that<\/p>\n
298 \n00:11:34,700 –> 00:11:39,710 \nbecause I found this is one of my<\/p>\n
299 \n00:11:36,380 –> 00:11:42,050 \nfailing areas for this type of a system<\/p>\n
300 \n00:11:39,710 –> 00:11:43,780 \nif I don’t work with my natural<\/p>\n
301 \n00:11:42,050 –> 00:11:46,430 \ninstincts I won’t use it<\/p>\n
302 \n00:11:43,780 –> 00:11:48,470 \n90% of the time I will adjust my natural<\/p>\n
303 \n00:11:46,430 –> 00:11:50,600 \ninstincts to work with an optimal<\/p>\n
304 \n00:11:48,470 –> 00:11:52,490 \nprocess not a problem but for some<\/p>\n
305 \n00:11:50,600 –> 00:11:54,890 \nreason I’ve got a blind spot around this<\/p>\n
306 \n00:11:52,490 –> 00:11:56,540 \nparticular ease that I have to say okay<\/p>\n
307 \n00:11:54,890 –> 00:11:59,720 \nif I read it what am I gonna do with it<\/p>\n
308 \n00:11:56,540 –> 00:12:01,640 \nand how am I gonna pull it back yes of a<\/p>\n
309 \n00:11:59,720 –> 00:12:05,660 \ntool that I was talking about was<\/p>\n
310 \n00:12:01,640 –> 00:12:08,000 \nsomething called ot IX o that I use for<\/p>\n
311 \n00:12:05,660 –> 00:12:10,190 \ncloud-based storage search so I can<\/p>\n
312 \n00:12:08,000 –> 00:12:12,200 \nsearch against Evernote I can search<\/p>\n
313 \n00:12:10,190 –> 00:12:14,030 \nagainst my Google Drive and in my case I<\/p>\n
314 \n00:12:12,200 –> 00:12:16,760 \nuse I have a personal Google Drive and<\/p>\n
315 \n00:12:14,030 –> 00:12:20,210 \nthen what a Google Drive Thru G suite my<\/p>\n
316 \n00:12:16,760 –> 00:12:22,610 \ncompany based accounts and then several<\/p>\n
317 \n00:12:20,210 –> 00:12:23,660 \nothers in a Dropbox and box and so and<\/p>\n
318 \n00:12:22,610 –> 00:12:26,810 \nso forth so if you keep several<\/p>\n
319 \n00:12:23,660 –> 00:12:28,880 \ndifferent cloud storage containers you<\/p>\n
320 \n00:12:26,810 –> 00:12:30,470 \ncan search against all of those the big<\/p>\n
321 \n00:12:28,880 –> 00:12:33,380 \nproblem then is that if you have data<\/p>\n
322 \n00:12:30,470 –> 00:12:35,690 \nsitting on your local computers the way<\/p>\n
323 \n00:12:33,380 –> 00:12:38,030 \nthat I’ve solved that is that the new<\/p>\n
324 \n00:12:35,690 –> 00:12:40,520 \nsort of Google Drive is now being sort<\/p>\n
325 \n00:12:38,030 –> 00:12:42,920 \nof consumed by the new branding which<\/p>\n
326 \n00:12:40,520 –> 00:12:44,480 \nwill be Google backup and sync so<\/p>\n
327 \n00:12:42,920 –> 00:12:46,610 \nGoogle’s you know many people have been<\/p>\n
328 \n00:12:44,480 –> 00:12:49,490 \nhearing about this idea by the time this<\/p>\n
329 \n00:12:46,610 –> 00:12:51,260 \nis actually published you all will have<\/p>\n
330 \n00:12:49,490 –> 00:12:53,450 \nheard about the fact that Google Drive<\/p>\n
331 \n00:12:51,260 –> 00:12:55,310 \nis has somehow gone away it hasn’t gone<\/p>\n
332 \n00:12:53,450 –> 00:12:57,830 \naway Google Drive has just been<\/p>\n
333 \n00:12:55,310 –> 00:12:59,720 \nrewritten under a new name all of the<\/p>\n
334 \n00:12:57,830 –> 00:13:02,060 \nsame functions are there plus more and<\/p>\n
335 \n00:12:59,720 –> 00:13:03,950 \none of those plus more tools under<\/p>\n
336 \n00:13:02,060 –> 00:13:07,130 \nGoogle backup and sync is the ability to<\/p>\n
337 \n00:13:03,950 –> 00:13:09,950 \ntake local Drive documents say I have a<\/p>\n
338 \n00:13:07,130 –> 00:13:11,720 \nMy Documents folder or or Documents<\/p>\n
339 \n00:13:09,950 –> 00:13:14,270 \nfolder on the Mac well you can take<\/p>\n
340 \n00:13:11,720 –> 00:13:17,690 \nthose and add them as selective sync<\/p>\n
341 \n00:13:14,270 –> 00:13:19,310 \nfolders up to Google Drive so instead of<\/p>\n
342 \n00:13:17,690 –> 00:13:21,870 \ntaking your Google Drive documents and<\/p>\n
343 \n00:13:19,310 –> 00:13:24,000 \nbringing them down to your local dev<\/p>\n
344 \n00:13:21,870 –> 00:13:26,100 \nstop you can also back up in essence<\/p>\n
345 \n00:13:24,000 –> 00:13:29,040 \nit’s not really back up it’s really<\/p>\n
346 \n00:13:26,100 –> 00:13:30,870 \nredundancy and synchronization but the<\/p>\n
347 \n00:13:29,040 –> 00:13:33,210 \npoint is is that now I have all of that<\/p>\n
348 \n00:13:30,870 –> 00:13:35,670 \ninformation in Google Drive also for<\/p>\n
349 \n00:13:33,210 –> 00:13:39,690 \nindexing so I know it’s on my local<\/p>\n
350 \n00:13:35,670 –> 00:13:41,520 \ndrives based on the the synchronization<\/p>\n
351 \n00:13:39,690 –> 00:13:43,050 \nof those folders locally so it’s<\/p>\n
352 \n00:13:41,520 –> 00:13:45,810 \nactually very very helpful for me to<\/p>\n
353 \n00:13:43,050 –> 00:13:47,940 \njust to go to go to ot IX oh it’s yeah<\/p>\n
354 \n00:13:45,810 –> 00:13:49,200 \nit’s ot IX o comm I have no idea how to<\/p>\n
355 \n00:13:47,940 –> 00:13:52,860 \npronounce that so I’m not even gonna try<\/p>\n
356 \n00:13:49,200 –> 00:13:55,320 \nbut um but you just go there you type in<\/p>\n
357 \n00:13:52,860 –> 00:13:58,220 \na search and it’s not perfect but now it<\/p>\n
358 \n00:13:55,320 –> 00:14:01,500 \nis giving me a search against all of my<\/p>\n
359 \n00:13:58,220 –> 00:14:03,270 \nsystems as opposed to each silo at a<\/p>\n
360 \n00:14:01,500 –> 00:14:04,830 \ntime it’s interesting because this<\/p>\n
361 \n00:14:03,270 –> 00:14:06,930 \nstarts to branch into this whole<\/p>\n
362 \n00:14:04,830 –> 00:14:09,200 \nconversation around and it’s an<\/p>\n
363 \n00:14:06,930 –> 00:14:12,680 \ninformation architecture one between<\/p>\n
364 \n00:14:09,200 –> 00:14:15,660 \nstructure and search creation of<\/p>\n
365 \n00:14:12,680 –> 00:14:19,740 \nhierarchical mapping and tags versus<\/p>\n
366 \n00:14:15,660 –> 00:14:22,380 \nfreeform search KB’s and I think with an<\/p>\n
367 \n00:14:19,740 –> 00:14:25,290 \nexternal brain concept I think you’re<\/p>\n
368 \n00:14:22,380 –> 00:14:27,390 \ndriven more into the open search<\/p>\n
369 \n00:14:25,290 –> 00:14:30,740 \nstructure just because you would spend<\/p>\n
370 \n00:14:27,390 –> 00:14:33,270 \nso much time trying to create a<\/p>\n
371 \n00:14:30,740 –> 00:14:35,040 \ncomprehensive architecture for this I<\/p>\n
372 \n00:14:33,270 –> 00:14:37,440 \ndon’t know that it would necessarily<\/p>\n
373 \n00:14:35,040 –> 00:14:39,089 \nbenefit at a certain way now you would<\/p>\n
374 \n00:14:37,440 –> 00:14:41,160 \nhave to have a basic architecture but<\/p>\n
375 \n00:14:39,089 –> 00:14:42,750 \nyou’re talking about like with Google<\/p>\n
376 \n00:14:41,160 –> 00:14:45,959 \nDrive and I’m thinking about the same<\/p>\n
377 \n00:14:42,750 –> 00:14:48,690 \nthing on one Drive that search ability<\/p>\n
378 \n00:14:45,959 –> 00:14:50,820 \nas long as you have some reference that<\/p>\n
379 \n00:14:48,690 –> 00:14:54,150 \nthe thing that you’re looking for went<\/p>\n
380 \n00:14:50,820 –> 00:14:56,730 \nin there then you can pull it back but<\/p>\n
381 \n00:14:54,150 –> 00:14:58,650 \nthere’s a trust as well I think if<\/p>\n
382 \n00:14:56,730 –> 00:15:01,320 \nyou’re gonna go down that path for an<\/p>\n
383 \n00:14:58,650 –> 00:15:03,570 \nexternal brain the best investment you<\/p>\n
384 \n00:15:01,320 –> 00:15:05,730 \ncan make in your time is learning that<\/p>\n
385 \n00:15:03,570 –> 00:15:08,550 \nsearch architecture that whatever that<\/p>\n
386 \n00:15:05,730 –> 00:15:10,650 \ntool is this is inside out inside ways I<\/p>\n
387 \n00:15:08,550 –> 00:15:13,140 \nmean I know Evernote for example has a<\/p>\n
388 \n00:15:10,650 –> 00:15:16,230 \ncrazy powerful search capability if I<\/p>\n
389 \n00:15:13,140 –> 00:15:19,200 \nremember correctly and OneNote search<\/p>\n
390 \n00:15:16,230 –> 00:15:21,420 \ncapability doesn’t have the same type of<\/p>\n
391 \n00:15:19,200 –> 00:15:24,120 \nstructures you can put in but it’s very<\/p>\n
392 \n00:15:21,420 –> 00:15:26,279 \nsmart about how it reads content reads<\/p>\n
393 \n00:15:24,120 –> 00:15:28,830 \nimages and pulls information back as<\/p>\n
394 \n00:15:26,279 –> 00:15:31,170 \nsearch context I think the same thing is<\/p>\n
395 \n00:15:28,830 –> 00:15:33,660 \nprobably applicable to onedrive and to<\/p>\n
396 \n00:15:31,170 –> 00:15:35,180 \nGoogle Drive so if you spend time<\/p>\n
397 \n00:15:33,660 –> 00:15:37,670 \nthinking about that<\/p>\n
398 \n00:15:35,180 –> 00:15:39,260 \nand making sure that if I go in there<\/p>\n
399 \n00:15:37,670 –> 00:15:40,700 \nit’s gonna be able to be indexed and I’m<\/p>\n
400 \n00:15:39,260 –> 00:15:42,290 \ngonna be able to pull it back then I<\/p>\n
401 \n00:15:40,700 –> 00:15:45,470 \nthink you can start to build this stuff<\/p>\n
402 \n00:15:42,290 –> 00:15:47,060 \nout it still doesn’t solve this problem<\/p>\n
403 \n00:15:45,470 –> 00:15:49,100 \nI have though with again with the<\/p>\n
404 \n00:15:47,060 –> 00:15:50,180 \nwriting or the reading rather going<\/p>\n
405 \n00:15:49,100 –> 00:15:52,610 \nthrough and saying you know I’ve got<\/p>\n
406 \n00:15:50,180 –> 00:15:54,380 \nthis 18 page web article that was really<\/p>\n
407 \n00:15:52,610 –> 00:15:55,610 \ncool there was a paragraph in it that I<\/p>\n
408 \n00:15:54,380 –> 00:15:57,740 \ncared about I didn’t care about the rest<\/p>\n
409 \n00:15:55,610 –> 00:16:01,160 \nof it I have to find a way to get that<\/p>\n
410 \n00:15:57,740 –> 00:16:03,350 \nnugget out with the connection yeah that<\/p>\n
411 \n00:16:01,160 –> 00:16:05,960 \nalmost comes to the idea of sort of a<\/p>\n
412 \n00:16:03,350 –> 00:16:08,260 \nfluid markup right where you’re able to<\/p>\n
413 \n00:16:05,960 –> 00:16:10,970 \nsort of highlight a paragraph and<\/p>\n
414 \n00:16:08,260 –> 00:16:13,250 \nidentify that with some level of markup<\/p>\n
415 \n00:16:10,970 –> 00:16:15,710 \nnot even visual markup but just some<\/p>\n
416 \n00:16:13,250 –> 00:16:19,460 \nkind of markup that identifies that it’s<\/p>\n
417 \n00:16:15,710 –> 00:16:20,660 \nimportant to your you know and important<\/p>\n
418 \n00:16:19,460 –> 00:16:23,210 \nto your world in some way shape or form<\/p>\n
419 \n00:16:20,660 –> 00:16:26,030 \nin the future I wanted to add to the<\/p>\n
420 \n00:16:23,210 –> 00:16:28,910 \ncomment you made about using using cloud<\/p>\n
421 \n00:16:26,030 –> 00:16:31,760 \ndrives I have started to use them myself<\/p>\n
422 \n00:16:28,910 –> 00:16:33,590 \nI once again back to my sort of<\/p>\n
423 \n00:16:31,760 –> 00:16:38,000 \nchallenges that they’re poorly indexed<\/p>\n
424 \n00:16:33,590 –> 00:16:39,740 \nthey’re indexed at all but I have seen<\/p>\n
425 \n00:16:38,000 –> 00:16:41,030 \nall this space on my hard drive which<\/p>\n
426 \n00:16:39,740 –> 00:16:44,390 \nhas resulted in my computer running<\/p>\n
427 \n00:16:41,030 –> 00:16:47,270 \nquite a bit faster by putting iTunes up<\/p>\n
428 \n00:16:44,390 –> 00:16:49,340 \nin the cloud so I used Google Drive and<\/p>\n
429 \n00:16:47,270 –> 00:16:51,470 \nI’m using that capability you mentioned<\/p>\n
430 \n00:16:49,340 –> 00:16:53,570 \nwhere you could store certain files on<\/p>\n
431 \n00:16:51,470 –> 00:16:56,930 \nGoogle Drive but not on your own hard<\/p>\n
432 \n00:16:53,570 –> 00:16:58,880 \ndrive so I’m able to save my iTunes to<\/p>\n
433 \n00:16:56,930 –> 00:17:01,850 \nthe cloud but not have it saved locally<\/p>\n
434 \n00:16:58,880 –> 00:17:03,890 \nand it understands that ok like when I’m<\/p>\n
435 \n00:17:01,850 –> 00:17:05,900 \nsaving iTunes files I’ll save it<\/p>\n
436 \n00:17:03,890 –> 00:17:08,510 \nstraight for the clothes so that’s a<\/p>\n
437 \n00:17:05,900 –> 00:17:11,209 \nthat’s a huge saving for me and I paid I<\/p>\n
438 \n00:17:08,510 –> 00:17:13,730 \nthink 2 or 3 bucks a month in order to<\/p>\n
439 \n00:17:11,209 –> 00:17:17,209 \nget the extra 100 gig of google drive<\/p>\n
440 \n00:17:13,730 –> 00:17:20,720 \nspace but that’s oh that’s one win but<\/p>\n
441 \n00:17:17,209 –> 00:17:23,570 \nbut overall sort of the picture is still<\/p>\n
442 \n00:17:20,720 –> 00:17:27,820 \none of a mess where I I have Google<\/p>\n
443 \n00:17:23,570 –> 00:17:30,770 \nDrive I love Amazon Drive of I have<\/p>\n
444 \n00:17:27,820 –> 00:17:34,130 \nmacro sauce version to use very very<\/p>\n
445 \n00:17:30,770 –> 00:17:37,160 \nrarely I use Dropbox so I’m using all of<\/p>\n
446 \n00:17:34,130 –> 00:17:39,290 \nthese different drives but these<\/p>\n
447 \n00:17:37,160 –> 00:17:41,000 \nexternal drives and create external<\/p>\n
448 \n00:17:39,290 –> 00:17:43,330 \nbrain I can even access some of them<\/p>\n
449 \n00:17:41,000 –> 00:17:47,810 \nmost of them from my for my smartphone<\/p>\n
450 \n00:17:43,330 –> 00:17:49,010 \nbut what’s the structure I it’s real<\/p>\n
451 \n00:17:47,810 –> 00:17:50,420 \nhodgepodge<\/p>\n
452 \n00:17:49,010 –> 00:17:52,160 \nI can’t say that I have like an<\/p>\n
453 \n00:17:50,420 –> 00:17:54,380 \narchitecture I have more of a<\/p>\n
454 \n00:17:52,160 –> 00:17:56,330 \nhit-or-miss situation which leads to the<\/p>\n
455 \n00:17:54,380 –> 00:17:57,860 \nproblems that are mentioned it’s at some<\/p>\n
456 \n00:17:56,330 –> 00:18:00,290 \ntimes and this is no happening I<\/p>\n
457 \n00:17:57,860 –> 00:18:03,320 \nremember just like he said a paragraph<\/p>\n
458 \n00:18:00,290 –> 00:18:05,990 \nfrom an article which is saved somewhere<\/p>\n
459 \n00:18:03,320 –> 00:18:07,910 \nit could be an Evernote could be in<\/p>\n
460 \n00:18:05,990 –> 00:18:10,460 \nDropbox it could be on onedrive<\/p>\n
461 \n00:18:07,910 –> 00:18:13,130 \ncould be in so it could be in one of<\/p>\n
462 \n00:18:10,460 –> 00:18:15,410 \nthese many many many places and for me<\/p>\n
463 \n00:18:13,130 –> 00:18:17,420 \nto F that should remember where did I<\/p>\n
464 \n00:18:15,410 –> 00:18:21,290 \nsave it under what context in which<\/p>\n
465 \n00:18:17,420 –> 00:18:23,420 \ncontext which was the circumstance what<\/p>\n
466 \n00:18:21,290 –> 00:18:25,400 \nwas the the logic I used at the moment<\/p>\n
467 \n00:18:23,420 –> 00:18:27,440 \nthat I think it would fit into this<\/p>\n
468 \n00:18:25,400 –> 00:18:30,620 \nfolder or it would fit into this topic<\/p>\n
469 \n00:18:27,440 –> 00:18:33,830 \nor it would fit so I’m I’m I’m know left<\/p>\n
470 \n00:18:30,620 –> 00:18:35,810 \nwith a plethora of sort of splintered<\/p>\n
471 \n00:18:33,830 –> 00:18:37,970 \nchoices and when I look at the overall<\/p>\n
472 \n00:18:35,810 –> 00:18:39,530 \nlandscape they don’t make any sense I’m<\/p>\n
473 \n00:18:37,970 –> 00:18:41,960 \nwasting all the time as you could<\/p>\n
474 \n00:18:39,530 –> 00:18:43,550 \nimagine doing searches or even deciding<\/p>\n
475 \n00:18:41,960 –> 00:18:46,190 \nwhere to save something there’s a pause<\/p>\n
476 \n00:18:43,550 –> 00:18:49,850 \nwhere I say to myself am I gonna see<\/p>\n
477 \n00:18:46,190 –> 00:18:51,830 \nthis in a place where I can find it well<\/p>\n
478 \n00:18:49,850 –> 00:18:53,840 \nunder what circumstances might I need it<\/p>\n
479 \n00:18:51,830 –> 00:18:55,610 \nin the future okay then what keywords<\/p>\n
480 \n00:18:53,840 –> 00:18:58,490 \nwould I use then and where would i look<\/p>\n
481 \n00:18:55,610 –> 00:19:01,730 \nfor those to use those keywords and the<\/p>\n
482 \n00:18:58,490 –> 00:19:03,500 \nwhole thing is just a real it’s just a I<\/p>\n
483 \n00:19:01,730 –> 00:19:07,310 \nsaid a hodgepodge and I wish there were<\/p>\n
484 \n00:19:03,500 –> 00:19:13,280 \nsome defining rules that I could apply<\/p>\n
485 \n00:19:07,310 –> 00:19:15,500 \nsome some useful set of like some<\/p>\n
486 \n00:19:13,280 –> 00:19:17,660 \nguidelines I would I would I would love<\/p>\n
487 \n00:19:15,500 –> 00:19:19,730 \nthat I think that’s one of the areas<\/p>\n
488 \n00:19:17,660 –> 00:19:22,400 \nthat we have to look at the more I’ve<\/p>\n
489 \n00:19:19,730 –> 00:19:25,100 \nbeen thinking about this I realized that<\/p>\n
490 \n00:19:22,400 –> 00:19:27,710 \nyou’re hitting right on the challenge<\/p>\n
491 \n00:19:25,100 –> 00:19:29,900 \npoint of this entire equation it’s not<\/p>\n
492 \n00:19:27,710 –> 00:19:32,120 \nthat the technology can’t do this for us<\/p>\n
493 \n00:19:29,900 –> 00:19:34,730 \nit’s the fact that there are almost too<\/p>\n
494 \n00:19:32,120 –> 00:19:37,370 \nmany options there’s so many ways to<\/p>\n
495 \n00:19:34,730 –> 00:19:39,230 \napproach this particular challenge that<\/p>\n
496 \n00:19:37,370 –> 00:19:41,780 \nwe look at and go okay I could put it<\/p>\n
497 \n00:19:39,230 –> 00:19:43,760 \nhere I could put it here none of them is<\/p>\n
498 \n00:19:41,780 –> 00:19:45,380 \na hundred percent solution which is<\/p>\n
499 \n00:19:43,760 –> 00:19:47,660 \nrealistic we’ll never hit a percent<\/p>\n
500 \n00:19:45,380 –> 00:19:49,640 \nsolution on any of these however in many<\/p>\n
501 \n00:19:47,660 –> 00:19:51,260 \nof the cases I’m thinking that you know<\/p>\n
502 \n00:19:49,640 –> 00:19:52,910 \nwhat maybe there is a consistent<\/p>\n
503 \n00:19:51,260 –> 00:19:54,740 \nbehavior and I go back to an experiment<\/p>\n
504 \n00:19:52,910 –> 00:19:58,400 \nI did on myself a while ago where I<\/p>\n
505 \n00:19:54,740 –> 00:20:00,110 \ntried to say okay could I use onedrive<\/p>\n
506 \n00:19:58,400 –> 00:20:02,029 \nor in this case I was using Google Drive<\/p>\n
507 \n00:20:00,110 –> 00:20:04,580 \ncould I use Google Drive<\/p>\n
508 \n00:20:02,029 –> 00:20:07,460 \nto reproduce everything I was doing<\/p>\n
509 \n00:20:04,580 –> 00:20:09,739 \nOneNote could I use it not only to store<\/p>\n
510 \n00:20:07,460 –> 00:20:12,169 \nthe images that I move but could I also<\/p>\n
511 \n00:20:09,739 –> 00:20:14,509 \nuse it to store file attachments well<\/p>\n
512 \n00:20:12,169 –> 00:20:16,909 \nthose two natural functionality but how<\/p>\n
513 \n00:20:14,509 –> 00:20:18,649 \ndo I handle notes could I use it to take<\/p>\n
514 \n00:20:16,909 –> 00:20:20,869 \nnotes could I use it and that’s when I<\/p>\n
515 \n00:20:18,649 –> 00:20:24,289 \nhad to start to say okay does this make<\/p>\n
516 \n00:20:20,869 –> 00:20:25,729 \nsense yes technically I could do it I<\/p>\n
517 \n00:20:24,289 –> 00:20:27,259 \ncould keep Doc’s I could store<\/p>\n
518 \n00:20:25,729 –> 00:20:29,599 \neverything in the docs themselves create<\/p>\n
519 \n00:20:27,259 –> 00:20:32,629 \nthe pages in the architecture I could<\/p>\n
520 \n00:20:29,599 –> 00:20:35,419 \nreproduce it then Google Drive would be<\/p>\n
521 \n00:20:32,629 –> 00:20:37,700 \nmy single system but again it didn’t<\/p>\n
522 \n00:20:35,419 –> 00:20:38,779 \nsolve every problem and just thinking<\/p>\n
523 \n00:20:37,700 –> 00:20:41,839 \nabout what we were talking about here I<\/p>\n
524 \n00:20:38,779 –> 00:20:44,239 \nwas playing around my my paint my reader<\/p>\n
525 \n00:20:41,839 –> 00:20:45,889 \nof choice when it comes to stuff off the<\/p>\n
526 \n00:20:44,239 –> 00:20:48,080 \nweb is a tool called Instapaper<\/p>\n
527 \n00:20:45,889 –> 00:20:50,839 \nI used to use pocket quite a bit loved<\/p>\n
528 \n00:20:48,080 –> 00:20:52,399 \npocket great tool instapaper has a nice<\/p>\n
529 \n00:20:50,839 –> 00:20:55,759 \nfeature though where it will strip down<\/p>\n
530 \n00:20:52,399 –> 00:20:57,559 \nand clean up any web peach so it’s just<\/p>\n
531 \n00:20:55,759 –> 00:21:00,769 \nthe textual content which makes it<\/p>\n
532 \n00:20:57,559 –> 00:21:02,839 \nwonderful on a mobile device but when I<\/p>\n
533 \n00:21:00,769 –> 00:21:05,749 \nmentioned earlier learning the tools I<\/p>\n
534 \n00:21:02,839 –> 00:21:07,820 \njust poked around inside Instapaper and<\/p>\n
535 \n00:21:05,749 –> 00:21:10,489 \nI found an option that allows me to<\/p>\n
536 \n00:21:07,820 –> 00:21:13,879 \nsearch the notes and the highlights I<\/p>\n
537 \n00:21:10,489 –> 00:21:16,099 \ntook so I literally sitting here now<\/p>\n
538 \n00:21:13,879 –> 00:21:18,169 \njust solve that particular problem I had<\/p>\n
539 \n00:21:16,099 –> 00:21:20,239 \nit has a folder architecture that I can<\/p>\n
540 \n00:21:18,169 –> 00:21:23,269 \nleverage and it has the ability to go<\/p>\n
541 \n00:21:20,239 –> 00:21:25,489 \nthrough and store an archived content so<\/p>\n
542 \n00:21:23,269 –> 00:21:27,169 \ngreat functionality this is an<\/p>\n
543 \n00:21:25,489 –> 00:21:29,719 \nopportunity for me to go down further<\/p>\n
544 \n00:21:27,169 –> 00:21:32,210 \ndown that path am I likely to run into<\/p>\n
545 \n00:21:29,719 –> 00:21:34,070 \nanother problem yeah it’s gonna happen<\/p>\n
546 \n00:21:32,210 –> 00:21:36,769 \npretty much guaranteed but I’m not gonna<\/p>\n
547 \n00:21:34,070 –> 00:21:39,739 \nlet that dissuade me from what appears<\/p>\n
548 \n00:21:36,769 –> 00:21:41,779 \nto be a good procedural step for me<\/p>\n
549 \n00:21:39,739 –> 00:21:44,559 \nmoving words so I don’t think<\/p>\n
550 \n00:21:41,779 –> 00:21:46,879 \nunfortunately there is a defined<\/p>\n
551 \n00:21:44,559 –> 00:21:49,849 \narchitecture you know there is no clear<\/p>\n
552 \n00:21:46,879 –> 00:21:52,399 \nbest practice for this mess my<\/p>\n
553 \n00:21:49,849 –> 00:21:55,460 \nsuggestion would be create a flowchart<\/p>\n
554 \n00:21:52,399 –> 00:21:56,450 \nfor yourself say okay this thing comes<\/p>\n
555 \n00:21:55,460 –> 00:21:58,549 \ninto my flow<\/p>\n
556 \n00:21:56,450 –> 00:22:00,049 \nwhat am i likely to do with it and then<\/p>\n
557 \n00:21:58,549 –> 00:22:02,450 \nhow am I going to likely access that<\/p>\n
558 \n00:22:00,049 –> 00:22:03,769 \ninformation there’s a net there’s an<\/p>\n
559 \n00:22:02,450 –> 00:22:06,619 \nacronym I use all the time to help<\/p>\n
560 \n00:22:03,769 –> 00:22:08,989 \npeople understand the procedure in CPR<\/p>\n
561 \n00:22:06,619 –> 00:22:11,059 \non all your information it’s capture<\/p>\n
562 \n00:22:08,989 –> 00:22:12,259 \nprocess report you’ve got to be able to<\/p>\n
563 \n00:22:11,059 –> 00:22:13,609 \nget it in you’ve got to be able to<\/p>\n
564 \n00:22:12,259 –> 00:22:15,289 \nmanipulate it and you’ve got to be able<\/p>\n
565 \n00:22:13,609 –> 00:22:16,220 \nto pull it back out at some point<\/p>\n
566 \n00:22:15,289 –> 00:22:17,690 \nwell if<\/p>\n
567 \n00:22:16,220 –> 00:22:19,610 \nyou look at all your information that’s<\/p>\n
568 \n00:22:17,690 –> 00:22:22,400 \ncoming through you should be able to<\/p>\n
569 \n00:22:19,610 –> 00:22:25,039 \ndefine a process for yourself it may not<\/p>\n
570 \n00:22:22,400 –> 00:22:26,510 \nbe consistent destinations but you<\/p>\n
571 \n00:22:25,039 –> 00:22:28,010 \nshould be able to define a process for<\/p>\n
572 \n00:22:26,510 –> 00:22:30,080 \nyourself that you can follow for the<\/p>\n
573 \n00:22:28,010 –> 00:22:31,760 \ndifferent types of information and then<\/p>\n
574 \n00:22:30,080 –> 00:22:33,140 \nwhen you go back to look for it you know<\/p>\n
575 \n00:22:31,760 –> 00:22:34,789 \nok that type of thing would have gone<\/p>\n
576 \n00:22:33,140 –> 00:22:36,440 \nthrough this little Plinko chart and<\/p>\n
577 \n00:22:34,789 –> 00:22:41,150 \nwound up here so that’s where I’m gonna<\/p>\n
578 \n00:22:36,440 –> 00:22:43,940 \ngo look so the importance of the<\/p>\n
579 \n00:22:41,150 –> 00:22:49,340 \nexternal brain comes there the reality<\/p>\n
580 \n00:22:43,940 –> 00:22:51,230 \nis your brain is a tool for thing to<\/p>\n
581 \n00:22:49,340 –> 00:22:55,909 \nmake decisions to move forward not just<\/p>\n
582 \n00:22:51,230 –> 00:22:58,370 \norigin for me and we tend to use it a<\/p>\n
583 \n00:22:55,909 –> 00:23:00,770 \nlot more than what we should for storage<\/p>\n
584 \n00:22:58,370 –> 00:23:02,690 \nwhat this external brain allows you is<\/p>\n
585 \n00:23:00,770 –> 00:23:05,539 \nto really have the place where<\/p>\n
586 \n00:23:02,690 –> 00:23:06,440 \neverything can be read you know when I I<\/p>\n
587 \n00:23:05,539 –> 00:23:09,500 \nremember<\/p>\n
588 \n00:23:06,440 –> 00:23:13,549 \nthink the first time I I have a soda<\/p>\n
589 \n00:23:09,500 –> 00:23:17,450 \nexternal brain was with a Cassie I first<\/p>\n
590 \n00:23:13,549 –> 00:23:18,740 \nPDA this will date me was a Casio dude<\/p>\n
591 \n00:23:17,450 –> 00:23:22,159 \nyou flip it and then he had a little<\/p>\n
592 \n00:23:18,740 –> 00:23:24,230 \nkeyboard to stuff and I don’t remember<\/p>\n
593 \n00:23:22,159 –> 00:23:26,960 \neven how it’s called but but I start<\/p>\n
594 \n00:23:24,230 –> 00:23:29,000 \nputting creating notes I turn and I’ve<\/p>\n
595 \n00:23:26,960 –> 00:23:30,830 \nbeen migrating those notes from the<\/p>\n
596 \n00:23:29,000 –> 00:23:34,400 \nCasio to the Palm Pilots you know<\/p>\n
597 \n00:23:30,830 –> 00:23:37,400 \ndifferent versions of um violets to the<\/p>\n
598 \n00:23:34,400 –> 00:23:40,039 \niPhone so but the cool thing is I can<\/p>\n
599 \n00:23:37,400 –> 00:23:42,289 \nlook into and now that are searchable<\/p>\n
600 \n00:23:40,039 –> 00:23:45,530 \nare even better because I can search for<\/p>\n
601 \n00:23:42,289 –> 00:23:48,110 \ndata that I know my brain don’t need to<\/p>\n
602 \n00:23:45,530 –> 00:23:50,390 \nremember at all and that’s what we want<\/p>\n
603 \n00:23:48,110 –> 00:23:53,600 \nfor this external brain you know that<\/p>\n
604 \n00:23:50,390 –> 00:23:56,330 \nallows me to are allowed my brain not to<\/p>\n
605 \n00:23:53,600 –> 00:23:59,000 \ntry to hold of information because my<\/p>\n
606 \n00:23:56,330 –> 00:24:03,169 \nbrain knows that it’s really on their<\/p>\n
607 \n00:23:59,000 –> 00:24:06,409 \nfingertips and that allows me to to use<\/p>\n
608 \n00:24:03,169 –> 00:24:09,620 \nmy brain for what I think is just by my<\/p>\n
609 \n00:24:06,409 –> 00:24:13,010 \nrole that is make decision to think in a<\/p>\n
610 \n00:24:09,620 –> 00:24:14,990 \nmuch more effective way than when I try<\/p>\n
611 \n00:24:13,010 –> 00:24:17,539 \nto keep everything holding on my brain<\/p>\n
612 \n00:24:14,990 –> 00:24:19,850 \nbecause I cannot or I should not and I<\/p>\n
613 \n00:24:17,539 –> 00:24:22,179 \nunderstand is bad but on the sense that<\/p>\n
614 \n00:24:19,850 –> 00:24:24,380 \nI don’t even know a phone number anymore<\/p>\n
615 \n00:24:22,179 –> 00:24:26,720 \nyou know I remember when I was a kid<\/p>\n
616 \n00:24:24,380 –> 00:24:28,309 \njunior I don’t know ten fifteen you know<\/p>\n
617 \n00:24:26,720 –> 00:24:30,500 \nyour grandparents your uncles their<\/p>\n
618 \n00:24:28,309 –> 00:24:32,390 \nfriends and I don’t know a phone I<\/p>\n
619 \n00:24:30,500 –> 00:24:36,320 \nI don’t know a lot of information<\/p>\n
620 \n00:24:32,390 –> 00:24:38,150 \nbecause it’s all in the external brain<\/p>\n
621 \n00:24:36,320 –> 00:24:40,880 \nall in the technology and the different<\/p>\n
622 \n00:24:38,150 –> 00:24:45,320 \nplaces unlike that a ton of information<\/p>\n
623 \n00:24:40,880 –> 00:24:48,220 \nbut I think that also allow me to move<\/p>\n
624 \n00:24:45,320 –> 00:24:50,480 \nforward and use my brain in better ways<\/p>\n
625 \n00:24:48,220 –> 00:24:52,940 \nThank You GU so I think that’s that’s<\/p>\n
626 \n00:24:50,480 –> 00:24:54,590 \nreally helpful to contextualize you know<\/p>\n
627 \n00:24:52,940 –> 00:24:56,480 \nwhy the external brain is important and<\/p>\n
628 \n00:24:54,590 –> 00:24:58,700 \nnow we’re gonna again fast-forward to<\/p>\n
629 \n00:24:56,480 –> 00:25:01,670 \nthe some of the travails in in building<\/p>\n
630 \n00:24:58,700 –> 00:25:05,840 \nand developing out an external brain<\/p>\n
631 \n00:25:01,670 –> 00:25:06,800 \nsystem that works for you and and so I’m<\/p>\n
632 \n00:25:05,840 –> 00:25:09,410 \ngonna I’m gonna start off with<\/p>\n
633 \n00:25:06,800 –> 00:25:11,660 \npotentially trying to answer some of art<\/p>\n
634 \n00:25:09,410 –> 00:25:13,490 \nand Francis’s questions as it relates<\/p>\n
635 \n00:25:11,660 –> 00:25:15,800 \nand challenges as it relates to this so<\/p>\n
636 \n00:25:13,490 –> 00:25:17,780 \nlet me start let me start here with just<\/p>\n
637 \n00:25:15,800 –> 00:25:20,930 \nsort of a flushing out of what I do and<\/p>\n
638 \n00:25:17,780 –> 00:25:23,750 \nin terms of in terms of addressing it<\/p>\n
639 \n00:25:20,930 –> 00:25:26,840 \nand then the particulars we can we can<\/p>\n
640 \n00:25:23,750 –> 00:25:29,630 \ntalk about as well so I always think<\/p>\n
641 \n00:25:26,840 –> 00:25:31,880 \nthat a hybrid of some kind of structure<\/p>\n
642 \n00:25:29,630 –> 00:25:33,950 \nand then understanding how to search<\/p>\n
643 \n00:25:31,880 –> 00:25:36,620 \ngoing back to arts earlier thoughts on<\/p>\n
644 \n00:25:33,950 –> 00:25:38,180 \nthis matter you need both I I really<\/p>\n
645 \n00:25:36,620 –> 00:25:40,400 \nsincerely don’t believe that you can<\/p>\n
646 \n00:25:38,180 –> 00:25:42,560 \nalways find everything through the<\/p>\n
647 \n00:25:40,400 –> 00:25:44,990 \nsearch and to some extent you don’t need<\/p>\n
648 \n00:25:42,560 –> 00:25:47,420 \nto so therefore there is a way in which<\/p>\n
649 \n00:25:44,990 –> 00:25:49,400 \nyou can create a hybrid of that system I<\/p>\n
650 \n00:25:47,420 –> 00:25:52,250 \ndo that through creating what I call<\/p>\n
651 \n00:25:49,400 –> 00:25:54,560 \nlife categories and you can call this<\/p>\n
652 \n00:25:52,250 –> 00:25:57,020 \nwhatever you want but you in essence<\/p>\n
653 \n00:25:54,560 –> 00:25:59,510 \nhave to take your world and split it up<\/p>\n
654 \n00:25:57,020 –> 00:26:00,890 \ninto chunks into pieces of a pie if you<\/p>\n
655 \n00:25:59,510 –> 00:26:02,900 \nwant to think about it as slices of a<\/p>\n
656 \n00:26:00,890 –> 00:26:05,570 \npie but in essence you need to create<\/p>\n
657 \n00:26:02,900 –> 00:26:07,940 \nsome hierarchy of a folder structure or<\/p>\n
658 \n00:26:05,570 –> 00:26:10,280 \nbuckets of some kind and Evernote<\/p>\n
659 \n00:26:07,940 –> 00:26:12,020 \nthere’s sacks and notebooks in onedrive<\/p>\n
660 \n00:26:10,280 –> 00:26:14,390 \nDropbox Google Drive and otherwise<\/p>\n
661 \n00:26:12,020 –> 00:26:16,940 \nthey’re going to be folders but I think<\/p>\n
662 \n00:26:14,390 –> 00:26:19,700 \nas few folders as possible that help<\/p>\n
663 \n00:26:16,940 –> 00:26:21,500 \ncontain the areas of your life and give<\/p>\n
664 \n00:26:19,700 –> 00:26:24,860 \nyou some example you might have a folder<\/p>\n
665 \n00:26:21,500 –> 00:26:27,800 \ncalled personal finances a folder called<\/p>\n
666 \n00:26:24,860 –> 00:26:30,650 \nlegal a folder called health a folder<\/p>\n
667 \n00:26:27,800 –> 00:26:32,210 \ncalled personal a folder called family<\/p>\n
668 \n00:26:30,650 –> 00:26:35,570 \nwhatever they might be and you’re gonna<\/p>\n
669 \n00:26:32,210 –> 00:26:37,610 \nlist those categories and those become<\/p>\n
670 \n00:26:35,570 –> 00:26:39,410 \nthe structure across all of your systems<\/p>\n
671 \n00:26:37,610 –> 00:26:42,169 \nright so you might have those same<\/p>\n
672 \n00:26:39,410 –> 00:26:43,999 \nfolders become separate calendars<\/p>\n
673 \n00:26:42,169 –> 00:26:46,190 \nin your calendar system so all your<\/p>\n
674 \n00:26:43,999 –> 00:26:48,559 \nfamily events go on one calendar all of<\/p>\n
675 \n00:26:46,190 –> 00:26:50,509 \nyour work events go on your professional<\/p>\n
676 \n00:26:48,559 –> 00:26:52,879 \ncalendar all of your all of your<\/p>\n
677 \n00:26:50,509 –> 00:26:55,549 \nmeetings with your financial adviser or<\/p>\n
678 \n00:26:52,879 –> 00:26:57,409 \nwith your tax accountant or otherwise<\/p>\n
679 \n00:26:55,549 –> 00:26:59,989 \nwould go on your finances calendar and<\/p>\n
680 \n00:26:57,409 –> 00:27:02,359 \nin essence a calendar allows you to see<\/p>\n
681 \n00:26:59,989 –> 00:27:04,460 \nthem all overlaid on top of one another<\/p>\n
682 \n00:27:02,359 –> 00:27:06,739 \nbut now they’re gonna be color-coded you<\/p>\n
683 \n00:27:04,460 –> 00:27:09,139 \ncan you can play with that data in a<\/p>\n
684 \n00:27:06,739 –> 00:27:11,559 \ncontextualized fashion you can create<\/p>\n
685 \n00:27:09,139 –> 00:27:13,609 \nthose same notebooks and stacks in<\/p>\n
686 \n00:27:11,559 –> 00:27:16,489 \nEvernote you can create those same<\/p>\n
687 \n00:27:13,609 –> 00:27:19,100 \nlabels or folders in your Gmail or<\/p>\n
688 \n00:27:16,489 –> 00:27:21,799 \noutlook right across the board now you<\/p>\n
689 \n00:27:19,100 –> 00:27:24,320 \nhave an overarching infrastructure that<\/p>\n
690 \n00:27:21,799 –> 00:27:26,779 \nallows you to file that is move things<\/p>\n
691 \n00:27:24,320 –> 00:27:28,399 \nout of your inboxes and then into the<\/p>\n
692 \n00:27:26,779 –> 00:27:30,789 \ninfrastructure very easily and naturally<\/p>\n
693 \n00:27:28,399 –> 00:27:33,409 \nbecause because if they are all<\/p>\n
694 \n00:27:30,789 –> 00:27:35,539 \nprimarily the same then you’re not<\/p>\n
695 \n00:27:33,409 –> 00:27:37,999 \nthinking so much about where things have<\/p>\n
696 \n00:27:35,539 –> 00:27:39,440 \nto go once you get comfortable and it<\/p>\n
697 \n00:27:37,999 –> 00:27:41,840 \nbecomes habitual for you to move those<\/p>\n
698 \n00:27:39,440 –> 00:27:43,190 \nthings then search takes over at that<\/p>\n
699 \n00:27:41,840 –> 00:27:46,009 \npoint you know then you need to think<\/p>\n
700 \n00:27:43,190 –> 00:27:48,230 \nabout naming conventions tags and other<\/p>\n
701 \n00:27:46,009 –> 00:27:50,149 \nmechanisms other kinds of markup or<\/p>\n
702 \n00:27:48,230 –> 00:27:51,859 \nmetadata that allows you to be able to<\/p>\n
703 \n00:27:50,149 –> 00:27:54,019 \nsearch against that data but I think<\/p>\n
704 \n00:27:51,859 –> 00:27:55,399 \nthose big broad buckets help you to be<\/p>\n
705 \n00:27:54,019 –> 00:27:57,109 \nable to say okay well I’m looking for<\/p>\n
706 \n00:27:55,399 –> 00:27:59,509 \nsomething for medical well let me click<\/p>\n
707 \n00:27:57,109 –> 00:28:01,009 \non the medical label in Gmail or look on<\/p>\n
708 \n00:27:59,509 –> 00:28:04,309 \nlook in the medical notebook in Evernote<\/p>\n
709 \n00:28:01,009 –> 00:28:06,379 \nand now the search is very much more<\/p>\n
710 \n00:28:04,309 –> 00:28:08,450 \ndefined so that if you look for receipts<\/p>\n
711 \n00:28:06,379 –> 00:28:10,879 \nright you’re tat you tagged something as<\/p>\n
712 \n00:28:08,450 –> 00:28:12,590 \nreceipts you’re only looking in medical<\/p>\n
713 \n00:28:10,879 –> 00:28:14,119 \nbecause you’re looking for medical<\/p>\n
714 \n00:28:12,590 –> 00:28:15,619 \nreceipts you’re not looking for receipts<\/p>\n
715 \n00:28:14,119 –> 00:28:17,960 \nthat you paid for for a recent family<\/p>\n
716 \n00:28:15,619 –> 00:28:19,789 \nvacation right these things become much<\/p>\n
717 \n00:28:17,960 –> 00:28:21,139 \nmore natural and fluid for you and I<\/p>\n
718 \n00:28:19,789 –> 00:28:22,940 \nthink there’s a structure there an<\/p>\n
719 \n00:28:21,139 –> 00:28:25,489 \ninfrastructure there that with a little<\/p>\n
720 \n00:28:22,940 –> 00:28:27,830 \nbit of modification it became it becomes<\/p>\n
721 \n00:28:25,489 –> 00:28:29,960 \nvery very useful for you as an<\/p>\n
722 \n00:28:27,830 –> 00:28:31,940 \nindividual in being able to blend both<\/p>\n
723 \n00:28:29,960 –> 00:28:34,029 \nhierarchical structure you know<\/p>\n
724 \n00:28:31,940 –> 00:28:37,220 \nbroad-based hierarchical structure and<\/p>\n
725 \n00:28:34,029 –> 00:28:40,009 \nsearch that goes though to the key of<\/p>\n
726 \n00:28:37,220 –> 00:28:41,960 \nunderstanding how your system the tool<\/p>\n
727 \n00:28:40,009 –> 00:28:44,269 \nitself works because you have to make<\/p>\n
728 \n00:28:41,960 –> 00:28:46,759 \nsure that the tool supports that kind of<\/p>\n
729 \n00:28:44,269 –> 00:28:48,970 \nnarrowed search capability and you know<\/p>\n
730 \n00:28:46,759 –> 00:28:51,799 \nhow to get into that functionality<\/p>\n
731 \n00:28:48,970 –> 00:28:54,769 \nabsolutely I’m actually I had a question<\/p>\n
732 \n00:28:51,799 –> 00:28:55,910 \nof art he mentioned CPR before capture<\/p>\n
733 \n00:28:54,769 –> 00:28:57,740 \nprocess report<\/p>\n
734 \n00:28:55,910 –> 00:29:00,380 \nand I wonder if he could tell us a<\/p>\n
735 \n00:28:57,740 –> 00:29:03,060 \nlittle bit about the the subtasks that<\/p>\n
736 \n00:29:00,380 –> 00:29:06,120 \nare under each of those headings<\/p>\n
737 \n00:29:03,060 –> 00:29:09,180 \nsure that the idea for capture process<\/p>\n
738 \n00:29:06,120 –> 00:29:12,080 \nreport is when you think about the first<\/p>\n
739 \n00:29:09,180 –> 00:29:14,820 \nstep and the the capture piece that’s<\/p>\n
740 \n00:29:12,080 –> 00:29:17,250 \norigin of the content itself that’s<\/p>\n
741 \n00:29:14,820 –> 00:29:19,740 \ngoing to go into your system the trigger<\/p>\n
742 \n00:29:17,250 –> 00:29:22,680 \nthat indicates it’s an actionable piece<\/p>\n
743 \n00:29:19,740 –> 00:29:24,360 \nof information and basically the<\/p>\n
744 \n00:29:22,680 –> 00:29:27,510 \ncompression how do you squeeze it into<\/p>\n
745 \n00:29:24,360 –> 00:29:29,070 \nyour system so if you think about the<\/p>\n
746 \n00:29:27,510 –> 00:29:30,630 \norigin of the item you have all the<\/p>\n
747 \n00:29:29,070 –> 00:29:33,030 \ndisparate pieces you may have written<\/p>\n
748 \n00:29:30,630 –> 00:29:36,240 \ntext you may have online text web pages<\/p>\n
749 \n00:29:33,030 –> 00:29:39,570 \nfeed readers you name it the action part<\/p>\n
750 \n00:29:36,240 –> 00:29:41,280 \nor the trigger part is what in that sets<\/p>\n
751 \n00:29:39,570 –> 00:29:43,920 \nthe flag in your brain either<\/p>\n
752 \n00:29:41,280 –> 00:29:45,720 \nimmediately or procedurally that that’s<\/p>\n
753 \n00:29:43,920 –> 00:29:47,490 \nsomething that you need to retain that<\/p>\n
754 \n00:29:45,720 –> 00:29:49,800 \nyou’ve got to in your system and it<\/p>\n
755 \n00:29:47,490 –> 00:29:51,690 \ndoesn’t push it from the second sphere<\/p>\n
756 \n00:29:49,800 –> 00:29:54,660 \nof influence which is important and<\/p>\n
757 \n00:29:51,690 –> 00:29:56,160 \naccessible out to globally searchable or<\/p>\n
758 \n00:29:54,660 –> 00:29:57,660 \ngenerally searchable something that you<\/p>\n
759 \n00:29:56,160 –> 00:29:59,760 \ncould probably go back and search in<\/p>\n
760 \n00:29:57,660 –> 00:30:01,440 \nGoogle for and find again if you did too<\/p>\n
761 \n00:29:59,760 –> 00:30:04,920 \nwith just the vague recollection that<\/p>\n
762 \n00:30:01,440 –> 00:30:07,850 \nyou had seen it simple so really the sea<\/p>\n
763 \n00:30:04,920 –> 00:30:11,160 \nhas three main steps if we think about<\/p>\n
764 \n00:30:07,850 –> 00:30:13,110 \nthe pea and if I continue to use the the<\/p>\n
765 \n00:30:11,160 –> 00:30:15,060 \nCPR analogy with that if you think about<\/p>\n
766 \n00:30:13,110 –> 00:30:16,950 \nat that point you’ve completed the<\/p>\n
767 \n00:30:15,060 –> 00:30:19,770 \ncompression for our CPR compression<\/p>\n
768 \n00:30:16,950 –> 00:30:23,070 \nblood is circulating air is circulating<\/p>\n
769 \n00:30:19,770 –> 00:30:25,350 \nso the process is how does that piece of<\/p>\n
770 \n00:30:23,070 –> 00:30:26,910 \ninformation that you’ve now grabbed move<\/p>\n
771 \n00:30:25,350 –> 00:30:29,940 \nthrough your system is it<\/p>\n
772 \n00:30:26,910 –> 00:30:32,730 \none clear cycle where it’s going through<\/p>\n
773 \n00:30:29,940 –> 00:30:34,080 \njust from point A to point B maybe going<\/p>\n
774 \n00:30:32,730 –> 00:30:36,030 \nstraight from whatever you’ve captured<\/p>\n
775 \n00:30:34,080 –> 00:30:38,160 \nit to right into Evernote or does it<\/p>\n
776 \n00:30:36,030 –> 00:30:40,230 \nhave to go through multiple steps does<\/p>\n
777 \n00:30:38,160 –> 00:30:41,880 \nit in my case it’s going from a feed<\/p>\n
778 \n00:30:40,230 –> 00:30:43,590 \nreader to Instapaper<\/p>\n
779 \n00:30:41,880 –> 00:30:45,840 \nwhere I’m then going to go through and<\/p>\n
780 \n00:30:43,590 –> 00:30:47,490 \nreview it and mark it up what happens to<\/p>\n
781 \n00:30:45,840 –> 00:30:49,290 \nit then what’s the cycle of it and<\/p>\n
782 \n00:30:47,490 –> 00:30:52,650 \nwhat’s it like its life cycle within<\/p>\n
783 \n00:30:49,290 –> 00:30:55,890 \nthat so P is not really individual steps<\/p>\n
784 \n00:30:52,650 –> 00:30:58,200 \nit’s more of defining that life cycle<\/p>\n
785 \n00:30:55,890 –> 00:31:00,690 \nthe challenge with P is that it can be<\/p>\n
786 \n00:30:58,200 –> 00:31:03,510 \nmultiple parallel paths depending on<\/p>\n
787 \n00:31:00,690 –> 00:31:06,540 \nwhat’s moving through it so you may have<\/p>\n
788 \n00:31:03,510 –> 00:31:09,930 \na different process execution for<\/p>\n
789 \n00:31:06,540 –> 00:31:11,760 \nreading material versus maybe a brochure<\/p>\n
790 \n00:31:09,930 –> 00:31:14,040 \nfor something that you’re looking into<\/p>\n
791 \n00:31:11,760 –> 00:31:16,350 \npurchasing different exercise different<\/p>\n
792 \n00:31:14,040 –> 00:31:18,270 \npurpose for that content so<\/p>\n
793 \n00:31:16,350 –> 00:31:19,440 \ninstead of it being blood it may be air<\/p>\n
794 \n00:31:18,270 –> 00:31:22,380 \nyou want to follow those analogies<\/p>\n
795 \n00:31:19,440 –> 00:31:23,580 \nfinally the report part how are you<\/p>\n
796 \n00:31:22,380 –> 00:31:24,929 \ngoing to pull it back and what are you<\/p>\n
797 \n00:31:23,580 –> 00:31:26,429 \ngoing to do with that information when<\/p>\n
798 \n00:31:24,929 –> 00:31:29,070 \nyou look back so if you’re going to pull<\/p>\n
799 \n00:31:26,429 –> 00:31:30,450 \nsomething back for your own use where<\/p>\n
800 \n00:31:29,070 –> 00:31:32,549 \nare you going to do it or is it gonna be<\/p>\n
801 \n00:31:30,450 –> 00:31:34,230 \nmobile is it gonna be desktop how do you<\/p>\n
802 \n00:31:32,549 –> 00:31:36,000 \nwant to be able to consume that again is<\/p>\n
803 \n00:31:34,230 –> 00:31:37,590 \nit you just want the text or you want it<\/p>\n
804 \n00:31:36,000 –> 00:31:40,980 \nto look like you originally saw it and<\/p>\n
805 \n00:31:37,590 –> 00:31:42,870 \nthird is it just you that’s going to use<\/p>\n
806 \n00:31:40,980 –> 00:31:44,340 \nthat information or do you need to be<\/p>\n
807 \n00:31:42,870 –> 00:31:46,860 \nable to pull that information back and<\/p>\n
808 \n00:31:44,340 –> 00:31:48,690 \nthen share it with someone else well if<\/p>\n
809 \n00:31:46,860 –> 00:31:50,640 \nyou’re gonna have the sharing part there<\/p>\n
810 \n00:31:48,690 –> 00:31:52,590 \nwere the extended reporting that’s a<\/p>\n
811 \n00:31:50,640 –> 00:31:53,610 \nwhole different conversation because now<\/p>\n
812 \n00:31:52,590 –> 00:31:54,570 \nyou’ve got to think about well how am I<\/p>\n
813 \n00:31:53,610 –> 00:31:57,240 \ngoing to get this system this<\/p>\n
814 \n00:31:54,570 –> 00:31:59,669 \ninformation out of my system so I use<\/p>\n
815 \n00:31:57,240 –> 00:32:03,150 \nthe CPR analogy because I think if you<\/p>\n
816 \n00:31:59,669 –> 00:32:06,510 \nbreak it down to those types of steps<\/p>\n
817 \n00:32:03,150 –> 00:32:08,970 \nyou can really wrap a process around<\/p>\n
818 \n00:32:06,510 –> 00:32:10,620 \nthis intangible stuff that you have<\/p>\n
819 \n00:32:08,970 –> 00:32:12,600 \ncoming in and how you’re going to<\/p>\n
820 \n00:32:10,620 –> 00:32:14,250 \nmanipulate it at a high level I’ll<\/p>\n
821 \n00:32:12,600 –> 00:32:16,500 \nactually I’m in the process of writing<\/p>\n
822 \n00:32:14,250 –> 00:32:19,710 \nan article right now but I’ll detail it<\/p>\n
823 \n00:32:16,500 –> 00:32:21,659 \nout and more detail around how CPR truly<\/p>\n
824 \n00:32:19,710 –> 00:32:22,770 \nworks at least from my perspective when<\/p>\n
825 \n00:32:21,659 –> 00:32:27,539 \nit comes to this kind of information<\/p>\n
826 \n00:32:22,770 –> 00:32:32,190 \nlife cycle and I think the the immediate<\/p>\n
827 \n00:32:27,539 –> 00:32:36,990 \nvalue to me is its weight it’s a way to<\/p>\n
828 \n00:32:32,190 –> 00:32:40,409 \nweed out the next day xDrive or the next<\/p>\n
829 \n00:32:36,990 –> 00:32:42,210 \nstorage software or the next external<\/p>\n
830 \n00:32:40,409 –> 00:32:44,309 \nbrain possibility that gets offered to<\/p>\n
831 \n00:32:42,210 –> 00:32:45,299 \nme because chances are by the end of the<\/p>\n
832 \n00:32:44,309 –> 00:32:47,130 \nweek there’s gonna be something that’s<\/p>\n
833 \n00:32:45,299 –> 00:32:49,980 \ngonna catch my eye I’m gonna say ooh<\/p>\n
834 \n00:32:47,130 –> 00:32:52,860 \nnice bright shiny object ooh free<\/p>\n
835 \n00:32:49,980 –> 00:32:55,710 \nstorage whoo and I’ll go sign up for it<\/p>\n
836 \n00:32:52,860 –> 00:32:57,480 \nwith absolutely no plan in mind as to<\/p>\n
837 \n00:32:55,710 –> 00:32:59,460 \nhow it fits into anything else or what<\/p>\n
838 \n00:32:57,480 –> 00:33:01,620 \nI’m gonna use it for but I’ll just use<\/p>\n
839 \n00:32:59,460 –> 00:33:06,780 \nit I’ll sign up for it because hey it’s<\/p>\n
840 \n00:33:01,620 –> 00:33:10,010 \nfree but there’s a cost to doing that it<\/p>\n
841 \n00:33:06,780 –> 00:33:12,659 \ndoesn’t have to exclude new systems<\/p>\n
842 \n00:33:10,010 –> 00:33:14,669 \nbecause if you think if I parallel it to<\/p>\n
843 \n00:33:12,659 –> 00:33:16,470 \nsomething that a lot of us do anymore<\/p>\n
844 \n00:33:14,669 –> 00:33:18,000 \nyou know health tracking and you have<\/p>\n
845 \n00:33:16,470 –> 00:33:20,100 \nyour fitness tracker your Fitbit or you<\/p>\n
846 \n00:33:18,000 –> 00:33:22,650 \ngear Pro or whatever you have that’s an<\/p>\n
847 \n00:33:20,100 –> 00:33:24,540 \ninformation stream coming to you that<\/p>\n
848 \n00:33:22,650 –> 00:33:26,730 \nhas to be captured processed and<\/p>\n
849 \n00:33:24,540 –> 00:33:29,940 \nreported on for it to be useful however<\/p>\n
850 \n00:33:26,730 –> 00:33:32,370 \nthat may not be going in to Google draw<\/p>\n
851 \n00:33:29,940 –> 00:33:34,740 \nit may not be going into OneNote it may<\/p>\n
852 \n00:33:32,370 –> 00:33:37,200 \nbe going into a dedicated application<\/p>\n
853 \n00:33:34,740 –> 00:33:39,570 \nthat has a specific function to provide<\/p>\n
854 \n00:33:37,200 –> 00:33:41,610 \nthat information back however there is<\/p>\n
855 \n00:33:39,570 –> 00:33:44,669 \nno way I can tell you what my average<\/p>\n
856 \n00:33:41,610 –> 00:33:47,070 \npulse rate was three weeks ago but I may<\/p>\n
857 \n00:33:44,669 –> 00:33:49,799 \nwant to know that at some point so if we<\/p>\n
858 \n00:33:47,070 –> 00:33:52,230 \nlook at this external brain process I<\/p>\n
859 \n00:33:49,799 –> 00:33:54,419 \ncan define for this type of information<\/p>\n
860 \n00:33:52,230 –> 00:33:56,399 \nthis is where it’s going to go and this<\/p>\n
861 \n00:33:54,419 –> 00:33:58,679 \nis how I’m gonna call it but I have to<\/p>\n
862 \n00:33:56,399 –> 00:34:01,470 \ngo through the effort of mapping that<\/p>\n
863 \n00:33:58,679 –> 00:34:03,330 \nfor myself so that later on when I say<\/p>\n
864 \n00:34:01,470 –> 00:34:04,379 \nhey I had this type of information what<\/p>\n
865 \n00:34:03,330 –> 00:34:06,750 \ndo I do with it<\/p>\n
866 \n00:34:04,379 –> 00:34:08,609 \nI can look at my map and say oh okay<\/p>\n
867 \n00:34:06,750 –> 00:34:09,899 \nthat’s where it’s supposed to go and be<\/p>\n
868 \n00:34:08,609 –> 00:34:11,909 \nable to put it there in a consistent<\/p>\n
869 \n00:34:09,899 –> 00:34:14,550 \nbehavior I think that’s the more I<\/p>\n
870 \n00:34:11,909 –> 00:34:16,829 \nponder this that’s where people get off<\/p>\n
871 \n00:34:14,550 –> 00:34:19,290 \nthe rails because they don’t create a<\/p>\n
872 \n00:34:16,829 –> 00:34:22,169 \nmap for themselves as to what their<\/p>\n
873 \n00:34:19,290 –> 00:34:23,909 \nexternal brain should be they don’t give<\/p>\n
874 \n00:34:22,169 –> 00:34:26,490 \na little diagram of their neurons in<\/p>\n
875 \n00:34:23,909 –> 00:34:27,899 \ntheir external brain something comes in<\/p>\n
876 \n00:34:26,490 –> 00:34:29,700 \nit’s got to move through it’s got to<\/p>\n
877 \n00:34:27,899 –> 00:34:31,619 \ncome out and it should be consistent if<\/p>\n
878 \n00:34:29,700 –> 00:34:33,149 \nI have to think about what that route is<\/p>\n
879 \n00:34:31,619 –> 00:34:35,730 \nevery time I’ve just made it more<\/p>\n
880 \n00:34:33,149 –> 00:34:39,510 \ncomplex for myself not easier hence the<\/p>\n
881 \n00:34:35,730 –> 00:34:41,790 \nneed for a flow type exactly awesome or<\/p>\n
882 \n00:34:39,510 –> 00:34:43,770 \na mind map hey if you’re a mind map err<\/p>\n
883 \n00:34:41,790 –> 00:34:46,020 \nand I love mind mapping I think it’s a<\/p>\n
884 \n00:34:43,770 –> 00:34:47,220 \nfantastic tool mind mapping is a great<\/p>\n
885 \n00:34:46,020 –> 00:34:48,869 \nway to approach this because it<\/p>\n
886 \n00:34:47,220 –> 00:34:49,919 \neliminates a lot of the core structure<\/p>\n
887 \n00:34:48,869 –> 00:34:51,810 \nneeded with a flowchart<\/p>\n
888 \n00:34:49,919 –> 00:34:53,579 \nbut it still gives you all those little<\/p>\n
889 \n00:34:51,810 –> 00:34:57,149 \nboxes as to how something’s going to<\/p>\n
890 \n00:34:53,579 –> 00:34:59,010 \nmove aid to B to C to D so I did want in<\/p>\n
891 \n00:34:57,149 –> 00:35:01,170 \nthe time that we have left for our<\/p>\n
892 \n00:34:59,010 –> 00:35:03,780 \nlisteners to get a little bit of a<\/p>\n
893 \n00:35:01,170 –> 00:35:06,150 \nframework in terms of if you’re if<\/p>\n
894 \n00:35:03,780 –> 00:35:07,740 \nyou’re new to the external brain concept<\/p>\n
895 \n00:35:06,150 –> 00:35:10,170 \nand and you likely are new to the<\/p>\n
896 \n00:35:07,740 –> 00:35:12,089 \nconcept though you have been utilizing<\/p>\n
897 \n00:35:10,170 –> 00:35:14,760 \nit in some way shape or form in your<\/p>\n
898 \n00:35:12,089 –> 00:35:17,339 \nlife already that is you probably have a<\/p>\n
899 \n00:35:14,760 –> 00:35:20,609 \ncontacts app right on your phone or on<\/p>\n
900 \n00:35:17,339 –> 00:35:22,710 \nyour computer or otherwise maybe you<\/p>\n
901 \n00:35:20,609 –> 00:35:24,810 \nhave a paper-based address book as my<\/p>\n
902 \n00:35:22,710 –> 00:35:27,630 \nmom does my mom keeps still a thorough<\/p>\n
903 \n00:35:24,810 –> 00:35:29,520 \nwell annotated address book with every<\/p>\n
904 \n00:35:27,630 –> 00:35:31,230 \nbirthday and address and phone number<\/p>\n
905 \n00:35:29,520 –> 00:35:34,140 \nwith updates and so and so forth she<\/p>\n
906 \n00:35:31,230 –> 00:35:37,500 \nshe’s her own little computer and the<\/p>\n
907 \n00:35:34,140 –> 00:35:40,380 \nidea though is that you take that area<\/p>\n
908 \n00:35:37,500 –> 00:35:42,730 \nof your world and see how you’re<\/p>\n
909 \n00:35:40,380 –> 00:35:46,060 \nfundamentally succeeding and<\/p>\n
910 \n00:35:42,730 –> 00:35:48,580 \nfor falling tripping up stumbling in in<\/p>\n
911 \n00:35:46,060 –> 00:35:50,290 \nthat process and try to shore it up try<\/p>\n
912 \n00:35:48,580 –> 00:35:52,000 \nto figure out what are the missing<\/p>\n
913 \n00:35:50,290 –> 00:35:54,640 \nelements just take that moment a<\/p>\n
914 \n00:35:52,000 –> 00:35:56,200 \nreflection and review and then plan out<\/p>\n
915 \n00:35:54,640 –> 00:35:58,180 \na new way in which you’re going to<\/p>\n
916 \n00:35:56,200 –> 00:36:00,070 \naddress it there are some some basic<\/p>\n
917 \n00:35:58,180 –> 00:36:02,920 \nfundamentals I used to I used to tutor<\/p>\n
918 \n00:36:00,070 –> 00:36:05,260 \nreading in for elementary school<\/p>\n
919 \n00:36:02,920 –> 00:36:07,510 \nstudents and we always talked about<\/p>\n
920 \n00:36:05,260 –> 00:36:09,609 \nreading as decoding right understanding<\/p>\n
921 \n00:36:07,510 –> 00:36:11,020 \nthe parts of a word or those kinds of<\/p>\n
922 \n00:36:09,609 –> 00:36:13,510 \nthings basically as you’re taking<\/p>\n
923 \n00:36:11,020 –> 00:36:15,430 \ninformation in how are you how are you<\/p>\n
924 \n00:36:13,510 –> 00:36:17,500 \nbreaking it into chunks that are<\/p>\n
925 \n00:36:15,430 –> 00:36:19,060 \nrelatable so what are the natural chunks<\/p>\n
926 \n00:36:17,500 –> 00:36:21,310 \nthat things are broken up into and<\/p>\n
927 \n00:36:19,060 –> 00:36:23,380 \nthat’s where in my sort of methodology<\/p>\n
928 \n00:36:21,310 –> 00:36:25,030 \nyou create that hierarchy<\/p>\n
929 \n00:36:23,380 –> 00:36:27,040 \nwhat’s the hierarchy of things in your<\/p>\n
930 \n00:36:25,030 –> 00:36:28,990 \nworld then it’s comprehension do I<\/p>\n
931 \n00:36:27,040 –> 00:36:31,960 \nunderstand the information that’s<\/p>\n
932 \n00:36:28,990 –> 00:36:34,300 \nhappening in my world so we we rely on<\/p>\n
933 \n00:36:31,960 –> 00:36:35,800 \ndecoding to comprehend right because we<\/p>\n
934 \n00:36:34,300 –> 00:36:37,540 \nwe need to break things apart and then<\/p>\n
935 \n00:36:35,800 –> 00:36:39,640 \nwe need to understand those individual<\/p>\n
936 \n00:36:37,540 –> 00:36:41,350 \ncomponents as well then comes to<\/p>\n
937 \n00:36:39,640 –> 00:36:43,510 \nretention where am I going to put those<\/p>\n
938 \n00:36:41,350 –> 00:36:45,820 \nchunks in order to be able to most<\/p>\n
939 \n00:36:43,510 –> 00:36:49,690 \nappropriately access them at the right<\/p>\n
940 \n00:36:45,820 –> 00:36:52,960 \nplace and time right so that that nexus<\/p>\n
941 \n00:36:49,690 –> 00:36:55,900 \nof those three points I need or want it<\/p>\n
942 \n00:36:52,960 –> 00:36:58,630 \nright so need or want and then place in<\/p>\n
943 \n00:36:55,900 –> 00:37:00,850 \ntime where am I and at what times in my<\/p>\n
944 \n00:36:58,630 –> 00:37:02,619 \nday week month year do I need that<\/p>\n
945 \n00:37:00,850 –> 00:37:05,800 \ninformation or a specific date and time<\/p>\n
946 \n00:37:02,619 –> 00:37:09,460 \nthen there’s recall on the other side of<\/p>\n
947 \n00:37:05,800 –> 00:37:11,710 \nthat so at the point in which I need it<\/p>\n
948 \n00:37:09,460 –> 00:37:14,200 \nat a place in time how do I bring that<\/p>\n
949 \n00:37:11,710 –> 00:37:16,300 \ninformation out so that it’s relevant to<\/p>\n
950 \n00:37:14,200 –> 00:37:17,680 \nme so you have a couple of components<\/p>\n
951 \n00:37:16,300 –> 00:37:20,109 \nthat you need to really deal with when<\/p>\n
952 \n00:37:17,680 –> 00:37:22,690 \nit comes to building a an external brain<\/p>\n
953 \n00:37:20,109 –> 00:37:25,330 \nand in almost every one of those<\/p>\n
954 \n00:37:22,690 –> 00:37:26,830 \ncategories of your life as as arts set<\/p>\n
955 \n00:37:25,330 –> 00:37:29,320 \nat the top you know there are things<\/p>\n
956 \n00:37:26,830 –> 00:37:31,090 \nthat he might put into onedrive or<\/p>\n
957 \n00:37:29,320 –> 00:37:34,450 \nGoogle Drive or otherwise that he<\/p>\n
958 \n00:37:31,090 –> 00:37:37,270 \nwouldn’t put into OneNote and vice versa<\/p>\n
959 \n00:37:34,450 –> 00:37:38,680 \nbecause it they satisfy different<\/p>\n
960 \n00:37:37,270 –> 00:37:40,270 \nfunctions they have different features<\/p>\n
961 \n00:37:38,680 –> 00:37:42,460 \nand I think we all have to take that<\/p>\n
962 \n00:37:40,270 –> 00:37:45,970 \ninto account as we’re developing and<\/p>\n
963 \n00:37:42,460 –> 00:37:48,790 \nbuilding out our our external brains I’m<\/p>\n
964 \n00:37:45,970 –> 00:37:50,830 \nyou bring an interesting comment and I<\/p>\n
965 \n00:37:48,790 –> 00:37:53,859 \nhope my mother do not listen to this<\/p>\n
966 \n00:37:50,830 –> 00:37:56,440 \nyear because it’s important to remember<\/p>\n
967 \n00:37:53,859 –> 00:37:58,870 \nthat that external brain<\/p>\n
968 \n00:37:56,440 –> 00:38:01,510 \neven if you share the information or not<\/p>\n
969 \n00:37:58,870 –> 00:38:05,400 \nit’s meant to work for you my mother<\/p>\n
970 \n00:38:01,510 –> 00:38:08,710 \nprobably has your spray has her own<\/p>\n
971 \n00:38:05,400 –> 00:38:11,650 \ndocumentation but it’s really nobody can<\/p>\n
972 \n00:38:08,710 –> 00:38:14,800 \nuse it because if you say oh let me find<\/p>\n
973 \n00:38:11,650 –> 00:38:17,530 \nRey well you know a normal person if we<\/p>\n
974 \n00:38:14,800 –> 00:38:20,890 \ntry to find information Rey will try the<\/p>\n
975 \n00:38:17,530 –> 00:38:24,100 \nr4 right or the s4 Sydney Smith okay<\/p>\n
976 \n00:38:20,890 –> 00:38:25,750 \nmy mother may have it on the F and when<\/p>\n
977 \n00:38:24,100 –> 00:38:27,190 \nyou one their mother what does some they<\/p>\n
978 \n00:38:25,750 –> 00:38:30,940 \nhave well that’s friend of a booster it<\/p>\n
979 \n00:38:27,190 –> 00:38:33,450 \nmakes total sense okay that’s that’s how<\/p>\n
980 \n00:38:30,940 –> 00:38:36,220 \nmy mother has Asian yeah okay so<\/p>\n
981 \n00:38:33,450 –> 00:38:39,360 \nwhatever she had on that external brain<\/p>\n
982 \n00:38:36,220 –> 00:38:42,790 \nof hers okay it’s really only accessible<\/p>\n
983 \n00:38:39,360 –> 00:38:45,550 \nto her and nobody else unless you can go<\/p>\n
984 \n00:38:42,790 –> 00:38:47,380 \nand think like her but but but that is<\/p>\n
985 \n00:38:45,550 –> 00:38:49,830 \nimportant even if you have it on the<\/p>\n
986 \n00:38:47,380 –> 00:38:52,750 \ndigital don’t think it me to be on a<\/p>\n
987 \n00:38:49,830 –> 00:38:54,730 \nparticular way or or in a way that<\/p>\n
988 \n00:38:52,750 –> 00:38:57,790 \nothers can come and interact with this<\/p>\n
989 \n00:38:54,730 –> 00:39:01,180 \nthis is design or should be designed and<\/p>\n
990 \n00:38:57,790 –> 00:39:04,120 \nbuilt for you and if you need to put art<\/p>\n
991 \n00:39:01,180 –> 00:39:05,260 \nFrancis and Rey on the F because our<\/p>\n
992 \n00:39:04,120 –> 00:39:07,960 \nfriends are my kids<\/p>\n
993 \n00:39:05,260 –> 00:39:10,210 \nthat’s fine if you know that your brain<\/p>\n
994 \n00:39:07,960 –> 00:39:12,940 \nwill be able to retrieve it there<\/p>\n
995 \n00:39:10,210 –> 00:39:14,440 \ninstead of a star thinking oh great now<\/p>\n
996 \n00:39:12,940 –> 00:39:16,330 \nI need to think of what is the name of<\/p>\n
997 \n00:39:14,440 –> 00:39:19,030 \nthis friend of my son that I have no<\/p>\n
998 \n00:39:16,330 –> 00:39:22,840 \nclue and I think a star with an R or an<\/p>\n
999 \n00:39:19,030 –> 00:39:27,250 \nS so building this brain external brain<\/p>\n
1000 \n00:39:22,840 –> 00:39:29,770 \nalso have those exclusive things and and<\/p>\n
1001 \n00:39:27,250 –> 00:39:32,260 \nunique so keep it you know I agree there<\/p>\n
1002 \n00:39:29,770 –> 00:39:35,230 \nthinks that their natural place is<\/p>\n
1003 \n00:39:32,260 –> 00:39:37,480 \ndroplet or pot or one net or Evernote<\/p>\n
1004 \n00:39:35,230 –> 00:39:41,980 \nand it’s okay<\/p>\n
1005 \n00:39:37,480 –> 00:39:43,870 \nas far as it’s built for you and for you<\/p>\n
1006 \n00:39:41,980 –> 00:39:48,250 \nto find that information and you’re not<\/p>\n
1007 \n00:39:43,870 –> 00:39:50,140 \ntrying to make it so other scans I you<\/p>\n
1008 \n00:39:48,250 –> 00:39:52,810 \nknow you’ve hit it right on the nose<\/p>\n
1009 \n00:39:50,140 –> 00:39:55,180 \nthere I can’t help but think about the<\/p>\n
1010 \n00:39:52,810 –> 00:39:58,210 \naxiom that says something’s not truly<\/p>\n
1011 \n00:39:55,180 –> 00:39:59,620 \nlost until mom can’t find it I know<\/p>\n
1012 \n00:39:58,210 –> 00:40:02,200 \nthat’s the way it works in our house<\/p>\n
1013 \n00:39:59,620 –> 00:40:04,900 \nbecause she’s coordinating you know<\/p>\n
1014 \n00:40:02,200 –> 00:40:06,400 \nthese four years these three crazy<\/p>\n
1015 \n00:40:04,900 –> 00:40:09,999 \nlittle people running around the house<\/p>\n
1016 \n00:40:06,400 –> 00:40:12,759 \nand also her spouse and being able to<\/p>\n
1017 \n00:40:09,999 –> 00:40:15,309 \nkeep things organized and know where<\/p>\n
1018 \n00:40:12,759 –> 00:40:17,079 \nthings are and Ray I think it’s it’s<\/p>\n
1019 \n00:40:15,309 –> 00:40:19,209 \ngreat that your mom’s rocking a an<\/p>\n
1020 \n00:40:17,079 –> 00:40:21,429 \nanalog system I think that’s fantastic<\/p>\n
1021 \n00:40:19,209 –> 00:40:24,429 \nbecause that’s her system and it works<\/p>\n
1022 \n00:40:21,429 –> 00:40:26,499 \nfor her and she’s able to to find what<\/p>\n
1023 \n00:40:24,429 –> 00:40:28,449 \nshe needs and knows that it’s there but<\/p>\n
1024 \n00:40:26,499 –> 00:40:31,419 \nthe most important part is she trusts it<\/p>\n
1025 \n00:40:28,449 –> 00:40:34,419 \nshe trusts her system it’s one of those<\/p>\n
1026 \n00:40:31,419 –> 00:40:38,319 \nthings I think we could talk about in<\/p>\n
1027 \n00:40:34,419 –> 00:40:40,959 \nmore detail when we think about system<\/p>\n
1028 \n00:40:38,319 –> 00:40:42,759 \ntransfers but yeah definitely build<\/p>\n
1029 \n00:40:40,959 –> 00:40:45,369 \nbuild stuff up the way you are<\/p>\n
1030 \n00:40:42,759 –> 00:40:47,919 \nthat’s absolutely right on the target<\/p>\n
1031 \n00:40:45,369 –> 00:40:50,829 \nthere I do stuff there is two things<\/p>\n
1032 \n00:40:47,919 –> 00:40:52,929 \nthat I will consider or or there’s two<\/p>\n
1033 \n00:40:50,829 –> 00:40:56,079 \nthings I will live or would like to live<\/p>\n
1034 \n00:40:52,929 –> 00:41:00,639 \nmine one is consistent the other one is<\/p>\n
1035 \n00:40:56,079 –> 00:41:02,739 \nportability technology change on some of<\/p>\n
1036 \n00:41:00,639 –> 00:41:06,369 \nthat information will stay with you for<\/p>\n
1037 \n00:41:02,739 –> 00:41:10,539 \na really long so make sure that whatever<\/p>\n
1038 \n00:41:06,369 –> 00:41:13,179 \nyou build that external brain it can be<\/p>\n
1039 \n00:41:10,539 –> 00:41:16,449 \nportal it can be exported it can be<\/p>\n
1040 \n00:41:13,179 –> 00:41:19,449 \ntaken to a different format because<\/p>\n
1041 \n00:41:16,449 –> 00:41:22,959 \nthere is nothing worse than have all<\/p>\n
1042 \n00:41:19,449 –> 00:41:25,329 \nthat fantastic brain outside all that<\/p>\n
1043 \n00:41:22,959 –> 00:41:27,669 \nexternal brain all configure and all<\/p>\n
1044 \n00:41:25,329 –> 00:41:30,879 \nthat and then the platform you were<\/p>\n
1045 \n00:41:27,669 –> 00:41:33,339 \nusing disappearing or even worse trying<\/p>\n
1046 \n00:41:30,879 –> 00:41:35,919 \nto get back to it in five years later<\/p>\n
1047 \n00:41:33,339 –> 00:41:37,899 \nbecause you know it wasn’t so and so<\/p>\n
1048 \n00:41:35,919 –> 00:41:39,969 \npiece of software and now there is<\/p>\n
1049 \n00:41:37,899 –> 00:41:43,029 \nnothing that can open that file and is<\/p>\n
1050 \n00:41:39,969 –> 00:41:46,719 \ncompletely incompatible so whatever that<\/p>\n
1051 \n00:41:43,029 –> 00:41:48,999 \nexternal brain is and whatever platform<\/p>\n
1052 \n00:41:46,719 –> 00:41:51,969 \nyou decide to trust for that make sure<\/p>\n
1053 \n00:41:48,999 –> 00:41:56,469 \nthat you will be able to export you know<\/p>\n
1054 \n00:41:51,969 –> 00:41:59,529 \nif years ago when Evernote came out<\/p>\n
1055 \n00:41:56,469 –> 00:42:02,109 \nEvernote did not have a nice way to<\/p>\n
1056 \n00:41:59,529 –> 00:42:05,019 \nexport and was the reason I originally<\/p>\n
1057 \n00:42:02,109 –> 00:42:07,779 \nwalk away from it until they came with a<\/p>\n
1058 \n00:42:05,019 –> 00:42:09,909 \nnicer way to export your notes because I<\/p>\n
1059 \n00:42:07,779 –> 00:42:12,429 \ndid not wanted to put up with all the<\/p>\n
1060 \n00:42:09,909 –> 00:42:14,739 \ninformation as they were asking for or<\/p>\n
1061 \n00:42:12,429 –> 00:42:17,709 \nyou know or proposing that the software<\/p>\n
1062 \n00:42:14,739 –> 00:42:20,169 \ncould do but then not being able to take<\/p>\n
1063 \n00:42:17,709 –> 00:42:23,109 \nthis information out or at least not in<\/p>\n
1064 \n00:42:20,169 –> 00:42:23,860 \nan easy way so pay attention to that<\/p>\n
1065 \n00:42:23,109 –> 00:42:26,710 \npart<\/p>\n
1066 \n00:42:23,860 –> 00:42:29,350 \nthe portability yes you hope you are not<\/p>\n
1067 \n00:42:26,710 –> 00:42:32,110 \ngoing to change platforms but as I was<\/p>\n
1068 \n00:42:29,350 –> 00:42:36,040 \ndiscussing last week with somebody this<\/p>\n
1069 \n00:42:32,110 –> 00:42:37,150 \nperson leave on an Apple ecosystem okay<\/p>\n
1070 \n00:42:36,040 –> 00:42:40,650 \nsame as I do<\/p>\n
1071 \n00:42:37,150 –> 00:42:43,300 \niPhone everything work just came and<\/p>\n
1072 \n00:42:40,650 –> 00:42:46,120 \ndecided to change some of the machines<\/p>\n
1073 \n00:42:43,300 –> 00:42:47,740 \nand now he got from work that he need to<\/p>\n
1074 \n00:42:46,120 –> 00:42:51,580 \nuse because that’s where the software<\/p>\n
1075 \n00:42:47,740 –> 00:42:55,030 \nthat they rely on is he got an Android<\/p>\n
1076 \n00:42:51,580 –> 00:42:57,340 \nphone and an Android tablet so he has<\/p>\n
1077 \n00:42:55,030 –> 00:43:01,330 \ntwo options he can carry two devices now<\/p>\n
1078 \n00:42:57,340 –> 00:43:03,460 \nor he can move everything to Android the<\/p>\n
1079 \n00:43:01,330 –> 00:43:07,120 \nsecond option is a it’s a viable option<\/p>\n
1080 \n00:43:03,460 –> 00:43:09,520 \nexcept that now he needs to see what of<\/p>\n
1081 \n00:43:07,120 –> 00:43:12,310 \nthat information he can port in an easy<\/p>\n
1082 \n00:43:09,520 –> 00:43:14,770 \nway and what of that information he’s<\/p>\n
1083 \n00:43:12,310 –> 00:43:17,050 \nbeen having for years on the iPhone<\/p>\n
1084 \n00:43:14,770 –> 00:43:19,810 \nhe needs to copy and paste or even<\/p>\n
1085 \n00:43:17,050 –> 00:43:22,750 \nre-enter all the information so make<\/p>\n
1086 \n00:43:19,810 –> 00:43:26,020 \nsure regardless where you are what is<\/p>\n
1087 \n00:43:22,750 –> 00:43:28,470 \nthat portability factor for your<\/p>\n
1088 \n00:43:26,020 –> 00:43:30,820 \ninformation for your external brain<\/p>\n
1089 \n00:43:28,470 –> 00:43:34,120 \ngreat I think that’s a good place for us<\/p>\n
1090 \n00:43:30,820 –> 00:43:37,750 \nto close out I want to wish everybody<\/p>\n
1091 \n00:43:34,120 –> 00:43:39,370 \nthe the foresight in terms of building<\/p>\n
1092 \n00:43:37,750 –> 00:43:40,960 \nan external brain to make sure that you<\/p>\n
1093 \n00:43:39,370 –> 00:43:42,790 \nare really thinking about how you can<\/p>\n
1094 \n00:43:40,960 –> 00:43:44,560 \ndevelop it so that it fits into the<\/p>\n
1095 \n00:43:42,790 –> 00:43:46,300 \nvarious categories of your life that<\/p>\n
1096 \n00:43:44,560 –> 00:43:49,450 \nyou’re capable of trusting it and I<\/p>\n
1097 \n00:43:46,300 –> 00:43:51,460 \nthink to to arts point about trust comes<\/p>\n
1098 \n00:43:49,450 –> 00:43:53,500 \no Gusteau’s point about consistency<\/p>\n
1099 \n00:43:51,460 –> 00:43:55,360 \nright the more you consistently put the<\/p>\n
1100 \n00:43:53,500 –> 00:43:57,430 \ninformation into the right places and<\/p>\n
1101 \n00:43:55,360 –> 00:43:59,320 \nappropriately tag it and all those other<\/p>\n
1102 \n00:43:57,430 –> 00:44:01,210 \nfun things then the better you’re going<\/p>\n
1103 \n00:43:59,320 –> 00:44:03,340 \nto be able to back flow and search for<\/p>\n
1104 \n00:44:01,210 –> 00:44:05,710 \nit find it in the appropriate folder or<\/p>\n
1105 \n00:44:03,340 –> 00:44:08,080 \nnotebook and then be able to search<\/p>\n
1106 \n00:44:05,710 –> 00:44:10,720 \nthose areas where that information might<\/p>\n
1107 \n00:44:08,080 –> 00:44:12,280 \nbe so with that here’s your productive<\/p>\n
1108 \n00:44:10,720 –> 00:44:13,930 \nlife this is productivity cast the<\/p>\n
1109 \n00:44:12,280 –> 00:44:16,000 \nweekly show about all things personal<\/p>\n
1110 \n00:44:13,930 –> 00:44:17,650 \nproductivity I’m ray Sydney Smith and<\/p>\n
1111 \n00:44:16,000 –> 00:44:19,480 \nI’m here with the gusto pen now dart<\/p>\n
1112 \n00:44:17,650 –> 00:44:21,270 \nGalax and Frances Wade thank you<\/p>\n
1113 \n00:44:19,480 –> 00:44:23,980 \ngentlemen for joining me here today and<\/p>\n
1114 \n00:44:21,270 –> 00:44:26,230 \ntake care that’s it for this<\/p>\n
1115 \n00:44:23,980 –> 00:44:28,690 \nproductivity cast the weekly show about<\/p>\n
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