Tiago Forte

Oct 18, 2024 | wondertools.substack.com | Jeremy Caplan |Steven Johnson |Tiago Forte

Google’s free NotebookLM made improvements on October 17 to what has become one of the most powerful ways to use AI. You can now customize its most popular feature — AI-generated audio summaries — to focus on specific topics, target audiences, or documents. Read on for an updated overview of one of the year’s most surprising AI tools, including suggested ways to use it and a few limitations.

Nov 3, 2023 | fortelabs.com | Tiago Forte

One of the most common sources of confusion I see in the world of productivity and self-improvement is a failure to distinguish between beginner-level advice and advanced-level advice. In any given pursuit – tennis, chess, jiu-jitsu, painting – there is a hierarchy of skills that you have to acquire one by one to progress. More fundamental skills lie at the bottom, like the base of a pyramid, and serve as a foundation for more advanced skills to be gained later on.

Aug 17, 2023 | fortelabs.com | Tiago Forte

Imagine for a moment the perfect organizational system. A system that told you exactly where to put every piece of information in your life – every document, file, note, agenda, outline, and bit of research – and exactly where to find it when you needed it. Such a system would need to be incredibly easy to set up, and even easier to maintain. After all, only the simplest, most effortless habits endure long term.

Aug 15, 2023 | bigthink.com | Tiago Forte

Excerpted from The PARA Method published by Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Copyright © 2023 by Tiago ForteImagine for a moment the perfect organizational system. A system that told you exactly where to put every piece of information in your digital life — every document, file, note, agenda, outline, and bit of research — and exactly where to find it when you needed it. Such a system would need to be incredibly easy to set up, and even easier to maintain.

Aug 15, 2023 | flipboard.com | Tiago Forte

20 hours agoThe heir to the incandescent bulb is just getting started. After reigning for more than a century, the once-mighty incandescent light bulb was forced to relinquish its socket throne earlier this month. The coup, more than 16 years in the making, took place on August 1, when the Biden administration …