Digital forest of Notes & Without Their Permission

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Hey there.

I hope you've had a great week.

What I've made for you

PodNotes—now out of beta!We're getting closer to the 'launch' of PodNotes.I have submitted it for the Obsidian plugin store, and I am awaiting review.Since last time, it has received some cool new features and fixes. Here's a quick recap:

• Queue with autoplay & favorites list.

• Add playlists to store your favorite podcast episodes... across podcasts!

• A neat right click / long press menu to help you add episodes to playlists, mark as played, or play them.

• Seeking

• Search for episodes

• Customizable back & skip forward settings & commands.

• Latest episodes list

• Support for custom feeds (if you're paying for podcasts, or find a hidden gem)

• Persist currently playing episode. It'll be there when you open Obsidian again.

Interested? Read more here—it's free.

Tweet—How I'm creating a digital forest of notes.Creating your personal, digital forest of notes is a powerful method for thinking & creating better outputs.

But what does it actually mean?

Read the thread to find out: Here's my take.

Book notes—Without Their Permission by Alexis OhanianHere's the guy behind Reddit and Hipmunk who has been in Y Combinator telling you how to do startups. Interesting read.

This was #125. We're slowly accumulating knowledge... 🧠Just remember: knowledge demands action.

Remembering our mortality

In Without Their Permission, I was reminded of Memento Mori.It is Latin for "remember your mortality".

This is because, growing up, Alexis Ohanian had the words "LIVES REMAINING: 0" written on the wall in his room.

I created a poster of my own:

Remember that you too shall die.This, to me, is a powerful Stoic technique for becoming more appreciative of life.Seneca says it best:

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