Ideas, guides and deep dives on knowledge management, productivity and building a second brain.
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What people mean by object permanence and ADHD, why out of sight is out of mind for me, and the habits that stop things vanishing.
Dyslexia and ADHD at work, from someone with both: what 35 years of workarounds taught me, and the habits and tools that finally help.
Can AI agents and a person share one task list? How I set up an AI task manager my Claude Code agents write to, and the one tag that shows me what needs me.
How Claude Code memory works, what loads every session, what it forgets between projects, machines and apps, and how to give it one memory everywhere.
Information overload costs the global economy an estimated $1 trillion a year. Why you feel overwhelmed and what helps you reclaim focus.
Why most digital brains become graveyards, and the capture-first setup that finally worked for me after three failed attempts.
Most second brain systems die within months. How to build a second brain system that lasts and improves with age, without constant upkeep.
The Notion vs Obsidian debate misses what matters: how fast you can capture a thought. Why both tools fall short on it.
Why most personal knowledge management systems turn into digital hoarding, and what to do instead of building a perfect system.
You do not need elaborate frameworks to build a PKM system. A beginner's guide to personal knowledge management that stays simple.
Why a second brain Notion setup gets abandoned within months, and what to use instead if you need to capture ideas fast.
Searching for the perfect second brain app? Why capture speed matters more than features, and how to test it before you commit.
Most note taking systems fail because they assume ideal conditions. A zero-maintenance, capture-first system that survives a busy life.
The second brain method has been overcomplicated. A simpler version for busy professionals that starts with capture, not folders.
Everyone is building a second brain and almost no one keeps using it. Why second brain systems fail within 90 days, and what works.
Is the Zettelkasten method practical for modern knowledge workers? A contrarian take on why it is overcomplicated, and what to do instead.
How to save ChatGPT conversations in five ways, from the official data export to PDF and browser extensions, and how to keep them searchable.
How an image to text converter turns screenshots into searchable text, how OCR works, and what to do with the text afterwards.
Looking for an Otter AI alternative? Why meeting transcripts alone miss knowledge, and how linking them to notes and research helps.
Why the Chrome bookmark manager falls short for research and reading lists, and the extensions and tools that handle tags and notes better.
Why ADHD made me leave Notion, what I looked for in a notion alternative, and the lightweight tool I use now.
Notion vs Obsidian for an ADHD brain: what I learned from trying 47 note-taking apps and three months with both tools.
Pocket has closed. I tested 47 read-later apps to find a true pocket alternative that helps me actually read what I save.
How a read it later app can help when you have 217 saved articles and no time, and why most saved reads never get opened.
Why thousands of saved bookmarks turn into clutter, what a good bookmark manager does differently, and why I built my own.
What a web clipper does, which features matter and which are fluff, and how to tell whether you actually need one.
A practical guide to personal knowledge management for messy thinkers: skip the perfect system and keep a simple one you will use.
How to choose the best note taking app ADHD brains will stick with, based on years of abandoned apps and what finally worked.
How a second brain app captures, organises and retrieves what you know, so you stop losing ideas in tabs and notes at work.
Eight note-taking apps to try when Obsidian is too much work, and how to pick the right Obsidian alternative for your needs.
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