De-Automating My Reading Notes, A New and Better Way For Capturing My Reading Notes in Obsidian


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Key takeaways

  • The automatic approach felt detached, he’s resorted to a more manual approach.
    • This reminds me of taking notes on laptops vs pen and paper
  • His process:
      1. read book and mark interesting passages with a sticky note
      1. create source note for the book (like this one)
      1. Review notes, and create separate linked notes for interesting ideas