Anyone working on large projects, or doing complex research (like a journalist, a student, or a scientist) knows that bookmarks have their limitations.
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Bookmarks are dead
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When failure becomes knowledge
Each of us has a super power, and it comes into force somewhere between the hearing and the listening, and unlike some, I choose to listen to the scientists…
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What’s new in the Under Cloud
Like you, I use the Under Cloud as a digital research assistant, and I’m perhaps the more critical than most when it comes to using it, and what to expect of it!
Yes, we have a new feature for the Under Cloud, one designed for those on mobile devices — so that’s everyone, then.
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Statistics
In the last 48 month, I’ve written over 330k words, and read almost 4.7m words, using the Under Cloud.
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What’s the big idea?
In the end, we the people decide what ideas make a difference.
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Belief
Opinion is not a requirement of belief, and that’s what makes it such an amazing, flawed, powerful, and fragile thing.
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The myth of the second brain
Doing research is more than shoving a bunch of things into the same folder, adding a load of tags, or a combination of the two. Anyone working on large projects, or doing complex research (like a journalist or an academic) knows that folders and tags have their limitations.
Yes, this is a bold claim, but it helps to aim high and to cultivate some self belief in what we do. So if it’s not the ultimate now, the goal is to — paraphrase the great Captain Jean-Luc Picard — make it so!
I get asked to explain the Under Cloud a lot, and it’s something I look forward to, because it’s a chance to hone the explanation…