note-taking

A tiered university lecture hall viewed from the back row with half-full seats, a speaker at the distant lectern, and open laptops glowing on desks.

AI Transcription in the Lecture Hall: Otter, Whisper, and What Changes

How Otter.ai and Whisper are reshaping classroom note-taking, what Mueller and Oppenheimer's 2014 study suggests about the trade-offs, and how to study…

• 6 min read
A worn laptop open on a wooden desk beside stacked notebooks and a coffee cup in low afternoon light.

Obsidian’s Quiet Influence on Academic Workflows

How Obsidian's plain-text notes and linked thinking quietly became the default for grad students, and the optimization traps that come with the…

• 6 min read
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Note-Taking Systems Compared: Zettelkasten, Cornell, and What Actually Sticks

Luhmann's slip-box, Cornell notes, and the honest reason most note-taking fails. The system matters less than whether it forces you to rewrite…

• 5 min read