Rethinking PKM Part 3: Quick Capture (with Google Keep)
Rethinking PKM Part 3: Quick Capture (with Google Keep)
Short Summary:
This video explores the importance of a robust quick capture workflow for personal knowledge management (PKM). The speaker highlights the limitations of Obsidian for quick capture and shares their journey of finding a suitable solution. Google Keep emerges as the preferred choice due to its cross-platform compatibility, ease of use, and integration with Google Assistant. The video demonstrates various features of Google Keep, including text notes, voice memos, image capture, and handwriting recognition. The speaker outlines their process of transferring captured notes from Google Keep to Obsidian for further organization and processing.
Detailed Summary:
Section 1: Introduction and Problem Statement
- The speaker discusses the importance of a well-defined quick capture workflow for PKM.
- They identify a gap in their current workflow, with Obsidian being too slow and cumbersome for quick note-taking.
- The speaker seeks advice from the Twitter community on their preferred quick capture tools and methods.
Section 2: Exploring Quick Capture Options
- The speaker presents a diverse range of quick capture applications and methods suggested by the Twitter community.
- They highlight the popularity of the Drafts app, but acknowledge their need for a cross-platform solution.
- They consider Todoist, but find it unsuitable for capturing ideas and inspirations.
Section 3: Shortlisting and Choosing Google Keep
- The speaker narrows down their options to using an email inbox or Google Keep.
- They appreciate the universality and simplicity of email, but ultimately choose Google Keep for its features and integration.
Section 4: Demonstrating Google Keep Features
- The speaker showcases the Google Keep widgets on their Android phone, highlighting the quick note, to-do list, voice memo, handwriting, and image capture options.
- They demonstrate the integration of Google Keep with Google Assistant, allowing for voice-activated note-taking.
- The speaker emphasizes the text recognition capabilities of Google Keep, which allows for extracting text from images and handwritten notes.
Section 5: Google Keep on iPad
- The speaker explores the use of Google Keep on their iPad, highlighting its similar features to the Android version.
- They demonstrate the ability to capture images, take voice memos, and write handwritten notes using the Apple Pencil.
Section 6: Processing Notes in Obsidian
- The speaker outlines their workflow for transferring notes from Google Keep to Obsidian.
- They demonstrate how to copy and paste text and images from Google Keep into Obsidian.
- They emphasize the importance of deleting notes from Google Keep after processing them in Obsidian to avoid clutter.
Section 7: Conclusion and Recommendation
- The speaker expresses satisfaction with their chosen workflow, highlighting the benefits of Google Keep for quick capture.
- They recommend Google Keep as a free, cross-platform solution with a range of useful features.
- They emphasize the importance of a robust quick capture workflow for effective PKM.
Notable Quotes:
- "My quick capture workflow is really not as good as it should be."
- "I think an email inbox is actually a great quick capture tool."
- "I'm pretty happy with this workflow and I think this is going to be an important new addition to my encounter process in the entire personal knowledge management process."