Zettels, AI, and a Book Even I Didn't See Coming

🚀📕 Book Launch site http://sketch-your-mind.com/
✏️ Sign up for the Visual Thinking Workshop: https://www.visual-thinking-workshop.... 🚀 Cohort 13 starts on 12 April 2024. We'll be reading Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
🧑 💻 Join the Techno-Visual PKM Community https://www.visual-thinking-workshop....

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In this video, I share two key insights from the PKM Summit that fundamentally shifted how I think about Zettelkasten and AI.

🧠 Zettelkasten isn’t about finding the perfect parent note—it’s about embracing imperfection, randomness, and your personal fingerprint. This simple shift helped me move from pools of notes to meaningful trains of thought.

🤖 With AI, the real risk isn’t just privacy—it’s giving up your agency. I reflect on how AI can support your process without taking over your thinking, and how to stay in the driver’s seat creatively.

This journey also led to something bigger: a book. I set out to write and self-publish Sketch Your Mind in just six weeks. After presenting it at the PKM Summit and refining it with amazing feedback, I’m thrilled to announce it’s now available for pre-order!

🚀 Pre-order perks are available, and you’re invited to join the launch event.

🎓 Also—Cohort 13 of the Visual Thinking Workshop is coming! We'll be reading Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a book that perfectly aligns with my creative process. This cohort will be special—fueled by everything I’ve learned through writing the book and my evolving perspective on visual thinking.

Links below to preorder the book and join Cohort 13. I hope to see you inside!

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Timestamps
00:00 What This Video Is About
00:26 How I Wrote a Book in 6 Weeks: Sketch Your Mind
01:24 Announcing Cohort 13 of the Visual Thinking Workshop
03:13 A New Insight on Zettelkasten: Imperfection by Design
06:54 The Hidden Risk of AI: Are You Giving Up Your Agency?

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