This is the first note from my Second Brain that I’m trying to surface on the web. Often I come back to notes like this and write a summary about it in my own words, but this is kinda like a “raw” one.

I’ve been writing in my Second Brain for months now. I’m working on a post let you know what my thoughts are on it. For now, I’ll show this practical example of how I retain knowledge I usually get from the Internet in bite-sized forms, that would otherwise just be lost again in the web.

Progressive Summarization

I use progressive summarization. It’s a better way to summarize, where you incrementally compress but keep the previous “layer” in the same document.

When you summarize you’ll lose context. But, you want your notes to be discoverable. To combat this, put the compressed version at the top of the document (sprinkle them with your own thoughts and/or definitions in your own words so it resonates with you better when you rediscover the document. Sometimes I return and read an analogy I made some months ago and can instantly recall what the topic was about) and the version(s) that are closer to the original source at the bottom. If you need some context, you just scroll down the document and read the less altered version.

I suggest you read the 3 part series from Tiago Forte in the link above.(Elon Musk lookalike BTW, which makes him much cooler.)

Notes on “The Velocity of Skill Development”

Source: Farnam Street

  • Most skill development is a function repetitions. The more the better. Repetitions give you feedback. Feedback helps you improve
  • Repetitions that matter for development are a function of quantity, variety, and feedback. You need a lot of reps and you need them in a variety of situations
  • More Reps. More Situations.
  • From “The Little Book of Talent”:
    • Soft skills are built by playing and exploring inside challenging, ever-changing environments
  • Brazil uses a game called futebol de salão:
    • This insanely fast, tightly compressed five-on-five version of the game played on a field the size of a basketball court— creates 600 percent more touches, demands instant pattern recognition and, in the words of Emilio Miranda, a professor of soccer at the University of São Paulo, serves as Brazil’s “laboratory of improvisation.”
    • NOTE: on “demands instant pattern recognition”:
      • Does this applies to programming exercise generator like leetcode, AoC, rustlings and exercism when it comes to programming skills?
      • TODO: Experiment this!

Gruuuvboox

Gruvbox is my favourite colour theme for text editors. So enjoy some gruvbox, which will be the theme of the blog too :)

Vim with Gruvbox

That's my Second Brain in Vim. It has been a quick way to record my thoughts, create to-do lists, plan a task's solution, and making notes for university, and much more. It's a daily companion for almost all things I do, and things I'm interested in, in life.