Journal · #productivity

Best ways to organize notes that you'll actually keep using

Why most note organization systems fail, what three approaches actually survive long-term, and how audio review changes the math on retrieval.

Read Aloud Extensions in 2026: Honest Take for Commuters

Read aloud extensions work for one-off desk sessions. They break the moment you leave your laptop. Here is an honest breakdown of what to use, and when.

Text to Speech for Studying: What Actually Holds Up

Text to speech for studying works, but only when the content type matches the tool. A practical breakdown of what holds up on academic material.

Objective Summary: the Skill That Makes Audio Reading Stick

An objective summary strips a text down to its core facts. For knowledge workers absorbing 15 articles a week by ear, it is the difference between listening and actually retaining.