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Dalton Mabery: Obsidian, Remixing Knowledge, and Elitism OtiumFM
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In this episode, we talk with Dalton Mabery, a YouTuber, video editor and tweet thread maker at 20 years old, trying to find the intersection between church and technology. His YouTube channel covers tech, productivity, and lifestyle with a lot of tutorials and guides on many networked thought thinking tools, including Roam.
We talked about:
His note-taking origin story, and stumbling into RoamDalton's information capture workflow, and remixing past knowledgeOvercoming traditional definitions of creativityWhy he left #roamcult due to negative experiences and impressions: can we be elitist or too cultish?Future-proofing notes and why Obsidian caught his attentionNote: This was recorded a while ago and ever since then, Dalton has made the decision to come back to Roam Research.
Enjoy!
For the full transcript, click here
Timestamps
1:19 The fun in reading books: Dalton Mabery's note-taking origin story3:06 Discovering Roam through Not Overthinking, and the Aha Moment4:44 Small response from friends when demonstrating Roam7:51 Dalton Mabery's workflow in Roam and use cases9:09 How he reads and takes notes on articles10:35 Creating tweet threads from his notes11:32 The Master Page and researching for the next YouTube video to make13:48 Filtering types of content through organization and tags16:41 Remixing content into other formats and our different note-taking systems19:09 "If anyone comes up with something completely new, it's probably heresy"20:33 What new ideas are now, and distilling data into knowledge22:04 How YouTubers interpret tools, and Austin Kleon says steal, don't copy25:24 Why Dalton Mabery left Roam27:06 The elitist vibe of #roamcult28:52 The host is not happy against elitism30:59 Comments of potential users being sick of Roam, and Keep Productive31:56 Creators' responsibility to have a good impression of note-taking tools33:09 Handling a YouTube channel about Roam34:37 YouTube comments are can be really good or really bad37:00 You don't need much to start creating content around Roam38:34 If you want to start an interview show40:31 Dalton's looking for guests for his new show42:00 Future-proof notes, and the advantages of Obsidian45:33 What happens the tool closes down?48:23 [[How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?]]49:55 [[What does Roam mean to you?]]Links
Dalton Mabery's TwitterDalton's YouTube ChannelDalton Mabery's Website
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In this episode, we talk with Dalton Mabery, a YouTuber, video editor and tweet thread maker at 20 years old, trying to find the intersection between church and technology. His YouTube channel covers tech, productivity, and lifestyle with a lot of tutorials and guides on many networked thought thinking tools, including Roam.
We talked about:
His note-taking origin story, and stumbling into RoamDalton's information capture workflow, and remixing past knowledgeOvercoming traditional definitions of creativityWhy he left #roamcult due to negative experiences and impressions: can we be elitist or too cultish?Future-proofing notes and why Obsidian caught his attentionNote: This was recorded a while ago and ever since then, Dalton has made the decision to come back to Roam Research.
Enjoy!
For the full transcript, click here
Timestamps
1:19 The fun in reading books: Dalton Mabery's note-taking origin story3:06 Discovering Roam through Not Overthinking, and the Aha Moment4:44 Small response from friends when demonstrating Roam7:51 Dalton Mabery's workflow in Roam and use cases9:09 How he reads and takes notes on articles10:35 Creating tweet threads from his notes11:32 The Master Page and researching for the next YouTube video to make13:48 Filtering types of content through organization and tags16:41 Remixing content into other formats and our different note-taking systems19:09 "If anyone comes up with something completely new, it's probably heresy"20:33 What new ideas are now, and distilling data into knowledge22:04 How YouTubers interpret tools, and Austin Kleon says steal, don't copy25:24 Why Dalton Mabery left Roam27:06 The elitist vibe of #roamcult28:52 The host is not happy against elitism30:59 Comments of potential users being sick of Roam, and Keep Productive31:56 Creators' responsibility to have a good impression of note-taking tools33:09 Handling a YouTube channel about Roam34:37 YouTube comments are can be really good or really bad37:00 You don't need much to start creating content around Roam38:34 If you want to start an interview show40:31 Dalton's looking for guests for his new show42:00 Future-proof notes, and the advantages of Obsidian45:33 What happens the tool closes down?48:23 [[How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?]]49:55 [[What does Roam mean to you?]]Links
Dalton Mabery's TwitterDalton's YouTube ChannelDalton Mabery's Website
Support the show
55 min