# [[How I study using Obsidian]] I talk about how I study in Obsidian: the courses, platforms, and apps I use-- and how I make sense of it all using Obsidian. Studying isn't just for students. as a professional, I am also constantly learning. To make sure I make the most of the costs of education, I've made a deal with myself to commit to processing everything in Obsidian. This video was sponsored by Brilliant! <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FAy9ZWaHSIw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Related:: "[[Readwise Official]], [[Spaced Repetition plugin]]" ## Thumbnail ![[How I study using Obsidian.png]] "How I learn online" ### Inspiration ![[thumbnail-inspo-learning-in-obsidian.png]] ## Title 1. How I learn in Obsidian (100) 2. Learning in Obsidian (100) 3. Studying using Obsidian (86) 4. ==How I study using Obsidian== (87) ## Hook In the last 12 months, I spent more than 7,000 € [text: 7,000 €] on online learning. Now that's a significant amount of money, and for that amount, I need it to be useful beyond the duration of the course. In this video, I'm going to do a quick summary of each course or app I used [B-roll: going through different courses/apps mentioned below] and talk about how I got my money's worth by taking notes and incorporating learnings into my personal knowledge management system of choice: Obsidian. [graphics: Obsidian, with "mouth pop" sound] ## Structure - You may notice I've taken a lot more non-technical courses than technical courses. That's because I learn a lot of technical stuff incidentally already, not from formal courses. I work in IT, I am surrounded by brilliant coworkers, and I know Google Fu. So the courses I took are mostly about things related to the Advocacy side of Develoepr Advocacy. But if you're learning other topics, you may still find it useful to see how I process my notes. [For each one below, add: B-roll of the course, text of the price + running total price on the bottom right with a cashier register sound] - Cohort-based or self-paced online courses (3923,77) - [[Part-time YouTuber Academy]] - 1.326,72 - [[Filmmaking & Storytelling with Casey Neistat]] - 226,32 - [[Ultraspeaking]] - 937,04+134=1071,04 - [[Ship 30 for 30]] - 318,42 - [[Master YouTube]] (Matt D'Avella) - 281,12 - [[Project 24]] - 424,76 - [[Pencil Pirates]] - 275,39 - How I learned them (demo) [screen recording + PIP of me talking] - Treating each lesson like meetings, adding `#TVZ` to them and doing a very stream-of-consciousness style of note. [[Course Lesson]] - Creating a summary for them like [[PTYA Live - Ali on How to succeed on YouTube#Summary]]. I also do a one-sentence summary up at the top, just like other meetings. - Embedding the summaries into the course page like [[Part-time YouTuber Academy]]. - Processing them into notes like [[Content Creation]]. - For the cohort-based courses that involved some interaction between me and other students, I created pages for them and tagged them with the course we were doing when we met, and included metadata like their location and YouTube channel. Then I have a Dataview query in the course to find them all, so I have in one place all the people I interacted with. [[Part-time YouTuber Academy#People]] - If you'd like to see how all this works, I've made these notes publicly available on my Obsidian vault - the link will be in the description. - Learning Platforms (715,72) - Coursera - 365 - Skillshare - 143,88 - Apps (on demand) - 571,18 [A-roll] - Brilliant (would be 83,85/y) > Brilliant is the sponsor of this video, but I never promote apps or services I don't personally use - you can read my ethics statement here. You'll also see in a second how I process Brilliant lessons in Obsidian. > Brilliant is a web app (and there's a mobile app too) *[B-roll: Brilliant website]* that focuses on STEM topics, but the way it handles potentially dry concepts is really refreshing. I'm a Developer Advocate by profession *[B-roll: me giving a presentation]*, but I'm mostly self-taught. I never took Computer Science at uni, so I've always felt I missed out on a lot of the basics. So of course when I started using Brilliant, I chose the Computer Science Fundamentals course. And I've been pleasantly surprised with how much I'm still learning despite working in the industry! > *[B-roll: Lesson about Pierre's bakery on Brilliant]* Here's the lead in to a subject I know very well: application performance. Instead of jumping into a theoretical definition of latency vs. throughput, this lesson talked about a baker named Pierre who wanted to sleep in as late as possible (relatable). By the time the course got around to saying the words latency and throughput, both concepts had already been explained in real-world terms. I've explained this topic so many times, but never in such an elegant way. > Since Brilliant is web-based, I was able to use the Readwise Reader browser extension to bring in parts of the lesson to my Obsidian vault. *[Screen recording: me showing [[(N^2-N)2]] ]* From there, I made highlights and updated my notes on the related topics. In other cases, like for this problem, one of their Daily Challenges, I used Obsidian side by side with it to come up with the solution. *[screen recording: Counting Babies Daily problem + solution]* > However, I discovered that the best way to learn with Brilliant was to go over the lessons without taking notes, and then go back to the wiki and rehash what I learned there. I send that to Readwise, which after I've done some highlighting, sends the highlights over to Obsidian. %%[[Algorithms]]%% > Brilliant is less than 7€ a month for me on the annual plan, but I'd recommend you get started for free - click on this link for a free trial. - Duolingo Plus Family - 122,99/y - Headspace Family - 101,19/y - Italki - 248 - Memrise - 99 € lifetime - I'll talk about how I do language learning in Obsidian in a separate video, because I have a LOT to say on the subject. TOTAL: 7044,83 +97 ## Outro As you might surmise by the fact that I spent more than 7,000 € on online courses, learning new things is important to me. It's part of my job, it's part of what I like to do for fun, and more than that, it's part of my identity. So I don't regret the money I spent, especially since I've fulfilled my deal to myself to take and process notes from every course I pay for. What doesn't go into my PKM system doesn't get learned. If you'd like to watch me actually process notes on technical subjects I'm learning, check out this video on how I am improving my knowledge of eBPF monitoring. *Vi ses nästa gång*! Thanks for watching. ## Related videos and resources My public Obsidian vault: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com Part-time YouTuber Academy: https://ptya.samcart.com/referral/IKjWOptt/ag3CrAXhy7tQJ1Wb Filmmaking & Storytelling with Casey Neistat: https://monthly.com/casey-neistat-filmmaking?friend=nicole-van-der-hoeven Ultraspeaking: https://ultraspeaking.com Ship 30 for 30: https://ship30for30.com Typeshare: http://typeshare.co/?via=nicolevdh Master YouTube: https://slowgrowth.com Project 24: https://incomeschool.com/project24/ Pencil Pirates: https://www.pencil-pirates.com/ ES6 for everyone: https://es6.io/ Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python Skillshare: https://skl.sh/37RmSOG Duolingo: https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKSMEKZHWDOXTNPY Headspace: https://headspace.com Italki: https://www.italki.com/i/ref/fHFBb Memrise: https://memrise.com ## Timestamps [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=0s) Intro [01:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=64s) PTYA [04:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=270s) Filmmaking & Storytelling with Casey Neistat [05:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=325s) Ultraspeaking [06:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=402s) Ship 30 for 30 [08:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=488s) Master YouTube [08:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=531s) Project 24 [09:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=544s) Pencil Pirates [10:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=635s) Putting them all together [13:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=816s) Coursera [14:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=875s) Skillshare [16:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=986s) ES6 for everyone [17:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=1034s) Brilliant [21:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=1267s) Duolingo Plus Family [21:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=1300s) Headspace Family [22:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=1323s) Italki [23:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAy9ZWaHSIw&t=1385s) Memrise ## Pre-production - [x] Create captions using Rev, then edit them. - [x] Take a thumbnail photo and create one for YouTube (1280 x 720). - [x] Add description. - [x] Include the title and any keywords in the first few sentences, but in a natural way. - [x] Add related videos and resources as links. - [x] Add end screen. - [x] Add cards if necessary. - [x] Add chapters for YouTube if longer than 5 minutes. - [x] Add mid-roll ads/check monetization settings. - [ ] Post video preview on Patreon. - [ ] Post video preview for YouTube channel members. - [ ] Schedule on YouTube. - [ ] Add video to relevant playlist(s), or create a playlist if necessary. - [ ] Promote on personal social media. - [ ] Twitter - [ ] Create a blog post on [site](https://nicolevanderhoeven.com). - [ ] Add to weekly newsletter. ## Post-production - [ ] Add to video-database. - [ ] Add to other notes in my vault as appropriate.