วีดีโอ

Does Protolyst support scanned books which weren't OCRd? Just curious, so I can gauge whether I can use my scanned materials as they are or need to OCR them first. OCRing ancient Greek is going to be quite a task if it turns out the systems only does text PDFs... In other respects Protolyst seems practical for researchers, without too many bells and whistles, which is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. I'll try it.

Can I add the paper that brought me to this paper?

Is your app or any of these programs GPL'd? I've used org, was an early adopter but I must admit I'm baffled at what people have morphed into it. Bullet points works well for me, and I like the collapsible tree structure.

📌 (so i come back later, inshallah)

This video is full of great info and tips. I've started a Masters Program and have been very overwhelmed. I'm going to try these tips. Thank you

Great video, very useful

Thnak You!

This is unbelievable! I've been trying to make something work between a Notion database and a monsterous Excel spreadsheet, but now.. now I can go back to enjoying doing the research! Many thanks to you!

I'm in the start of my second year, really really appreciate you calling your first year your write off year. Mine was a shit show haha, thanks :D

This is really cool! It's a lot like Capacities in the way that it kind of blends obsidian and notion. I like that you can connect individual ideas with a larger theme/rest of knowledge base. But, I do like that this can create notes directly from the PDF, I wish capacities would do that!

Loving the tool so far! Could you point out how to do one thing though? I can't for the life of me figure out (or find instruction on) how to get have several columns on vertical view with the "Group by" option you have in 21:35 when you're showing the "To Do List" view.

I’ve been contemplating using NVivo to organize my literature review, but OMG you do so much better job explaining how your app can be useful to poor Phd students!

Thank you very much for this detailed explanation, I would like to know your opinion about how to manage a book as a reference. I am doing a PhD in theoretical physics and I sometimes need knowledge that can only be found in very long books and all parts of the book are useful for the topic.

Very helpful to see a specific, real-world example. The PDF integration capabilities of your app make it an attractive choice for people who read a lot of papers!

check out bizmorphic research, it is a lot better than this one

great system

Is there a transcript to this

I loved this tool. Thank you so much

I like how it's cloud based and how it can be traced to the original pdf source (unlike obsidian). And the interface can display permenant notes more clearly !

I absolutely love this system for keeping track of research! Thank you for sharing!

This way of rewriting the highlighted/captured segments of the paper using your own words (in permanent note video segment) will work when we are reading "normal length" papers. I am reading a report cited by a thesis. That report is 250 pages long & full of ideas. In this case (reading a very lengthy document), what is the most efficient & effective way to capture key ideas from it. Probably not by writing fleeting notes + permanent notes methodology. Correct? Because this approach may not be efficient at all for long documents. Any thoughts?

Hey this is not reee and a web based platform. Do you know of any free app please?

Thank you for this. I am in my second semester of my PhD, and I really love the concept of a second brain system but I can’t seem to find a system I can manage quickly and allows me to incorporate all of my life. Currently, I have an unruly Zotero, A hodgepodge of OneDrive, OneNote and Google calendar and frankly it is all a hot mess. I am trying to manage all of the following for reference: A therapist position with 10 clients, notes, scheduling, and treatment research A second therapist position with 21 clients same criteria Running a Platoon in the Army outside of those positions PhD- reading, writing, projects, and scheduling. Would this system work for all of that. I am thinking I need: 1. Main schedule to block out obligations by color code. 2. Task lists with due dates that also link to the main schedule organized by color. 3. Reference Manager with links, tags, full pdf and integration into word. 4. A way to manage notes for all of the above in an easily accessible and organized system with integrated cross references to like material. 5. Dissertation project Management System. 6. More hours in the day 😂. Anyway, any advise of usability for your system or recommendations for other options would be a big help! Thanks and great video!

Great point about consistency and creating a work-flow that is effective but not high-maintence. Thanks for the time you invested in sharing this. Just subscribed to your channel for more great advice!

I’ve just stumbled across your videos whilst trying to find a better way to take notes for academic writing. I use Obsidian, Notion and Zotero, all of which I like, but Protolyst seems to be so much more focused and intuitive from the initial idea to the finished article, capturing all the references along the way. I’ve just registered online and will give it a go over the coming weeks. Thank you! btw is it only cloud-based or is there a desktop / mobile app? If not now, perhaps for the future?

Very useful! Thanks Dr. Miles! Three principle of good note taking - take notes in your own words - 'irreducible' notes - connect the idea to other knowledge How to take fleeting notes - the source - the context (digested version)

Thank you for sharing! Amazing thoughts that I needed.

Thank you so much! I wish I had found this at the beginning of my PhD, but it's still very useful and especially a fellow physicist as there's differences between us and many other fields

Hi, I am going into my second degree and have a few quick questions that my teachers never answered. I will appreciate the clarification if you find the time. I have noticed that your citation was from a secondary source. Which one would you cite? I always get confused by going into the secondary source and trying to find what the original article got from it as sometimes authors use different words and their interpretation of the information differs. Also sometimes authors write a paragraph and put in only one caution at the end, how do I know if the rest from that source or only the last sentence preceding the citation is?

this explaining is very good thanks

Hi, thank you for sharing! So, I know you mentioned this, but I just wanted to confirm, did you use 'Protolyst' in during your thesis writing? How did you go from your notes to writing?

Truth be told I am incredibly happy with Protolyst. I have a better view of my literature review and can synthesize it more systematically.

Nice video, i am in the last stretch of my PhD and would have loved to have found this a few years back. Anyway, I noticed that when you show you notes on a table and assign categories and other properties, it resembles tagging said notes. I've never thought of tags as a table of variable columns but it was very nice to link the two concepts. Thanks for the nice video, I've been looking for a starting point to manage the scientific literature I have to deal with and this is a good tutorial for those interested. About you app, is the PDF reader included in the whole thing? I noticed that once you make a fleeting note on the paper it remains highlighted, however in ZK (afaik) you want to "upgrade" the fleeting notes to permanent ones and then delete those fleeting ones. In the video you don't show that, what happens if you delete that fleeting note associated to the paper?

Wow I will save this for future. Your app is great 👍😃

i already use nimbus note. im impressed with your app, i checked it out. I appreciate you can choose any color you wantto color code a text, thats what I never like about most other apps with its limited color pallet. good luck on development on a mobile app

I'm very impressed with the app you've developed. Apparently, my mind doesn't work at all like yours. I have difficulty understanding what are the different types of entities and how they relate in your system. It just looks like a mass of notes and details. More specifically, I couldn't detect any "hierarchical" structure, which I've found as typical in most note-taking systems. - - - I guess what seems to be missing (for me) is come approach to "categorizing" your notes. Also, when you search for something, I would think you would get a long list of "Items" covering a large variety of related matters and it would take you some time to home in on the specific "item" you want. I would think that Evernote or Apple Notes would do a great job for your needs. No response needed - - - just offering a different perspective.

Oh my gosh, you are so nice 😋

Starting my Masters in Psycholinguistics next year and hopefully PhD not too long after. I have been using Obsidian for quite some time now, but I have really been looking for a program that would let me read PDFs in the same program as I take notes. I love this!

This is so amazing I have to try it. Is the iPad app for protolyst coming anytime soon?

Excellent video and nice tool. Thanks.

A word is used several times in this video, and for those like me who want to know the spelling: Zettelkasten.

TH-cam recommend me this from nowhere and i cant regret it. Actually i'm a bachelor degree student but the information that you give impress me. Amazing, thank you!

Awesome video, thanks!

This was great, thanks for the video!

Hi, Ben. Is there a way to work offline with Protolyst, that perhaps syncs when a connection is available? Thanks

Hi Dr Ben. I'm excited to finish my MBA so that I can pursue my PDH right after!

thanks for sharing your approach Its really interesting how people take notes individually Could recommend anything in terms of preparing for an exam?

Thanks for putting this together. I'm a seasoned Obsidian user but the examples you give will help me improve my workflows.

How do you keep track of permanent notes in relation to each other as the system becomes larger?

This is wonderful and very helpful. Thank you!