Superorganizers

I really like writing down summaries of key items I extract from the book in a short form that is easy to review. There are several articles I have seen on HN over the last few months that may be helpful https://vasilishynkarenka.com/learning/ I prefer to use 3 sheets of paper over an app in this case. But I think it would be useful to digitize your notes. https://superorganizers.substack.com/p/surgical-reading-how-to-read-12… I like this method, it reminds me of the classic book How to Read a Book

The Prepared - Fascinating bits on manufacturing and logistics - https://theprepared.org Glimpse - Explores why certain trends are growing - https://meetglimpse.com Super Organizers - New ways of thinking about productivity - https://superorganizers.substack.com

Here's my story about looking for a co-founder for Polar: https://getpolarized.io I'm basically trying to build an integrated reading environment for people like researchers and students. You can kind of think of it like IntelliJ or Visual Studio but for books. I shipped an MVP on Hacker News and right now we have about 5000 MAU. And our users LOVE us. I just found out that Roger Craig. One of the Jeopardy champions used Polar to win Jeopardy. https://superorganizers.substack.com/p/how-a-jeopardy-champion-remembe… Now, being a solo founder is tough. A lot of VCs will hold it against you. However, one of the number one failures of a startup is having a bad co-founder. My strategy has been to be VERY conservative here. I identified five co-founders but just haven't had a good fit. I think my biggest advice is to trust your instincts. Unless it feels perfect and you've been working together for a while don't pull the trigger. My plan now is to have sort of running co-founder search and bring them on more as a senior hire with adequate compensation if I'm successful in finding them. It's hard though. I'd go so far as to say it's harder than finding a wife. They need to have your back at all times but unlike a marriage there's no actual love backing the relationship.

Was it this one? https://superorganizers.substack.com/p/how-to-build-a-learning-machine

Thank you for this - and the references to how you came across the concept. I was personally only recently introduced to anki [1] & [2] However, I tried it out but I couldn't end up using it to 'remember books' or broader concepts that the books convey indirectly. I've started summarising books and using a manual form of spaced repetition to remember them better. Do you have any advice on organising such knowledge better? [1] https://ncase.me/remember/ [2] https://superorganizers.substack.com/p/how-to-build-a-learning-machine