In today’s fast-paced information age, developing effective note taking skills is crucial for success in both academic and professional settings. The quadrant note-taking system offers a structured ...

Visual note-taking is a powerful method to enhance creativity, improve memory retention, and simplify complex ideas. If you’re already using Obsidian to organize your thoughts and manage knowledge, ...

World Sketchnote Day 2026 draws attention to the growing practice of sketchnoting—a visual method of capturing ideas using ...

Ever heard of the “affect heuristic”? Short version: How we feel is how we think. Positive feelings lead to higher motivation and willingness to try new things. I’ve never been a doodler but I sketch ...

As teachers, we may never know the breadth or depth of impact we have on our students, but sometimes we are fortunate enough to learn that we have shared something valuable with our colleagues. It is ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED Back in May 2012, I attended Maker ...

Long, structured and sequential texts are valued by the academic world, sometimes at the expense of a more global vision. Imagination, visual thinking and subjectivity have little place in this ...

After trying several complicated note-taking tactics, I was attracted to the outline method's simplicity and effectiveness. Safe to say, it delivered on the promise. I write notes to plan my goals, ...