“I Can’t Even!”

Tame information overload. Create a system to use information to your advantage.

Better Thinking Through Note-taking

Build a Personal Knowledge Garden

📝 Take Useful Notes

Do you often lose track of important information? Discover how to capture the stuff you need without overthinking.

📚 Recall What You Read

Are you an avid reader but struggle to remember where you read something? Learn how to take down the ideas that matter.

💡 Generate Insights

Are you trying yo make sense of a lot of information? Learn how to organize your stuff to spot patterns and generate ideas.

Information Overload is Real

Over 25% of employees reported feeling somewhat overloaded by information, according to a Gartner survey. And a 2016 Pew Research Survey found one in five Americans feel overloaded with information. We believe technology should serve you, not overwhelm you. We’ve done it for ourselves, and can show you how.

Learn a Modern Approach to Digital Note-taking

Join information architects Karl Fast and Jorge Arango for an engaging hands-on exploration of emerging tools for thought and their underlying philosophies, principles and processes. We'll show you how to build a generative "knowledge garden" using Obsidian, a leading next-generation note-taking tool.

Workshop Format

  • All meetings will be held over Zoom
  • All exercises will be hosted on Mural
  • We’ll host ongoing asynchronous discussions on Discord during the workshop
  • We’ll provide optional assignments and readings between sessions
  • You'll be installing Obsidian on your computer (it’s free for personal use)

Schedule

All workshop sessions meet for two hours (8-10 AM U.S. Pacific Time):

  • Part 1: Tuesday, Nov 28
  • Part 2: Tuesday, Dec 5
  • Part 3: Tuesday, Dec 12
  • Part 4: Tuesday, Dec 19 
Optional office hours (full tier only) meet for one hour (8-9 AM U.S. Pacific Time) on Thursdays of those weeks.

About Your Guides

Karl Fast

Karl Fast helps people think well in a world jam-packed with information. He holds a PhD in how we interact with information to think and understand. He was a professor of User Experience Design at Kent State University, has worked in user experience design since 1994, and is co-author of Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding.

Jorge Arango

Jorge Arango is an information architect, author, and educator. He's the author of Duly Noted, an upcoming book about connected note-taking. He's also author of Living in Information, co-author of Information Architecture: for the Web and Beyond, and host of The Informed Life podcast. He also teaches at the California College of the Arts.

Workshop Tiers

We offer two workshop tiers to accommodate different needs.

The Basic tier gets you four two-hour online sessions with Jorge and Karl, plus access to the workshop Discord.

The Full tier adds four additional office hours plus books from Jorge and Karl.

Build a PKG (Basic)

A four-week workshop that shows you how to manage digital notes using Obsidian.
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Build a PKG (Full)

Four-week digital note-taking workshop, plus office hours and books from Jorge and Karl.
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Special Discounts

We also offer a limited number of discounted passes for students and people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Please email us for more information.

Any Questions?

Please get in touch.