![]() ![]() Google is the closest link, meaning we use the massive, unsorted network that is the Internet and Google’s interpretation of our problem as our “second brain”.īy scouring the massive Q&A databases of StackOverflow, the millions of videos and articles on YouTube and personal blogs or complex developer documentation, we forget one thing. If we have a problem we need help with, we’ll usually follow a pseudo-supply chain that goes something like this:Īs you can probably tell, there’s no “local link” in this supply chain that we’ve developed. Most, if not all, software developers have a shot-gun approach to finding the information we need to solve issues or progress/learn new things. Like Sherlock Holmes’ “mind palace”, it’s a place to store all of your lingering thoughts and curate the information you consume on a daily basis from books, the Internet and other sources so that you don’t get overwhelmed with unnecessary info and take action with the knowledge that matters. ![]() You offload thinking and remembering to your private second brain. This frees you to imagine, to wonder, to wander toward whatever makes you come alive here and now in the moment.Įssentially, a second brain is a personal knowledge management system that serves as an extension of your mind so you don’t have to think as hard or remember as much. Instead of endlessly optimizing yourself, trying to become a productivity machine that never deviates from the plan, it has you optimize an external system that is more reliable than you will ever be. In his words:īuilding a Second Brain is an integrated set of behaviors for turning incoming information into completed creative projects. The phrase “second brain” was coined by productivity expert Tiago Forte. That’s where the concept of a “second brain” comes in. We’re knowledge workers, so our consumption of information is as essential as food for us to survive and thrive. As software developers/engineers, this has far-reaching consequences to our productivity and mental health. The thing is, while we apply this process to food, we don’t apply it to our information/content diets. You look for the closest local link in your food supply chain (which is usually your own pantry/fridge) before moving up the chain if no food exists there. You don’t go straight to the ultimate source of food when you’re hungry. That last step is probably redundant in recent history but the main idea still stands. Unless you’re living in pre-industrial times, your decision looks something like this: Where’s the first place you look for food? The farm where it’s grown, the forest where you can forage for it, the supermarket or your own pantry and fridge first? ![]()
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