I used to think of NotebookLM as one of those Google tools that seemed interesting at first but not worth opening every morning. I could see the call, but I already had my tools to dump my information and was hoping that would help me later. Everything changed once I tried using NotebookLM to…
I was using Claude for almost everything recently. Web search, document analysis, content drafts, etc. Then I uploaded a stack of PDF files to NotebookLM for a client project and realized I had forced one tool to do two completely different tasks. NotebookLM isn’t trying to beat Claude in web search. This solves an entirely…
No matter what AI tool you use or how long you’ve been using it, you’ve probably found yourself constantly explaining context to your AI assistant. This involves repeating your preferences over and over, rehashing what you’ve already covered, re-uploading materials, and telling him (for the hundredth time in a week) what you’re working on. This…
Before I found NotebookLM Tools, I added sources the hard way. I would copy the URL and add it to a notepad or search for sources inside. But if I found a source for a different topic, then I would have to change notebooks again. When I saw what NotebookLM Tools could do, I felt…
Building a second brain has always been the ultimate promise of productivity, but for many of us, it felt more like a chore than a superpower. There is no shortage of PKM tools capable of storing information and processing it, but most of them seem intimidating due to the manual work involved. After months…
The only CI who returned to elementary school was in art class. I am, by all accounts, bad at design. Although I like to think I have a good aesthetic sense, I’m not good at bringing what I have in mind to life. Over the years, I’ve really tried to hone my design skills. I’ve…
When you listen to a song too many times, you eventually reach a point where you can’t hear it anymore. Not because it’s bad (you wouldn’t have listened to it that many times back then), but you’ve simply worn it out. This is more or less how most people’s relationship with AI tools has been….
NotebookLM is truly one of the best AI tools I use, and I’ve been working with it long enough to have a real opinion on it. The way it stays grounded in your sources, the citation behavior, the interactive mind maps are all some of the most useful features in my workflow – nothing else…