Let's say you spent three years building a second brain in a flashy new app or noting down the all-important details of your university course. One day, the note-taking app you use decides that its ...

I recently stepped foot into the world of self-hosting, and I haven't looked back since. I've replaced several of my day-to-day apps and software with self-hosted, open-source solutions, and they've ...

Laptops are ideal for taking course notes. They’re portable enough to carry with you to every class, they have built-in keyboards and touchpads for fast typing and navigation, you can doodle and ...

Once upon a time, university lectures were accompanied by the sound of pens scribbling on paper. But if you go into a lecture hall today, you will hear students tapping on laptops. Devices are now an ...

Gone are the days when carrying around a pad and a pencil for notes is considered the norm. With the rectangular glass and metal slabs in our pockets getting increasingly more competent at undertaking ...

Before the internet became the massive and powerful resource it is today, most people went to the library to get the information they needed. It was a pretty labor-intensive task, though, as you'd ...

Traditionally, this means taking notes. But I wonder if note-taking is a dying art. I don't see many students taking notes from lectures or web pages or U-tube videos. Or textbooks (highlighting is a ...

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Despite a recurring stream of educational fads, lectures still dominate teaching approaches. In spite of such teaching reforms as "hands-on" learning, small group collaborations, project-based ...

Once upon a time, university lectures were accompanied by the sound of pens scribbling on paper. But if you go into a lecture hall today, you will hear students tapping on laptops. Devices are now an ...