E38 Kevon Cheung: Building In Public Applied To PKM
Feb 14, 2024
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Guest Kevon Cheung discusses the value of sharing learnings, building in public, improving note-taking, applying building in public to personal knowledge management, challenges of being a dad and creator, building fresh ideas, and a casual conversation about peanut butter preferences.
Building in public fosters transparency and community, leading to personal growth and the development of a strong PKM system.
Sharing learnings in real-time prompts reflection, enhances the learning experience, and enables the creation of meaningful content.
Deep dives
The Value of Building in Public and Sharing Learnings
Building in public is an important aspect of personal knowledge management (PKM) that emphasizes the value of sharing one's learnings as they learn them. By collecting and creating content based on the information consumed, individuals can build a community, foster transparency, and gather valuable feedback. The podcast episode highlights the significance of adopting a build-in-public mindset within PKM and the benefits it can bring to personal growth and the development of one's PKM system.
The Journey of Kevin Chung and the Story Behind the Broccoli
The podcast episode features Kevin Chung, a dad and creator known for promoting the concept of building in public. Kevin shares the story of how he became recognized as the 'broccoli person' due to his use of a broccoli emoji on Twitter. The conversation delves into Kevin's journey, including the creation of his book 'Find Joy and Chaos,' which explores building in public on Twitter. Kevin emphasizes the importance of finding one's own unique path and being transparent in personal and professional endeavors.
Incorporating the Build-in-Public Mindset into Personal Knowledge Management
The podcast episode discusses how individuals in the personal knowledge management (PKM) community can embrace the build-in-public mindset. This mindset involves sharing what one is learning, engaging in conversations with the audience, and using their feedback to shape the development of products or ideas. The conversation highlights the need for PKM practitioners to put their ego aside, embrace a 'dummy' approach to continuously learn from others, and create content that is meaningful and useful to their audience.
The Transformative Aspect of Building in Public on Information Consumption
Building in public transforms the way individuals consume and process information. By sharing learnings, ideas, and actions in real-time, the podcast episode explains how building in public forces individuals to be reflective and mindful of the information they consume. The act of sharing prompts individuals to process information more deeply and consider how it can be helpful to others. This reflective mindset enhances the learning experience and allows individuals to create meaningful content and engage with their audience more effectively.
Kevon Cheung is a dad and creator who creating content around the value of building in public. He's against the classic vision of creation being an act of going into the woods, smoking a ciggar, drinking some brandy, and than coming out with your "masterpiece." He's the author of Find Joy In Chaos--a guide to building in public on twitter--the course creator of Build In Public Mastery, and the creator of Public Lab a website dedicated to helping you in your build in public efforts.
In this podcast you will learn:
The value of sharing your learnings AS you learn them
How to collect and create out of the information you consume
How to build friends and community by sharing your learnings
Kevon Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeetKevon Kevon Public Lab: https://publiclab.co/