The Informed Life

Austin Govella on the IA of Note-taking

May 8, 2022

36:49

Episode guests

Austin Govella

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Using Taxonomy to Turn Concepts into Principles and Processes

00:56

Two Passes in Weekly Reviews for Organizing Notes

00:56

Visibility and Respecability Ensure Maintenance of Architecture

00:50

How to Use Tags to Improve Your Productivity and Focus

02:43

Introduction

2min

Microsop

3min

Architecture

2min

What Do Roll Notes Do for You?

3min

The Challenge of Switching Contexts During the Pademic

2min

The Connection Is a Missing Link, Right?

2min

Do You Have a Weekly Review?

3min

How to Use Tags to Improve Your Productivity and Focus

3min

The Process of Getting Things Done

5min

10.

Is Your Note Templet Faded?

2min

11.

Is Structure a Good Thing?

3min

12.

How to Capture Everything in the Backlinks

3min

13.

Is Your Living Room Different From My Living Room?

2min

14.

What's the Best Place to Chat About the Stuff Aroundu?

2min

Austin Govella is a user experience design lead at Avanade, a global professional services company. He’s the author of Collaborative Product Design and co-author of the second edition of Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web. In this conversation, we focus on Austin’s note-taking system and its relation to his work in UX design and information architecture.

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