Jonathan Stewart & Danny Hatcher

Danny and Jon

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Previously known as "Notion Nerds". A weekly podcast exploring light hearted conversation around Personal Knowledge Management + Productivity through an Ecological dynamics approach. Hosted by Jonathan Stewart: https://simplicity-specialist.com and Danny Hatcher: https://dannyhatcher.com/

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Jonathan Stewart & Danny Hatcher

Episodes

Ecological Psychology in 2024 27.01.2024 1:37:46

We discuss our plans for 2024 and a sneak into the future of what we're focused on! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 6:50 Creator education 15:55 New year goals 23:00 Digital literacy 39:00 Writing for an audience 48:30 Book writing 54:50 Ecological systems 1:04:00 Understanding opposing opinions 1:08:00 Ecological explanations 1:20:00 Ecological communities Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube...

Ecological Memory 20.01.2024 2:00:51

We discuss memory from an ecological perspective. Are our brains for storage? We go into detail! Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Obsidian Vault Building 23.12.2023 1:08:23

Jon's been building his DnD Vault, and in this episode we talk about this and a host of other things! (because it's not a podcast episode if it's not got tons of other discussions!) Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Making Obsidian Videos 16.12.2023 51:04

In this episode we talk about refining our Obsidian vaults over time. We discuss adapting template-based systems to individual workflows while retaining flexibility. We delve into structuring notes for different types of characters in roleplaying games. Metadata Menu continues to be highlighted as a simple yet powerful tool for visualizing connections. When explaining concepts to others, balancing...

Obsidian Updates And Speculations 02.12.2023 1:12:15

WEdiscuss the new 1.5.0 desktop update for Obsidian, focusing on improvements to tables and canvas functionality and our excitement with Canvas Candy plugin, especially new options for adding headers, footers, and labels to cards. Jon explains how he uses these features to organize D&D campaign information. As well as considering what could be possible in the future when using canvases and dat...

The Open Source Ecosystem of Obsidian 25.11.2023 55:08

In this episode, We discuss and debate the evolving open source note-taking app Obsidian. As the community grows, how can it balance accessibility with compensating developers? We discuss Ali Abdaal's comments about equity investment. And analyse whether large "creators" are better defined as media organisations with responsibilities. Jon shares his perspective on using Obsidian pr...

Writing in Obsidian 18.11.2023 50:24

In this episode we're talking about Writing in Obsidian more specifically how Jon uses Obsidian for DND! We chat about how Jon finds the app helpful for initiatives tracking in combat encounters by having character sheets and abilities easily accessible. It also allows players to review past sessions or research the world in more detail. As a planning tool, Jon can organise locations and NPC p...

Fictional Reality (Writing Fiction) 11.11.2023 1:11:00

We talk about fiction writing and a little bit about D&D :)

AI Summaries 21.10.2023 1:07:31

In this episode we talk about AI summarising inspired by Tiago Forte's recent video on his channel Tiago's Video Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Neurodiverse Tools 14.10.2023 1:08:49

We have a chat about the concept of "Neurodiverse Friendly" tools, all from an ecological perspective. Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

What's on our phones... (App Talk!) 07.10.2023 1:14:08

We share what apps we primarily use on our phones, and then dive into some philosophical discussion immediately after (because when don't we.)

BASB Revisited 30.09.2023 1:11:17

Both of us have taken BASB, we chat all about our thoughts now, after a couple of years

Gamifying Education 23.09.2023 56:21

We're talking about gamifying education Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Obsidian reviews and student life with Aidan 16.09.2023 1:45:58

We have a chat with a long time listener of our podcast, as he shares how he uses Reviews. Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Internet in Schools 09.09.2023 1:07:17

Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

What makes Jon tick... Philosophy of Practice Walkthrough 02.09.2023 1:03:02

So we're diving into creating Jon's Philosophy of Practice. A Philosophy of practice is an ever evolving document that evidences the actions someone takes. You can find both of our POP's in VaultCraft! Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Education Scandels 19.08.2023 55:59

The episode where Danny has a great big rant about education, and where Jon nods their head in agreement... Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Social Media is not the Problem 12.08.2023 1:17:19

We have a chat about how social media has influenced our productivity!

Obsidian Update (All The Properties!) 05.08.2023 1:47:38

This week we talk all about the Obsidian properties update!

Feeling Drained 22.07.2023 1:03:17

How do we manage energy? This is what we're talking about today! Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Is AI Smarter? 22.07.2023 1:15:58

AI is getting smarter... or is it? We discuss Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

This approach changes everything! 15.07.2023 1:17:29

Whilst in Berlin Danny and Jon were both reading An Introduction to Ecological Psychology, and we thought what if we invite the writers on to chat more! So we did! Book: https://amzn.to/3O48ju1 (affiliate link!)

Note Taking Archetypes 08.07.2023 1:02:30

The Architect, Gardener and Librarian. Do they exist and what apps do they fit with... and do we even agree with these ideas... (of course we don't... we contrarian 😁) Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Podcast

Note Organisation - Folders, Links or Tags? 01.07.2023 1:27:35

The PKM world loves to talk about which is better when sorting your notes. Should you put things into folders, or perhaps just have everything linked together on an MOC (master of contents)... or do we just tags. In this episode we chat about our thoughts... and surprising no one we have opinions 😉 Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Web...

We don't like Atomic Notes... 17.06.2023 1:27:48

We talk about our opinions on Atomic Notes... and how much we really don't see the point. It's a common a productivity thing we're TOLD to like, but honestly we just don't see the point... Alongside that we've got comments for previous episodes 😁 Joint Research Notes: ⁠VaultCraft⁠ Danny Hatcher: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Jonathan Stewart: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ Watch the Pod...