Lit Review Tools Comparison & Free Webinar Dear Reader, This week I am exploring a slightly different format for this newsletter. My goals are (1) to make it more personal, and (2) to be about more than just EffortlessAcademic. Let me know what you think and which parts you like by replying! In the last few weeks, I have been absorbed in two deep paper revisions and experimenting with how I can use my notes, my code/data and AI to help me design experiments, code, and review the literature to...

Moving From MS Word Notes to Obsidian Dear Reader, Many academics have been taking digital notes for years, even before spectacular tools like Obsidian existed. From various surveys, I know that many of you have dozens of notes stored as Word documents, Apple Notes, or Microsoft's OneNote. As a subscriber of this newsletter, you might also know that switching from a collection of notes (e.g. MS Word, Apple Notes, OneNote) to a knowledge Network (e.g., Obsidian) unlocks numerous "superpowers"....

Setting up AI Agents in Obsidian Dear Reader, Over the last few days, I showed you what AI agents can do for your research, how the system is built from five simple components, and how it saved my PhD defence. But does that work for you? Before building the AI Agents for Academics Course, I surveyed 73 academics on their hopes for AI and designed the course to meet these goals. First Question: What would you like AI to handle? The "Other" category had more unique answers like "preparing...