My First YouTube Video: PhD Story & System

Dear Reader,
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Last week I recorded, animated and edited my first real YouTube video, which sums up everything you need to know to start using Obsidian efficiently for your research.

Part 1: Obsidian for Academics in 15 minutes

Part 2: Organising Ideas using the Source Topic Argument System

Part 3: A live demo of how it works, which was the highlight of the last information management course.

Despite my best efforts, it turned out to be 55 minutes long! But, on the bright side, it really covers everything that's important to start with.

Since this is the first video and my channel has very few followers, I am now calling for your support to:

1. Go on YouTube and follow the EA channel.
2. Like the video if you think it deserves it.
3. Watch and comment (YouTube rewards engagement)

I deeply appreciate your support!

Lastly, if you watch the video, let me know what you think! I am new to making videos in this format, and every nitpick would help improve the quality in the future!

Making YouTube videos is extremely time-consuming. For each minute of this video, it took about 25 mins of work.

Thanks for being part of EA!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

Ilya Shabanov, The Effortless Academic​

The Effortless Academic is a community, newsletter and learning place for the modern academic, where you can learn to leverage academic tools, digital note-taking strategies and AI for a stress-free, successful career.
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If you're ready to dive in, start with the foundation of Digital Note Taking to remember and synthesise ideas, the AI Lit Review Course to learn about recent (AI) tools for finding, reading and skimming relevant academic papers, then switch to the AI writing and publishing courses to effectively publish your ideas.