NotebookLM now moonlights as my leisure advisor

NotebookLM has become my go-to productiveness software. I’ve turn into extremely environment friendly at working my manner by means of it and used it for both work and personal tasks — plus I have been capable of share my successes with it you, reader. It is simply a better solution to research and study one thing. On the finish of the day, there’s solely a lot time to spend studying, and NotebookLM helps me study sooner.

As a result of I’ve realized how to use NotebookLM well, I’ve began to include it into my leisure consumption. Sure, I’ve taken the simple manner out and just about turned my free time into the perfect use of my time. I’ve shifted from utilizing it strictly for duties to letting it assist me unwind, utilizing it to show me extra in regards to the exhibits, motion pictures, books, and different media I am consuming.

It might not be how AI was positioned, but it surely positive might be useful in saving me time. It’s possible you’ll not need to use NotebookLM for a few of these, however they’re all legitimate methods to take action. If you wish to optimize your leisure consumption time, you must achieve this with NotebookLM — particularly within the methods I am going to clarify under.

I used it to study a brand new interest

It may very nicely go terribly, however I am prepared to attempt

Think about attempting to choose up a brand new ability. Perhaps it is crocheting. Perhaps it is studying how one can shoot hoops. You can spend hours on-line watching video after video simply to get began, however I haven’t got hours. And hours are precisely what it takes to apply and get good at one thing. I need to skip the limitless studying section and get to the great things. So, I exploit NotebookLM to assist me dive proper into the deep finish.

I made a decision I wished to study all I may about changing into a stand-up comedia. Do I feel I might be good? That continues to be to be seen. Would I wish to attempt? Completely. I used the Uncover button on the high left of NotebookLM and typed in “how one can turn into a humorist.” Fairly than having to add hyperlinks for it to drag from, NotebookLM did the searching for me and located 10 hyperlinks detailing how one can turn into a humorist. I wished to really feel like I contributed too, so I discovered some George Carlin stand-up on YouTube and added that to the sources.

With all that materials loaded in, I began asking questions — and rapidly discovered myself studying about joke construction, timing, supply, and even which developments to embrace or keep away from. It turned out to be a surprisingly deep nicely of data. I am going to let you realize once I’m able to hit an open mic… however first, it is time to begin truly practising this new interest.

I used it to “watch” a TV present

Don’t be concerned: I used to be by no means going to observe this present anyway

In the event you’re like me, you’ve got an inventory of flicks and TV sequence that you just need to finally watch. A lot of them are from recommendations from family and friends which have loved them and are shocked I have never gotten round to watching but. A type of exhibits is Misplaced, the ABC drama created by Damon Lindelof a few group of airplane crash survivors who’re on an island. If that is all you realize about Misplaced, you are like me. Regardless of its recognition, I by no means did get round to it.

I haven’t got the time to observe six seasons value of a present that I am solely barely keen on. Fortunately for me, NotebookLM does the “watching” for me. I uploaded the Wikipedia pages for all six seasons after which had it create a Video Overview for me in addition to an Audio Overview. The Video Overview truly assumed I knew extra in regards to the present than I did. It used phrases that made it appear to be it was telling me issues I already knew and was simply summarizing all of it. The Audio Overview was a extra in-depth dialogue by two AI hosts in regards to the sequence.

Each of those had been useful for me in understanding the gist of the present (though I am confused about this smoke monster factor, which it looks like a lot of the Web nonetheless is just too).

I used it to ‘reread’ one among my favourite books

I hadn’t remembered all the main points, and Google introduced all of it again

I used to be fascinated about a e-book I beloved as a child the opposite day and I wished to refresh my reminiscence. The e-book was The Westing Sport by Ellen Raskin, and I used to be attempting to remind myself how the e-book ended. Fairly than skimming the plot in a browser, I wished slightly greater than that. So, I uploaded an NPR article in regards to the e-book in addition to the Sparknotes abstract to NotebookLM.

I used the Thoughts Map characteristic to breakdown the themes of the e-book, the characters and extra. I remembered it was a cleverly written e-book and a really humorous learn and I used to be happy to see Thoughts Map included a piece on that. I additionally actually appreciated the Associated Works half that it branched out, giving me related books to The Westing Sport that I instantly wished to take a look at. It was additionally enjoyable to see the Reader Expertise, which summarized the NPR article about that creator’s love of the e-book. It refreshed my reminiscence and introduced me again to being a child once more.