Sep 05 2020 54 mins 10
In this episode, we talk with Aravind Balla, a software developer working remotely from Hyderabad, India. He loves JS and CSS, and is the co-host of the Learning Curve podcast, sharing his findings, discoveries, and, his learning journey with fellow host Bretik. In the #roamcult community he is known for creating Gatsby-theme-Andy, a digital gardening theme inspired by the works of Andy Matuschak and is based on Gatsby-theme-brain. We talked about: Aravind's note-taking workflow How Notion and Roam plays different roles in his work Examples of evergreen notes from Aravind's graph The origin story of Gatsby-theme-andy Defining what is publishable in a digital garden Planning episode for the Learning Curve Podcast Enjoy! Timestamps 03:24 From Evernote to Notion and Aravind's meta questions 05:54 No more Evernote except for Kindle highlights 08:40 There was no friction in transitioning to Roam 09:38 Notion vs Roam for Teams 10:58 Loading up Roam in low network connectivity 13:09 "Once it is loaded, it never dies. So I never turn my MacBook off" 14:53 Aravind's main workflow, information capture and more 17:06 Some fleeting notes are thrown away, and examples of permanent notes 18:18 Aravind Balla's Evergreen notes from [[How to Take Smart Notes]] and Linchpin 20:02 Have empathy towards your work 21:58 Publishing notes online can strike ideas in the person who's reading it 23:05 How Aravind remade Andy Matuschak's digital garden theme in Gatsby 25:47 Gathering around digital gardeners and Andy's followers 28:38 What's considered publishable? Defining a digital garden 34:56 How did the Learning Curve podcast start? 37:46 Predicting conversations with #roamcult, and Mental Agility 42:48 Aravind's keen for the API to rollout 45:48 Planning an episode for the Learning Curve Podcast 49:48 [[How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?]] 51:48 [[What does Roam mean to you?]] Links Aravind's Twitter Aravind's Website Aravind's Notes gatsby-theme-andy
