Dr. Cory Meals joins the show to talk about building a second brain, personal knowledge management apps, and how to keep it all together!

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Thanks to my sponsors this month, Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks.

Show Notes:

• Slide deck from Cory’s Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain Session at TMEA
• A Second (Music Teacher Brain) – Resources from the “Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain” Session | TMEA 2022
• Book: Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
• Evernote
• Notion
• Readwise
• Airr – Podcast App
• Craft
• Roam Research
• Obsidian
• Athens
• Drafts
• DEVONthink
• Craft for Music Educators – podcast episode with Dr. David MacDonald
• Get Organized Digitally! – podcast episode with Dr. Frank Buck
• Pass the Baton – podcast episode featuring Theresa Hoover
• Apps for Research and Remembering – podcast episode with Dr. David MacDonald
• Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students With Filemaker – podcast episode with Ben Denne
• Communication and Collaboration Apps for Music Teams – podcast episode with Ben Denne
• Articles from MacStories.net to help get set up with Obsidian:
  • My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings
  • Obsidian In Depth: Core Plugins (Part 2)
  • MacStories Starter Pack: Introducing Obsidian Shortcut Launcher, A Free Plugin to Trigger Shortcuts from Obsidian
• Overcast – Free, simple, award-winning podcast player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
• Eliminating Canvas Stress by Writing Content in Markdown – my blog post that explains Markdown
• Deckset – app that designs your slides, so you can focus on your ideas
• Obsidian – Discord community and forum
• Taking Notes with Drafts – podcast episode featuring developer Greg Pierce
  • Institute for Composer Diversity
• Steinberg Summer Sale
• Poolsuite.fm
• Playdate

Other Recommendations from Cory, not mentioned in the episode:

• Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind
• Tiago Forte Interviews Dan Charnas

App of the Week:

• Robby – OnTheWay
• Cory – Carrot Weather

Music of the Week:

• Robby – Poolsuite Mix Tapes | Poolside – Low Season
• Cory – MUETE – Slow Loris | Ak Dan Chil (ADG7) – Yeong Jeong Geo Ri (Live on KEXP)

Where to Find Us:

• Robby Burns – Twitter | Blog | Book
• Dr. Cory Meals – Twitter) | Website | University Link

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