NotebookLM now moonlights as my leisure guide

NotebookLM has become my go-to productiveness instrument. I’ve grow to be extremely environment friendly at working my approach by way 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 neater solution to examine and find out about 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 approach out and just about turned my free time into the very best 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 reveals, motion pictures, books, and different media I am consuming.

It might not be how AI was positioned, nevertheless it positive may be useful in saving me time. You might not wish 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 will clarify beneath.

I used it to study a brand new interest

It may very nicely go terribly, however I am keen to strive

Think about attempting to select up a brand new ability. Possibly it is crocheting. Possibly it is studying how you can shoot hoops. You might 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 follow and get good at one thing. I wish to skip the countless 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 humorist. Do I believe I would be good? That continues to be to be seen. Would I prefer to strive? Completely. I used the Uncover button on the prime left of NotebookLM and typed in “how you can grow to be a humorist.” Slightly than having to add hyperlinks for it to tug from, NotebookLM did the searching for me and located 10 hyperlinks detailing how you can grow to be 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 shortly 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 will let you already know once I’m able to hit an open mic… however first, it is time to begin truly training 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 will have an inventory of flicks and TV sequence that you simply wish to finally watch. Lots of them are from ideas from family and friends which have loved them and are shocked I have never gotten round to watching but. A type of reveals is Misplaced, the ABC drama created by Damon Lindelof a couple of group of aircraft crash survivors who’re on an island. If that is all you already know about Misplaced, you are like me. Regardless of its reputation, I by no means did get round to it.

I haven’t got the time to observe six seasons price of a present that I am solely barely curious about. 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 look like 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 have been useful for me in understanding the gist of the present (though I am confused about this smoke monster factor, which it looks as if many of the Web nonetheless is simply 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 interested by a ebook I cherished as a child the opposite day and I wished to refresh my reminiscence. The ebook was The Westing Sport by Ellen Raskin, and I used to be attempting to remind myself how the ebook ended. Slightly than skimming the plot in a browser, I wished a little bit greater than that. So, I uploaded an NPR article in regards to the ebook in addition to the Sparknotes abstract to NotebookLM.

I used the Thoughts Map characteristic to breakdown the themes of the ebook, the characters and extra. I remembered it was a cleverly written ebook and a really humorous learn and I used to be happy to see Thoughts Map included a bit on that. I additionally actually appreciated the Associated Works half that it branched out, giving me comparable 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 ebook. It refreshed my reminiscence and introduced me again to being a child once more.