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My Data Capture Workflow
Up-front Disclaimer: I’ve built this Data Capture Workflow in the Apple ecosystem. However, except for my Task Manager and Read It Later app, I believe all other apps should be available for Android and Windows.
In 2017, it was estimated that the average person processed as much as 74GB of information every day via their TV, laptops, mobile phones and tablets. Five years later (with the huge growth in online video and podcasting) that has surely increased significantly.
Of course, we just ignore the majority of that information. When we find something useful, though — that diamond in the rough — how do we make sure that we remember it for the long term before it gets drowned out again by less useful facts?
Thankfully, as the amount of information thrown our way has increased, technology has risen to that challenge. Today, we have an unparalleled number of apps and pieces of software that we can use to pull all this information together.
That, in itself, can be a challenge though. Which apps should we use? How do they fit together? Where do we store these combined bits of information to gain any value from them?
Well, with that in mind, I thought I’d share with you my own system for capturing this information. I’m not saying it’s the right way of doing things — in fact, one of the main reasons for…
