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+WEBVTT captioned by jai
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+Can you recognize this building?
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+Some of you may have recognized this.
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+This building is called
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+the John Hancock building.
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+This is in Chicago.
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+I recently bought this building.
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+Isn't it nice?
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+Heavens no!
+
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+I am in my home in Pune in India.
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+I am Bala Ramadurai,
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+an author, professor, and an innovation coach.
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+Hello and welcome to my talk on
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+“How to incorporate handwritten notes
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+into Emacs Org Mode”
+
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+Now, why did I show you this building?
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+The name is of interest for this talk.
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+In the US, someone's signature is
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+also referred to as their Hancock.
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+Your handwriting is pretty much part of your identity.
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+It is as fundamental as that.
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+Of course, there is a movie by that name too, Hancock.
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+I could have started with a clip from that movie,
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+but in spite of Will Smith and Charlize Theron,
+
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+both my favorite movie stars in the movie, I hated it.
+
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+[Clip from Hancock (2008)]
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+But I digress.
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+Handwriting has been a fascinating topic for me.
+
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+However, note-taking has always been on my computer,
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+in particular, in the Emacs Org Mode system.
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+It is so easy to note down anything,
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+add a schedule, add a deadline,
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+search anything you want, link anything you want,
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+export it to any format, track what you've been doing,
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+clock your tasks, and on and on and on.
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+It's such a squeaky-clean system to
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+track everything and link it to
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+anything from the digital world.
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+Sharing the original notes is still a pain in the rear,
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+but for personal stuff, it's awesome.
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+But then what about handwriting?
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+Research seems to suggest that handwritten notes
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+can enhance clarity of thought, retention,
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+sometimes even getting rid of your worries.
+
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+[Fried, C. B. (2008). In-class laptop use and
+its effects on student learning]
+
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+[Speaker displays articles on Note-taking]
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+My experience seems to agree with that too.
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+As a professor, my fear has always been
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+this quote, “Lecturing is that mysterious process
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+by means of which the contents of the notebook
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+of the professor are transferred
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+through the instrument of the fountain pen
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+to the notebook of the student
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+without passing through the mind of either.”
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+Hmmm... So, question — How do we combine
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+the efficient Org Mode system
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+with the effective handwritten note-taking system?
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+Merge the systems together. Absolutely.
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+How do you do that?
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+Step 1: Write the notes by hand
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+on a notebook. Pen, pencil.
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+Keep some convention for yourselves
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+for tracking tasks like a star or an asterisk.
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+Step 2: Scan them using
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+your favourite mobile app.
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+I recommend Adobe Scan or Dropbox.
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+Step 3: store the document as a JPG file
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+into a folder called Inbox.
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+Make sure this syncs into a cloud storage folder
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+and your Org Mode system
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+has access to this folder.
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+(Optional) Step 4: convert the notes into text
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+using Google Keep or just type
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+the damn thing one more time.
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+Then you can process that
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+in your Org Mode system
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+as you always do in whatever
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+is there in your inbox.
+
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+But, three steps or four before I get access
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+to my notes and into my Org Mode?
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+What a precious waste of time.
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+I'd rather be tinkering with my
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+config file in that time, correct?
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+Boy...
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+Get or buy or gift or convince your partner,
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+parent, or anybody else to gift yourself
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+a touch-enabled large device.
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+Then use an app like OneNote to write notes
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+on the device and link the handwritten note
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+directly into Org Mode by copying the link.
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+You can use a shortcut like Ctrl-1
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+to mark the todos, but that means it remains
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+only on OneNote ecosystem, the todos.
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+You can use the same app to also convert
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+the handwritten note into text
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+just by the click of a button.
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+As a bonus, you can even include screenshots
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+from your online meetings.
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+I like both my options.
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+Option 1: use a regular notebook,
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+scan and process them into my inbox.
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+Option 2: write the notes in a digital device
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+and convert them into text.
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+Or, third option, I appeal to thee,
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+oh great community, can you please build a package
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+inside Org Mode that recognises handwriting
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+to export it into our Org Mode, Emacs Org Mode.
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+Thank you so much for your attention. Bye.