NotebookLM now moonlights as my leisure guide

NotebookLM has become my go-to productiveness software. I’ve change into extremely environment friendly at working my approach by it and used it for both work and personal tasks — plus I have been in a position to share my successes with it you, reader. It is simply a better method 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 be taught quicker.

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 straightforward approach out and just about turned my free time into the most effective 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 is probably not how AI was positioned, nevertheless it certain might be useful in saving me time. You might not need 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, it is best to accomplish that with NotebookLM — particularly within the methods I am going to clarify beneath.

I used it to be taught a brand new passion

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

Think about attempting to select up a brand new ability. Perhaps it is crocheting. Perhaps it is studying how you can shoot hoops. You possibly can 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 need to skip the countless studying section and get to the good things. So, I exploit NotebookLM to assist me dive proper into the deep finish.

I made a decision I wished to be taught all I may about changing into a humorist. Do I feel I would be good? That continues to be to be seen. Would I prefer to strive? Completely. I used the Uncover button on the high left of NotebookLM and typed in “how you can change into a humorist.” Somewhat than having to add hyperlinks for it to drag from, NotebookLM did the searching for me and located 10 hyperlinks detailing how you can change into 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 rapidly 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 effectively of information. I am going to let you recognize once I’m able to hit an open mic… however first, it is time to begin truly working towards this new passion.

I used it to “watch” a TV present

Don’t fret: I used to be by no means going to look at this present anyway

In case you’re like me, you’ve gotten an inventory of flicks and TV collection that you simply need to finally watch. Lots of them are from ideas from family and friends which have loved them and are shocked I have not gotten round to watching but. A kind of reveals is Misplaced, the ABC drama created by Damon Lindelof a few group of airplane crash survivors who’re on an island. If that is all you recognize 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 look at six seasons value of a present that I am solely barely occupied with. 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 collection.

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 like a lot of the Web nonetheless is just 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 e book I liked as a child the opposite day and I wished to refresh my reminiscence. The e book was The Westing Sport by Ellen Raskin, and I used to be attempting to remind myself how the e book ended. Somewhat than skimming the plot in a browser, I wished somewhat greater than that. So, I uploaded an NPR article in regards to the e book in addition to the Sparknotes abstract to NotebookLM.

I used the Thoughts Map characteristic to breakdown the themes of the e book, the characters and extra. I remembered it was a cleverly written e book 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 related 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 e book. It refreshed my reminiscence and introduced me again to being a child once more.