Lab Notes

From Our Lab to Yours โ€” A Knowledge Index for Product Builders

Welcome to Lab Notes. This space is dedicated to sharing what we’ve learned from our journey in the tech industry, spanning strategies, ideas, and the direct applications that have shaped our careers and ventures. It’s a compilation of both long-term learnings and emerging thoughts, emphasizing the importance of documenting the process as ideas evolve.

Second Brain

Here, you’ll find our “second brain๐Ÿง  second brain – a method for indexing what you know, experienced, or learned for future reference, especially useful for stuff easily forgotten yet is the basis of your future beliefs. This is an idea coined by Tiago Forte and illustrated and written about by Maggie Appleton while taking a course on it. This concept is adjacent in philosophy to digital gardens. ,” a collection of lessons we’ve picked up along the way. It’s centered around the experiences we’ve had โ€“ from enlightening conversations and impactful reads to the problems and solutions we’ve identified along the way. So much of this valuable knowledge is often overlooked in the fast pace of our daily work, particularly the insights that don’t get the chance to be written down. Our aim is to start recording these observations as they emerge, nurturing them into fully formed principles and practices to guide us and you. We’re not just sharing; we’re inviting you into a cycle of continuous learning and mutual growth.

Our Content Evolution

In Lab Notes, you’ll encounter articles at various stages of refinement:

๐Ÿต Brew : Emerging ideas and observations, fresh and exploratory.
๐Ÿงช Potion : Developed concepts, tested and analyzed.
๐ŸŒŒ Eternal : Fully-realized insights, our evergreen content.

For Every Digital Mind

Recognizing the diversity of our audience, each note is crafted with a specific type of reader in mind:

These personas ensure that you can easily find content that resonates with your interests and professional focus. Which one do you identify with the most?

Aspiring Strategists

Aspiring Strategists are at the budding stages of their careers. They are seeking guidance to navigate the transition from being primarily technical or design-focused to becoming more strategy and product-driven.

Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers have a knack for finding ways to optimize systems and connections to unlock potential. They enhance efficiency and multiply collective force by harmonizing workflows and amplifying interdependencies.

Connective Visionaries

Deeply curious and empathetic, Connective Visionaries see everything as interconnected: people, ideas, and industries. They use their wide-ranging knowledge and networks to blend detailed precision with a broad strategic vision.

Others

Entrepreneurial Spirits
Holistic Leaders
Precision Analysts
Fulfillment Chasers
Knowledge Guardians

We plan to write for other audiences too (Entrepreneurial Spirits, Holistic Leaders, Precision Analysts, Fulfillment Chasers and Knowledge Guardians), but are not focusing on them at the moment.

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