Practical PKM
Practical PKM helps listeners get more out of their notes and ideas. Host Mike Schmitz shares weekly tips for building a personal knowledge management (PKM) system. The show focuses on using that system to support creative work and improve productivity. It is presented as the audio version of Schmitz's newsletter.
Episodes
3 Questions That Will Change Your Life
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The Note-Taking Lesson I Learned at the British Museum
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What is the Point of PKM Anyway?
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Why Most of Your Notes Never Make a Sound
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Stop worrying about having original ideas
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How to use Claude with your Obsidian vault (safely)
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Your creative genius isn't gone. It's suppressed.
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I Built the Ultimate Obsidian Quick Capture App
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The Case for Delusional COnfidence
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How to Get Creative Superpowers (Without Selling Your Soul)
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I Built My First Obsidian Plugin (Sort of)
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Made with ❤️ (+ AI)
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The Minimum Viable Productivity System
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My Close Encounter with the Four Horsemen of Fear
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The Rise of the Creative Tastemaker
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Creativity Flywheels, Vol. 2: Sahil Bloom
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Don't Plan Your Week, Design It
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The Amateur Advantage
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Why I Track Habits in Obsidian Instead of a Dedicated App
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How Claude Helped Me Make the Videos I Want to Make
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The Complete Guide to Obsidian Properties
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10 Quick Obsidian Tips That Are Super Useful
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Creativity Flywheels, Vol. 1: Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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Templates: The Most Underrated Tool in Your PKM System
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The 2026 Obsidian Report Card
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Curiosity, Community, and the Future of Sensemaking
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What Vibe Coding 6 Apps in a Week Taught Me About PKM
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The PKM Problem No Plugin Can Fix
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AI Will Change PKM, But Not Destroy It
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Use Your Gut to Tame Your Task List
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What I Love About the Supernote Nomad
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Screens Don’t Lie: What Your Digital Footprint Say About Your Values
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The 5 Best Books of 2025
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The Ultimate Productivity Hack
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Building a Master Content Calendar in Obsidian with Bases
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The 2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Productivity Nerds
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An Attitude of Gratitude
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10 Words That Will Change Your Life
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The Ultimate Guide to Mind Mapping: Unlock Your Creative Potential
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Be a River, Not a Reservoir
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A Tier List of All 30 Obsidian Core Plugins
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Why Curiosity is Your AI-Proof Superpower
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Master Complex Ideas with the Feynman Technique
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How to Avoid The Slope of Terribleness
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Changing Your Default Currency
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How to Migrate to Obsidian Bases from Dataview
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Quantity is the Path to Quality
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The Power of the Personal Retreat
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Embrace the Chaos
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How I'm Using Obsidian Bases
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5 Ways to Connect Your Notes & Ideas
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Essential Obsidian Plugins for Writers
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My Essential Obsidian Plugins
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What I'd Do if I Were Starting in Obsidian Today
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Building an On This Day Feature for Daily Notes with Bases
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Hitting the Cognitive Gym
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My New & Improved Obsidian Writing Workflow
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Join the Task Management Rebellion
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No New Inputs
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AI Will Give Creators Superpowers, Not Replace Them
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How to Use AI to Augment the Creative Process
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A Simple System to Help You Focus on What Really Matters
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An Overview of the Bases Core Plugin in Obsidian
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7 PKM Lessons I Learned from Hosting My First Live Event
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The Role of Desire Paths in PKM
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PKM & AI: The Power of Small Language Models
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How to Leverage the 3 Levels of Knowledge to Get More From Your PKM System
Not all knowledge is created equal.In my experience, there are three distinct levels of knowledge:Level 1: InformationLevel 2: RevelationLevel 3: ApplicationThe higher you go, the more value you get. In this episode, we’ll look at some specific ways you can refine & enrich the knowledge you are managing in your PKM system.Read it here 👉🏼 https://practicalpkm.com/3-levels-of-knowledge/
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