I used to fly low in school. In college I’d be barely passing classes with mostly C’s and only a couple of B’s. Since finding your channel I’ve been pretty inspired and ended up raising my GPA from a 2.5 to a 3.5. This current semester I’ve been getting A’s across all my assignments easily. I really appreciate everything you stand for and how much your online presence has been able to push me into becoming dedicated to my academics.
@@gone3394 most likely mindset and willpower. That's how most people change quickly and efficiently, but it is the most hardest change you can do because a lot of people are addicted to just being lazy, playing games, etc. So a sudden change can be hard to transition to.
Being a guy who doesn't do CS and needs a simple workflow, I've been using Notion(with some Zapier integrations) along with Samsung Notes(for hand notes - exporting as pdf and then embedding them into notion) and a my university app for all my assignments and lectures/seminars, I think for people that don't have linux Notion or Obsidian might be the simplest workflow to setup because of how easy it is to use and get running and if you want, you can import events from google calendar to Notion calendars or create database items for them with Zapier, its worth taking a look! But really enjoyed seeing your system!
i don't speak english but thank you james for keeping us updated on events and changes in your life. developing together is more interesting and more fun. keep up the good work
I use a notebook as an index and 🙂 it works just fine for me , i never felt like I needed something more complicated and new , An indexed note book is fine for me As a cs student i may seem old school but it works
Woah this is all super cool! This is the first time I am hearing about all these programs, hopefully I can use them without too much of a learning curve, and before uni starts this year! I'm definitely going to save up for an e-ink reader, they look so helpful for studying!
The saying, “how you do anything is how you do everything” comes to mind here. As a university professor that’s always looking for ways to optimize not only my own workflow, but also to aid my students in their endeavors, I find your content extremely inspiring and informative.
this guy blessing us with yet another productivity video, can’t thank you enough cuz i seriously needed this as i have lot of important exams coming up soon and i wish everything goes well, i hope you had a nice month so far and i can’t wait to study with you again soon my g :)
Aye James, nice to see another post for the month. Hope that your 2023 is going nicely so far dude! Also, nice to see you getting a workflow going too. And of course, mika is being adorable as always
I find your system very interesting! I don't see myself ever organizing my work and to-dos in such a detailed way as you demonstrated, so it's super cool seeing a different system than mine (my "system" consists of writing everything down in a notebook and calling it a day LOL💀 )- get well soon!
I quit my jobs yesterday. All the jobs! I just found your video "Why I wake up at 3am" and I watched all videos. I was a top student, but my life suddenly changed and I'd to work at the age of 16. I worked for 2.5 years. Next month, I'm turning 19 and I want the old me back. So, I quit my jobs and now I'm studying like you. I just realized that if I want to study like you, I need to quit my jobs and I'm happy now. Thanks James! You are so inspirational.
Thanks for the advices as usual, I was still sending by emails my notes from the tablet to the laptop. Will try this system next semester for sure and see how it turns out ! Also looking forward for your comeback tomorrow ! I will probably study with you 1 or 2 more sessions after I'm done with my 12h stream ! Good Luck James
Dude! You came at the right time as I’m starting my Bachelors in cs in two days! I’m so excited yet intimidated to even start but you have been such an inspiration to pursue an education in cs. Seeing your workflow system is pretty dope bro, keep up the amazing work! Keep inspiring!
Have been following you since quite some time, so cool to see a productivity youtuber switch to doom emacs and org mode. I think it often gets overlooked because of its complexity, but it is way more accesible than it seems. If you have not given it a shot yet, you are missing out!
I am a software engineering student, and I started watching your videos last year you were struggling and fighting and that's really hit me because I know how hard our domain of study is. But you are a gritty person and that helped me a lot.
Thank you for sharing all this. You are a true inspiration. I can really imagine you developing a sick workflow system/tool or something similar with all the experience you have in these areas :) never stop striving. Much love
had to become a ricer sooner or later . you've acquired the militant behavioral pattern of an emacs/vim user with + strict file formats. welcome to the club kiddo!
Hey James, I knew you have always a Linux guy, but a Doom Emacs org-mode guy sounds a million times cooler! I'm using a similar system with org-agenda and org-roam for my research and other stuff. I also second the Joshua Petitma recommendation: a pretty chill guy and short explanations on how plain-text can help you become more productive without the beautification of Notion and similar tools.
Emacs/Doom lover here for some years now, and it's the best thing I ever found. Same for org-mode. Nice video! evil mode and amathyst for OSx could be a great addition to your environment as well
I wish I had gone full emacs in college, it wasn't until I was on the job for a few years that an older dev sitting next to me was showing me the power of org that I became a true believer. Now I couldn't go without emacs if I tried, it's become so pivotal to how I keep myself organized in my daily life.
I know it's a bit late but if you could do a tutorial on how to set up emacs with your schedule and integrating that into syncthing that'd be super helpful
Thank you for sharing! I use a very similar workflow(still working out the kinks)-- I use GoodNotes to annotate lecture slides and I can sync these notes to Google Drive. And for tasks and scheduling i just use a bullet journal i carry with me everywhere- it's a little klunky but when i tried marking tasks digitally i was never able to be consistent with updating it so i just gave up lol
I have absolutely no idea what you’re doing in the notes files, I’m assuming that’s just normal Linux stuff, but it’d be great -if I can find whatever Windows equivalent exists.- Edit: It’s EMACS ORG MODE, sweet. It seems to work on Windows too, let’s me look more into that.
Thx James, for me I use 3 Apple Devices and I tried so many cloud services note taking apps like Notability and Goodnotes, to-do list apps, eventually, I got sick of all of them either cuz of: (to much Time to manage the system, synchronization issues generally or loss of files (Notability) Sooooo, Now I use four apps every day for studying and organizing my files, tasks ... etc. 1. Apple Files App and Subscription to icloud+, honestly it's the best option I found after trying the others. simple, easy, and sync very fast. Plus I use the tags to rate the lecture in stars . 2. Documents by Readdle. why? cuz 95% of the features that I actually need is free in this app. U don't have to import ur files from the files app to edit like most other pdf editor apps do, plus if u add a note box or highlight something it does not disrupt the file (in xodo app if u highlight something the files app does not recognize it as a highlight, recognize it as shape color !) 3. Forest app, mainly use it to keep track of my progress over the weeks (the stat page is so useful, with just 2 secs u know exactly where u r wasting time or if u made any progress that week) 4. Apple Calender app, yes I use this app, not for zoom meetings, use it for to-do list 😅. I used so many to-do list apps (the last one was an app by the same developer who made forest, was good but the UI was complex for me) and always there is something annoying about it. the calendar app is simple, easy, and syncs within msec. So I created a new calendar for my lectures schedule and another one for my daily tasks and when I finish a task I move it to the done tasks calendar. so I have 3 calendars and the coolest thing is when the iPhone is in a horizontal position the calendar view will change showing the weekly view and u can just drag and drop ur tasks on the days of the week very easily and quickly, I know its no big deal in the world of features, but it is so practical, I use it every day. I know that these apps are pretty simple and well-known. but after Switching back and forth between so many note-taking apps, calendar to-do list app, cloud apps and so much time wasted on all that crap, I was just fed up with it. I've been using these apps for about a year and (Documents for a few months cuz in the beginning the pdf annotation tools provided by the files app were more than enough but lately I need Better ones so I used the Documents app) if u have any better (simpler systems) plz share it .
@@ceciphar it has that function adding new blank pages (but it could be a paid feature) so in Apple files app on iPhone or the preview app of mac you can add new blank page
This is the equivalent of driving stick so no one can steal your car. It is refreshing to see someone using something other than google calendar or Notion however.
bless you and interesting system ^^ I like to mark up the lecture slides too, emacs is fire. Im in my med studies but this system is actually pretty fascinating since im kind of into a lot of cs stuff lol.
honestly I've tried obsidian for a few times and it took some real effort to actually create a functional system, you should give it another chance, like anything fruitful, it aint easy at the beginning
I'm on android and windows, so I just use OneDrive which syncs between pc, laptop, tablet, and phone. The notes I take on the tablet I just put into Onedrive. Easy as hell. I'm not into IT so most of this goes over my head and is too much of a hassle, but it's still cool to see how other people use different tools. I'll def be making use of the streams for exams in the upcoming 2 weeks, thanks bro :)
Welcome back James! I saw your productivity desk video and wondered about the e-ink devices. What’s your experience with reading books on the Hisense touch, and do you prefer reading on a larger screen (like Boox) instead?
I used to fly low in school. In college I’d be barely passing classes with mostly C’s and only a couple of B’s. Since finding your channel I’ve been pretty inspired and ended up raising my GPA from a 2.5 to a 3.5. This current semester I’ve been getting A’s across all my assignments easily. I really appreciate everything you stand for and how much your online presence has been able to push me into becoming dedicated to my academics.
what did you do mainly do in order to change this?
@@gone3394 i am also interested
@@pleasedonotlikeme3460 me three, im starting CS this semester and I'm excited.
@@gone3394 most likely mindset and willpower. That's how most people change quickly and efficiently, but it is the most hardest change you can do because a lot of people are addicted to just being lazy, playing games, etc. So a sudden change can be hard to transition to.
@@hikko. yup addiction to laziness is dangerous. Breaking that is key to bettering yourself
Being a guy who doesn't do CS and needs a simple workflow, I've been using Notion(with some Zapier integrations) along with Samsung Notes(for hand notes - exporting as pdf and then embedding them into notion) and a my university app for all my assignments and lectures/seminars, I think for people that don't have linux Notion or Obsidian might be the simplest workflow to setup because of how easy it is to use and get running and if you want, you can import events from google calendar to Notion calendars or create database items for them with Zapier, its worth taking a look! But really enjoyed seeing your system!
yeah notions pretty great that makes sense, my system is def tailored towards cs people
do you have a guide at all for this?
@@nnine6960 rez
May I know which integration(zapier & notion) did you use?
What do you use with the Zapier integration?
James is so modest about his absolute giga chad linux workflow. What a legend
this is a sick ecosystem that you have made for productivity. I appreciate that you made this video. thanks jay!
i don't speak english but thank you james for keeping us updated on events and changes in your life. developing together is more interesting and more fun. keep up the good work
I use a notebook as an index and 🙂 it works just fine for me , i never felt like I needed something more complicated and new , An indexed note book is fine for me
As a cs student i may seem old school but it works
Woah this is all super cool! This is the first time I am hearing about all these programs, hopefully I can use them without too much of a learning curve, and before uni starts this year! I'm definitely going to save up for an e-ink reader, they look so helpful for studying!
There is a hella learning curve. But stick with it, org-mode is awesome and will change your life forever.
You are just keeping on motivating me and giving me good ideas thank you
I hope you achieve your goals in 2023. Great job man
just watching your videos motivates me to actually do work lol
ayo😳
Expecting a heart from James ❤
your discipline amazing , we need more of your videos
Yo jamess I've been waiting for u to upload vids from your 1st ytbe acc i never thought you were using your new one
My guy nice vid and I should add some of these to make productive time.
thanksbro😳
get well soon james 😳
thanku😳
Hope you feel better soon! :)
thank u 😳
My man, which Sennheiser's are you wearing at what's your take on em?
Cool man!
sugee, you read Homunculus too. can you recommend some? i really like your vibe
Can you explain how to use org mode pls?
Nice setup. Which Boox models are those tablets?
the small one is a boox nova air 1, the larger one is a boox note x, which is unfortunately china only-i had to import it
@@jvscholz we have them in Taiwan too, just got one here
will you be doing an updated emacs video soon?
your cat is massive
holy smokes he uploaded
Hi James, what phone is that? I like how it looks like a Blackberry on steroids
Hi
Can anyone please share anything about the wallpaper that James had on his laptop?
Does your tablet looks like that from default or did you do something to customize it?
it's pretty customized-aio launcher on a boox tablet with galaxy tab s6 lite spen😳
@@jvscholz nice ill def check it out for my for my phone and tablet
Can you tell from where did you get oll of this technology
ive collected it over serveral years 😳
homunculus enjoyer spotted based
you sire are cool beans
Bro, which Linux distro are you using??
what is your phone called?
qbittorrent - nice
Yay! James, thanks for being consistent and being inspirational to a lot of people. I can’t wait for tomorrow’s stream. Keep it up! :)
thank u 😳
Will he start tomorrow?????😳
@@saraa5777 yes, he posted a video about stream starting on 16 january :)
when will he start tomorrow GMT
@@notyet-vm9sb not sure, check his video with the title stream starting 16 jan
The saying, “how you do anything is how you do everything” comes to mind here. As a university professor that’s always looking for ways to optimize not only my own workflow, but also to aid my students in their endeavors, I find your content extremely inspiring and informative.
What's the exact name of your phone? I might like it...
Edit: I made a research and it might be BlackBerry Key2...
this guy blessing us with yet another productivity video, can’t thank you enough cuz i seriously needed this as i have lot of important exams coming up soon and i wish everything goes well, i hope you had a nice month so far and i can’t wait to study with you again soon my g :)
good luckc on ur exam bro 😳
yes sirrrrrrr
Aye James, nice to see another post for the month. Hope that your 2023 is going nicely so far dude! Also, nice to see you getting a workflow going too. And of course, mika is being adorable as always
happy newyr flame😳
@@jvscholz Happy new year to you too james :)
I find your system very interesting! I don't see myself ever organizing my work and to-dos in such a detailed way as you demonstrated, so it's super cool seeing a different system than mine (my "system" consists of writing everything down in a notebook and calling it a day LOL💀 )- get well soon!
thank u mani😳
I quit my jobs yesterday. All the jobs! I just found your video "Why I wake up at 3am" and I watched all videos. I was a top student, but my life suddenly changed and I'd to work at the age of 16. I worked for 2.5 years. Next month, I'm turning 19 and I want the old me back. So, I quit my jobs and now I'm studying like you. I just realized that if I want to study like you, I need to quit my jobs and I'm happy now. Thanks James!
You are so inspirational.
How you doing?
Thanks for the advices as usual, I was still sending by emails my notes from the tablet to the laptop. Will try this system next semester for sure and see how it turns out !
Also looking forward for your comeback tomorrow ! I will probably study with you 1 or 2 more sessions after I'm done with my 12h stream ! Good Luck James
see u tmrw 😳
Omg i was doing the same using gmail and shit😂😭lol
Dude! You came at the right time as I’m starting my Bachelors in cs in two days! I’m so excited yet intimidated to even start but you have been such an inspiration to pursue an education in cs. Seeing your workflow system is pretty dope bro, keep up the amazing work! Keep inspiring!
I am starting mine at the end of this month and i'm very excited and nervous as well !! How has the first 2 weeks been?
Mate, if at the start of your video, you are using a mouse… I’m sorry to tell you but you are doing it wrong.
Terminal is king!
why scholz's MacOS looks nice? are there something he did to make it look better? or it's just another MacOS version?
I swear i study more in 1 of ur study lives then in a WHOLE month. Seriously thankyou!!!
thanku😳
how is his mac folder syncing with his android running e-reader??
Answer?
Have been following you since quite some time, so cool to see a productivity youtuber switch to doom emacs and org mode. I think it often gets overlooked because of its complexity, but it is way more accesible than it seems. If you have not given it a shot yet, you are missing out!
...i bet this bro smokes some phat-ass reefer.
prob thinks he not in the right class - CS420
I am a software engineering student, and I started watching your videos last year you were struggling and fighting and that's really hit me because I know how hard our domain of study is. But you are a gritty person and that helped me a lot.
Thank you for sharing all this. You are a true inspiration. I can really imagine you developing a sick workflow system/tool or something similar with all the experience you have in these areas :) never stop striving. Much love
had to become a ricer sooner or later . you've acquired the militant behavioral pattern of an emacs/vim user with + strict file formats. welcome to the club kiddo!
Ngl, James would be the type of dude i'd go camping with near some mountains or some shit
Hey James, I knew you have always a Linux guy, but a Doom Emacs org-mode guy sounds a million times cooler! I'm using a similar system with org-agenda and org-roam for my research and other stuff. I also second the Joshua Petitma recommendation: a pretty chill guy and short explanations on how plain-text can help you become more productive without the beautification of Notion and similar tools.
Emacs/Doom lover here for some years now, and it's the best thing I ever found. Same for org-mode. Nice video! evil mode and amathyst for OSx could be a great addition to your environment as well
wait wait wait. Do you have a special software that changes the main menu on your boox? Talking about how it looks at 10:07
I wish I had gone full emacs in college, it wasn't until I was on the job for a few years that an older dev sitting next to me was showing me the power of org that I became a true believer. Now I couldn't go without emacs if I tried, it's become so pivotal to how I keep myself organized in my daily life.
how do you setup emacs so good?
I know it's a bit late but if you could do a tutorial on how to set up emacs with your schedule and integrating that into syncthing that'd be super helpful
Thank you for sharing! I use a very similar workflow(still working out the kinks)-- I use GoodNotes to annotate lecture slides and I can sync these notes to Google Drive. And for tasks and scheduling i just use a bullet journal i carry with me everywhere- it's a little klunky but when i tried marking tasks digitally i was never able to be consistent with updating it so i just gave up lol
I was just wondering homie, do you have a part-time job or an internship somewhere you are working for?
Salute. I like your taste in manga. Humonculus was an interesting read.
another emacs org mode user +1
Dude thinks he's japanese lmao
I have absolutely no idea what you’re doing in the notes files, I’m assuming that’s just normal Linux stuff, but it’d be great -if I can find whatever Windows equivalent exists.-
Edit: It’s EMACS ORG MODE, sweet. It seems to work on Windows too, let’s me look more into that.
Highly recommend trying to dual boot with Linux ;) see how software Freedom feels!
@@komali2 Any idea what GUI he's using here?
The 2 boox tablets look interesting, why dont you make a new electronics video?
willdo😳
Ayeee James nice to see you back bro!!! 😳😳 THANKS FOR MAKING THESE DETAILED VIDEOSSSS!!!
thanksfor watching😳
Thx James, for me I use 3 Apple Devices and I tried so many cloud services note taking apps like Notability and Goodnotes, to-do list apps, eventually, I got sick of all of them either cuz of: (to much Time to manage the system, synchronization issues generally or loss of files (Notability) Sooooo, Now I use four apps every day for studying and organizing my files, tasks ... etc.
1. Apple Files App and Subscription to icloud+, honestly it's the best option I found after trying the others. simple, easy, and sync very fast. Plus I use the tags to rate the lecture in stars .
2. Documents by Readdle. why? cuz 95% of the features that I actually need is free in this app. U don't have to import ur files from the files app to edit like most other pdf editor apps do, plus if u add a note box or highlight something it does not disrupt the file (in xodo app if u highlight something the files app does not recognize it as a highlight, recognize it as shape color !)
3. Forest app, mainly use it to keep track of my progress over the weeks (the stat page is so useful, with just 2 secs u know exactly where u r wasting time or if u made any progress that week)
4. Apple Calender app, yes I use this app, not for zoom meetings, use it for to-do list 😅. I used so many to-do list apps (the last one was an app by the same developer who made forest, was good but the UI was complex for me) and always there is something annoying about it. the calendar app is simple, easy, and syncs within msec. So I created a new calendar for my lectures schedule and another one for my daily tasks and when I finish a task I move it to the done tasks calendar. so I have 3 calendars and the coolest thing is when the iPhone is in a horizontal position the calendar view will change showing the weekly view and u can just drag and drop ur tasks on the days of the week very easily and quickly, I know its no big deal in the world of features, but it is so practical, I use it every day.
I know that these apps are pretty simple and well-known. but after Switching back and forth between so many note-taking apps, calendar to-do list app, cloud apps and so much time wasted on all that crap, I was just fed up with it. I've been using these apps for about a year and (Documents for a few months cuz in the beginning the pdf annotation tools provided by the files app were more than enough but lately I need Better ones so I used the Documents app)
if u have any better (simpler systems) plz share it .
How do you create blank notes with documents? Make a blank pdf file or does documents have that functionality
@@ceciphar it has that function adding new blank pages (but it could be a paid feature) so in Apple files app on iPhone or the preview app of mac you can add new blank page
Try +notes or freenotes, both apps are free to use and good
Arch Linux + i3 is the best !! Until you run into scaling issues where Xserver cant do fractional scaling:( none the less great choice.
Which app should i use for Android note taking if i want the PDF to automatically save with my handwritten notes on top?
thanks, James, I'm starting my first year of college this year and expect mind-numbing exhaustion. this makes it better.
keep up the goodwork homie😳
Hey could you make a quick tour/setup of your liunx rice. Looks like you use i3, awesome or dwm :D
This is the equivalent of driving stick so no one can steal your car. It is refreshing to see someone using something other than google calendar or Notion however.
Bro went straight to the point :]
always😳
@@jvscholz 😅😅❤✌
Love everything about this video, especially ur macbook wallpaper ahahah ;)
(how’s called?😅)
trying to find the same 🥲
Man i wanna be back in university rn exploring different concepts and technologies
bless you and interesting system ^^ I like to mark up the lecture slides too, emacs is fire. Im in my med studies but this system is actually pretty fascinating since im kind of into a lot of cs stuff lol.
Lol tomorrow I have an exam. 99% sure I’ll fail but I’ll pick it up, hopefully, by following your streams
that's cool, but it looks so slow
For 1 and a half minute, I was devotedly listening to what he was saying. After seeing his hair, I forgot what he was saying.
honestly I've tried obsidian for a few times and it took some real effort to actually create a functional system, you should give it another chance, like anything fruitful, it aint easy at the beginning
obsidians p good😳
Just a reminder to be careful while using sudo. Good luck kids
James,I'm so happy to hear from you again. You've single handedly changed my life. I'm grateful.
Also,I'm so happy to see Mika 😊.
boi i always knew blackberries are good for productivity (Mobile phone)
me checking in on James once a year so I can literally steal 90% of his updated aesthetic
sorry
James can you do a video on the physics of how that much hair can stand so vertical without gel
Jokes ilysm keep making vids ❤️
0:56 is that t-ui launcher looks pretty sick to use with that keyboard
yeah it is, works v well on the blackberry😳
@@jvscholz yeah I wuld expect, tnx for making me want to study more and stop failing my classes lol
is T-UI and "CLI linux launcher" the same thing ?
do you like playboi carti
What device did you use to swap between devices on your main monitor? Are you using a KVM if so witch one?
Just found your channel and I love it.
Are you able to provide links to everything you are using?
yoo I just got started using emacs
I'm on android and windows, so I just use OneDrive which syncs between pc, laptop, tablet, and phone. The notes I take on the tablet I just put into Onedrive. Easy as hell.
I'm not into IT so most of this goes over my head and is too much of a hassle, but it's still cool to see how other people use different tools. I'll def be making use of the streams for exams in the upcoming 2 weeks, thanks bro :)
I'm a big fan of paper like tablets. I think these kind of tablet are underrated. In fact I think all students should consider buying one.
How do you make those nice labels with your name?
rotex 780 label maker😳
@@jvscholz thx
Hey man how did you get the mac programs to have that olive green color??
did you find?
nope@@yakou-t3r
Welcome back James! I saw your productivity desk video and wondered about the e-ink devices. What’s your experience with reading books on the Hisense touch, and do you prefer reading on a larger screen (like Boox) instead?
Can you share your doom emacs configs (font, theme and etc.)?
i3-gaps is endgame productivity wm.
hey can I get them aio launcher settings? one of your blog posts is missing the settings :^(
Why is your collage not over yet Mean you should have graduated by now
It's great to see Mika and you again. Can't wait for live :)
hi😳
how do you connect the tablet with the computer