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The Inforium

5 Questions: Audio vs. Paper Books, iPad Pro for Students, and Motivation Tactics (Ep. 196)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Personal Branding, Career, Productivity, Business, Learning, Lifehacking, College, University, Education, 101, Lifestyle Design, Work Smart, Class

4.8998 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this 5 questions episode, we talk about the iPad Pro, Pomodoro breaks, filming, motivation, and whether audio books are as effective as traditional reading. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Alex French Guy Cooking YouTube channel iPad Pro 12.9" (Amazon | Apple) Apple Pencil (Amazon | Apple) Nebo (iOS | Android) Evernote (iOS | Android) Rocketbook (Everlast | Wave | Color) Rocketbook (iOS | Android) iJustine YouTube channel Bear (Mac | iOS) Simplenote (iOS | Android) Duolingo (iOS | Android) Tide (iOS | Android) Audible (iOS | Android) Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot Meg Cabot The Cuckoo's Egg, by Clifford Stoll Clifford Stoll Weapons of Influence #4: Liking (Ep. 195) Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini Robert Cialdini The Martian, by Andy Weir Andy Weir * Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline Ernest Cline Wil Wheaton Anathem, by Neal Stephenson Neal Stephenson Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell David Mitchell Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell Reamde, by Neal Stephenson The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland, by Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne M. Valente Tina Fey Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain Crash Course YouTube channel Crash Course Study Skills playlist Listen Money Matters CaseyNeistat YouTube channel CaseyNeistat's Fat and Lazy video Mark Manson's blog Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. Timestamps: 0:02:57 - Thoughts on the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil 0:20:36 - Regaining focus after a Pomodoro break 0:25:21 - The effectiveness of audiobooks vs reading them 0:40:45 - How does Tom deal with scripts while filming videos 0:45:43 - Finding motivation when you're generally unmotivated 0:52:53 - Hobbies and interests becoming part of your identity 0:55:20 - Conclusion If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also [leave a review!](http://collegeinfogeek.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:33.5

Martin I'm so excited.

0:34.8

Why are you excited?

0:35.8

I'm so excited because.

0:37.6

Is it because that's big?

0:38.8

Well, that is big and we're going to talk about that.

0:42.4

Oh, you're exactly for something else that being the slab of metal and plastic and LCD pixels or o lid pixels.

0:50.0

I don't know because I can't just say that to an audience of what else do we got.

0:55.0

My wetstone came in the mail.

0:59.0

Oh yeah?

1:00.0

Yeah.

1:01.0

So...

1:02.0

Time to get real sharp. I am.

1:03.0

Why didn't you just use that rock?

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