Brandon Toner: Healthcare, Note-taking Philosophy, Schooling with Roam

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In this episode, we talk with Brandon Toner, a pharmacist based in Nova Scotia, Canada. He's known from his goal to build a habit of expression through a reset on Twitter. This is a broad episode ranging from healthcare to school, note-taking philosophies and the search for powerful conversations.

We talked about:

• Doing a hard reset on Twitter
• Information management in pharmacy, healthcare and possibilities with Roam Research
• Intricacies in healthcare and what information we must consider
• Brandon's workflow in the field of learning healthcare
• The philosophy of note-taking and its connection to identity, expression and more
• How Roam can help you build your own worldview

Enjoy!

Timestamps

• 1:50 Brandon's criteria for Twitter conversations
• 3:34 Hard reset on Twitter and connecting with people an dideas
• 5:53 The Dark times, and the tools that never felt quite right
• 8:01 Brandon's future version of himself
• 9:40 What Brandon does: Pharmacy in Nova Scotia, Canada
• 11:24 Information in healthcare and pharmacy
• 14:59 Building dynamic reference material for healthcare
• 16:48 "When I consume knowledge, I want it to become a part of me"
• 18:05 The responsibilities of a clinical expert
• 19:54 Brandon's thoughts on schooling with Roam
• 22:07 Roam dependence and impact on our systems and routines
• 27:58 The scaffolding for a network of information
• 29:28 What is structure? Note-taking as a philosophy
• 33:42 How do we balance between chaos and order?
• 34:52 Brandon's workflow in bringing order to chaos
• 40:39 "You can't skip that dance" and Go Boards
• 43:35 Putting down other tools, and the burden of freedom
• 48:14 What happens in the true believer calls? and how Brandon joined Roam
• 54:35 Cult vs. culture, and Conor thinking out loud in calls
• 59:35 The revolution of maintaining societal knowledge
• 1:07:17 Exploring Roam's diversity of users
• 1:09:56 Celebrating life and our loved ones
• 1:14:51 Roam baked in productivity culture
• 1:18:41 The low floor, high ceiling, and Roam possibilities
• 1:21:34 [[How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?]]
• 1:30:20 [[What does Roam mean to you?]]

Links

• Brandon's Twitter
• Expanding Thoughts (Brandon's Newsletter)
• Brandon's Website

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