An ongoing list. These are small places where AI removed a step I used to do by hand. I’ll add to it as I notice more.

Reading notes, without leaving the book

I read a lot of books on my iPad Mini. When a passage stands out, I highlight it. I like having those sections to think about later.

Writing them down used to mean stopping. I’d leave the page, type the passage or the thought somewhere else, then find my place and start reading again. That break was enough that I usually didn’t do it. The highlights stayed in the book.

Now I screenshot the pages with highlights and drop them into a named folder. When I’m ready, I hand the folder to AI and ask it to pull out the highlighted text and summarize it. I stay in the book while I read. The notes happen afterward, from the screenshots, without me transcribing anything.