Late last year I spoke with Jorge Arango on The Informed Life podcast. I’ve just written the second edition of Interviewing Users, and Jorge has just put out Duly Noted: Extend Your Mind through Connected Notes. We thought it would be helpful to reflect on our different processes for organizing information and book-writing in particular.

Our conversation is in two parts (between 35 and 40 minutes each). You can find the audio and transcript at the the episode pages (Part 1, Part 2) and each are embedded below.

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Part 2:

Topics

Part 1

• The New Edition of ‘Interviewing Users’
• Writing the First Edition
• The Evolution of Writing and Publishing
• How We Got Into Writing
• Writing Books for a Changing World
• Writing a Second Edition

Part 2

• The Mechanics of Writing and Organizing Ideas
• The Challenges and Joys of Writing a Book
• The Role of Structure in Writing
• Using Different Tools
• Reflections on Writing