My story using the Reader app

How I Supercharged My Learning from YouTube Videos 🚀

The Backstory

Two years ago, in November 2023, I discovered Readwise — an app that automatically saves all your Kindle highlights (and more).

I first heard about it from Eric Jorgenson (author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant). As a Kindle power user, I decided to give it a try — and now, two years later, I honestly don’t know what I’d do without it!

I started using Readwise to revisit ideas from books (repetition is how we learn!), and to search my notes (for example, I can type “success” and instantly see every highlight that mentions it).

But that was just the beginning…

The Reader App

Shortly after, I discovered that the Readwise team had built Reader — an app where you can save any article or YouTube video and make highlights directly on them! These highlights are then saved to both Reader and Readwise!

Personally, this app completely changed the way I use YouTube (since November 2023).

Here’s an example of my “YouTube - Reader” workflow (when I find a nugget in a video) 👇

The Reader app has turned YouTube into a genuine learning tool — where I can highlight great ideas and even write notes on them! And Readwise makes sure all my highlights and notes — from Kindle, YouTube, articles, and even X — live in one searchable, organized place.

Both apps come bundled together, and they offer a 30-day free trial. But I reached out to the Readwise team and we partnered up — so you get 60 days free with my link 👇