This is a really useful guide! Personally, I get the most out of NotebookLM when I use it in conjunction with Claude. I'm compiling a large year-end report right now which consists of 33 media AI usage case studies from my newsletter plus relevant other sources and most importantly, very large studies like the Reuters Digital News Report, etc. NotebookLM is fantastic in finding connections between all theses sources and the seemingly bottomless context window and upload capacity for files is amazing. But I can't really establish a rapport with NotebookLM. Claude "gets" me. It knows my style, it follows my rules and it challenges me. So I've been going back and forth between the two. Clause is my assistant for strategizing and writing prompts to get the most out of NotebookLM which is my "slave". I don't have any meaningful discussion with it. I use it as a work horse to parse files that are just too big for Claude to find the connections that I'm seeking. Pro tip: I have Claude Pro (I can't afford the next tier) which means I frequently run into time-outs and am locked out for a few hours. But I can use that time over that NotebookLM and then go back to Claude. TLDR: Try NotebookLM in conjunction with Claude.
Thank you SO much for this overview. This tool is going to be one I probably get lost in because of my popcorn brain, but I’m excited to use it for workflows and process improvements!
Man, I remember when the AI faux podcasts were basically the hot thing that anyone would talk about because it sounded so realistic and up to then there wasn't really much technology that did what it did.
So an early thing that I did (admittedly) was upload all my old blog posts (circa 1990s) and watch and listen in amazement as these two AI-generated people gushed over all the things I had to write about 30 years ago. Thank goodness I've kind of seen the light of all the other cool things that NotebookLM can do, and I'm really using it in the future it well to honestly help with some of my work. In particular, I upload this giant spec that I've been given for a project and it helps me parse out what exactly I need to do since a lot of it is so vague. Total game changer. I don't use the audio podcast features as much as I used to back in the days, but hey, not everything can be a vanity project right now.
Thanks for this. I’ve been using NotebookLM for a few months and it’s currently my favorite AI product. I’ve used it to transcribe meeting videos, give me a detailed summary, and even find time stamps in the video to verify information (hint: upload the transcript of the video and you can get time stamps and get around the live video restriction). I double check it often and it’s extremely accurate. Notebook has to be one of the most underrated AI products around today.
I use it for academic research & article/chapter writing as a brainstorming partner. I love the podcast feature, as it helped me prepare my talk and ensure the right message reaches my audience. However, I'm concerned about how it handles proprietary/sensitive information.
This is a really useful guide! Personally, I get the most out of NotebookLM when I use it in conjunction with Claude. I'm compiling a large year-end report right now which consists of 33 media AI usage case studies from my newsletter plus relevant other sources and most importantly, very large studies like the Reuters Digital News Report, etc. NotebookLM is fantastic in finding connections between all theses sources and the seemingly bottomless context window and upload capacity for files is amazing. But I can't really establish a rapport with NotebookLM. Claude "gets" me. It knows my style, it follows my rules and it challenges me. So I've been going back and forth between the two. Clause is my assistant for strategizing and writing prompts to get the most out of NotebookLM which is my "slave". I don't have any meaningful discussion with it. I use it as a work horse to parse files that are just too big for Claude to find the connections that I'm seeking. Pro tip: I have Claude Pro (I can't afford the next tier) which means I frequently run into time-outs and am locked out for a few hours. But I can use that time over that NotebookLM and then go back to Claude. TLDR: Try NotebookLM in conjunction with Claude.
Thanks for this guide. I have been using NotebookLM for a while now but I learned something new from this post
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Thank you SO much for this overview. This tool is going to be one I probably get lost in because of my popcorn brain, but I’m excited to use it for workflows and process improvements!
Man, I remember when the AI faux podcasts were basically the hot thing that anyone would talk about because it sounded so realistic and up to then there wasn't really much technology that did what it did.
So an early thing that I did (admittedly) was upload all my old blog posts (circa 1990s) and watch and listen in amazement as these two AI-generated people gushed over all the things I had to write about 30 years ago. Thank goodness I've kind of seen the light of all the other cool things that NotebookLM can do, and I'm really using it in the future it well to honestly help with some of my work. In particular, I upload this giant spec that I've been given for a project and it helps me parse out what exactly I need to do since a lot of it is so vague. Total game changer. I don't use the audio podcast features as much as I used to back in the days, but hey, not everything can be a vanity project right now.
Thanks for this. I’ve been using NotebookLM for a few months and it’s currently my favorite AI product. I’ve used it to transcribe meeting videos, give me a detailed summary, and even find time stamps in the video to verify information (hint: upload the transcript of the video and you can get time stamps and get around the live video restriction). I double check it often and it’s extremely accurate. Notebook has to be one of the most underrated AI products around today.
Ummmm this is amazing. Srsly.
I have been dabbling with NotebookLM for a while but this was sooo helpful AND inspiring to get back to using NLM for my research and client work.
Thank you!!
I use it for academic research & article/chapter writing as a brainstorming partner. I love the podcast feature, as it helped me prepare my talk and ensure the right message reaches my audience. However, I'm concerned about how it handles proprietary/sensitive information.
God bless this work,
Are you still using Pinpoint?
https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/about/
Thank you for the excellent walkthrough.