Day I Found My Second Brain💡 (NotebookLM)

It was a regular Tuesday.

You know the kind — too many tabs open, research papers half-read, sticky notes scattered across my desk, and a half-done doc staring at me. I was prepping for a side project on LLMs and drafting a tech blog. But I was stuck.

Then Google whispered: NotebookLM.

I had seen the name before, but this time I clicked.

An AI notebook that "learns" from your content? Sounds like a dream. Five minutes in, I realized it was real.

🧠 NotebookLM didn't just read my docs. It understood them.

I uploaded:

• A PDF whitepaper
• My messy notes
• A rough Google Doc outline

Then I asked:

“Summarize the key points.”
“Compare views from section 2 and 4.”
“Suggest a presentation outline.”

It delivered.

Clean. Structured. Cited.

NotebookLM wasn’t summarizing. It was synthesizing. Helping me think. Helping me build.

✨ A Game-Changer for Presentations & Deep Work

If you're someone who:

• Turns messy research into clean decks
• Writes docs, posts, or reports
• Juggles content from multiple sources

Then NotebookLM is like having a second brain.

I asked it to write an intro for a talk. It nailed my tone. I asked for a slide flow. It outlined better than my draft.

🔄 Why This Is Ep. 1 of #makeit

This new series is where I share real stories of how AI tools help me work smarter — writing, designing, researching, and yes, making mind-blowing PPTs.

Next up: An AI that turns ideas into slide visuals (in seconds).

Until then, check out NotebookLM:
https://notebooklm.google

Tried it already? Drop your best use case below 📃