Data Is Your Superpower, Not AI Itself

Most of you would probably agree that having AI on your side is like having a personal assistant with superpowers. However, this is only partially true, and here’s why.

AI can help you generate content ten times faster than a human assistant and can answer questions about virtually any topic. ‘Amazing’ is not enough to describe how great it is. No human assistant comes close to it.

However, AI doesn’t understand much about you. So, it’s like having a personal assistant who’s always on their first day—always Day 1!

Obviously, many of us are already aware of this. Those people working behind the scenes of your favorite email client, chat app, and document editor are likely to come up with a solution for this soon (or already have). Soon enough, it will be more like a human assistant who can access your emails, documents, and chats. Sounds promising, right?

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But What About Your Meetings?

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The Challenge with Meetings as Data

Meetings are volatile. Unlike emails or documents, the information shared in meetings can easily be lost if not properly captured. The cost of lost information is tremendous, potentially affecting decision-making and project progress.

People often take meeting notes to address this. But it often makes you lose focus or keeps you from being fully engaged during the meetings. It’s a trade-off between capturing information and active participation.

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Shadow: Perfect Memory for Meetings

Shadow is an AI meeting assistant that not only automatically captures your meetings but also helps you complete post-meeting tasks that follow—all this without an intrusive bot joining your meeting.

Shadow can be a game-changer, allowing you to stay fully engaged during your meetings while also maintaining a perfect memory of everything said and heard.

Key Features:

• Automatic Meeting Capture: Starts and stops capturing your meeting when you join or leave a video call. Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack Huddle, etc.

• Automatic Transcripts and Notes: Generates transcripts, meeting outlines, and meeting notes automatically.

• Seamless Integration: Saves directly to a folder as a markdown file, so you can sync with your favorite apps like Obsidian or NotebookLM.

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Obsidian as the Central Hub for Your Meetings

For Obsidian fans, you can now use Obsidian not only as your central hub for your thoughts but also as a perfect memory for meetings, thanks to Shadow!

Plugins such as Smart Connections enable you to ask questions like “Who mentioned what about Llama 3.2 1B?” This transforms how you recall and utilize information from past meetings.

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Step by Step Guide: How to Automatically Sync Meetings Generated by Shadow on Obsidian

1. Download and Install Shadow

2. Turn on Autopilot Mode

- Shadow works automatically. You don't even need to touch a button. It triggers itself when you join a video call. Just let it run in the background and relax.

3. Create a new folder on Obsidian

4. Configure 'Export Transcript' and 'Export Meeting Outline' Skills on Shadow

- Shadow performs various tasks based on what it hears in your meetings. Each of these tasks is called a Skill.

- 'Export' Skills let you save the records generated by Shadow as a file. Go to the 'Skill' page and select one of 'Export' Skills.

- Click 'Browse' and select the same folder created on Obsidian

- Don't forget to turn 'Automate' option on!

5. Done. Now you have the perfect memory for your meetings on Obsidian.

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Conclusion

By integrating Shadow with Obsidian, you can have a comprehensive, searchable record of your meeting discussions. The best part? No intrusive bots or buttons as interruptions.

This not only saves time but also enhances your ability to recall, connect, and utilize information, which is key to utilizing the full potential of AI.

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