Blinkist connects people with powerful ideas from the world’s leading thinkers to help them grow their knowledge, broaden their perspectives, make better decisions, and thrive in all areas of life. Used by over 25 million people worldwide, Blinkist finds the most relevant, impactful books and podcasts and distills them down to their key ideas, which can be read or listened to in 15-minute explainers called Blinks. The platform features over 6,000 titles, making it the most comprehensive library of its kind. Blinkist members can also be guided through inspiring topics in personal and professional growth with their expert-led Guides.
As I listened to a BLINK as a 7 book at a time guy. I was sold, it was sort of like talking to an intresting friend, about what they have learnt from something. Loads of stimulating ideas. I just have to put my mony up now and have my empty 5mins during the day filled with real brain tickling.
Based on our record, Google Scholar seems to be a lot more popular than Blinkist. While we know about 999 links to Google Scholar, we've tracked only 1 mention of Blinkist. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
A few may know, that google scholar(https://scholar.google.com/) does not offer a feature for arranging the search results based on the number of citations. Several years ago, one developer published a Python code (https://github.com/WittmannF/sort-google-scholar) to handle this. I had been inspired by his work, but I wanted to show the list of... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
To that point, https://scholar.google.com/ is still useful. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
1) find the doi number [1a][1b] 2) find sources that cite the doi number -> google scholar[2][3] 3) filter for 'github' ----- [1a]resolve a doi name : https://dx.doi.org/ [1b]find a doi number : https://answers.lib.iup.edu/faq/31945 [2] : https://scholar.google.com/ [3] : google with "site:http://doi.org/" [4] : finding a doi in document page :... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Half of those are about science, during my Ph.D., I was told to use scholar.google.com, which works great as far as I can tell. Couple it to sci-hub and you get all the scientific literature you need. Source: 6 months ago
Scholar.google.com exists also which is what you use for studies. Source: 6 months ago
I've always read them, just starting to use growth.me and blinkist.com but I'm curious what others think of them. Source: over 3 years ago
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