Note to Self

Manoush Zomorodi described Note to Self as "the tech show about being Human".{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/interactive/technology/15-questions-with-manoush-zomorodi/?iid=hp-grid-dom|title=15 questions with Manoush Zomorodi - CNNMoney|website=CNNMoney|access-date=2016-04-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/podcast/inside-infomagical-note-to-self-s-crowdsourcing-project-to-find-out-how-people-deal-with-information-overload/s399/a652691/|title=Inside Infomagical, Note to Self's crowdsourcing project to find out how people deal with information overload|date=2016-07-04|access-date=2016-08-30}} The content of the podcast was a combination of facts and research as well as real life experiences and personal stories.{{Cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/what-space-is-really-like-using-algorithms-to-improve-1780396194|title=What Space Is Really Like, Using Algorithms to Improve Your Life, and Some Beautiful Natural Spaces|last=Henry|first=Alan|date=6 June 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-30}}

Topics covered ranged from racism on Facebook, to a neuroscientist's view on information overload, to a piece by performance artist Marina Abramović which involved an audience sitting in total silence wearing noise-canceling headphones for 30 minutes before a live performance of J.S. Bach's The Goldberg Variations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/possibly-the-best-way-to-listen-to-music-first-listen-to-silence/|title=Possibly the best way to listen to music: First listen to silence|website=CNET|access-date=2016-04-18}}

Zomorodi has worked as a journalist for 20 years, and before joining WNYC, she reported for Reuters and the British Broadcasting Corporation. While working for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Zomorodi lived in Berlin for two years.

Note to Self debuted on September 10, 2012 under the name New Tech City.

On May 27, 2015 New Tech City changed its name to Note to Self, in response to listener suggestions. The name was inspired by the audience communicating to Zomorodi that they listen to the show because they are interested in the "purposeful use of technology."{{Cite web|url=http://www.poynter.org/2015/note-to-self-wnycs-tech-podcast-has-a-new-name-and-its-note-to-self/347211/|title=Note to self: WNYC's tech podcast has a new name and it's Note to Self|website=Poynter|date=27 May 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-18}}

Zomorodi released a book entitled "Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self" with St. Martin's Press in September 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-12495-1|website=Publishers Weekly|title=Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self|access-date=2018-03-08}} Based on a series of episodes of Note to Self from 2015, the book expands on the benefits of removing distractions to increase well-being and stimulate creativity, and includes feedback from listener responses to the podcast.{{Cite web|url=http://www.manoushz.com/book/|title=Book – Manoush Zomorodi|access-date=2018-03-08}}

Zomorodi left the show in April 2018 to launch a new cryptocurrency supported podcast that was not affiliated with WNYC.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/business/media/blockchain-podcast-manoush-zomorodi-zigzag.html|title=They Left Public Radio to Try Their Fortunes on the Blockchain|work=The New York Times |date=16 September 2018 |access-date=2018-12-23|last1=Peiser |first1=Jaclyn }}

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