zettelkasten
The Process of Making a Quality Zettel
A quality Zettel is made by capturing the core idea, expanding one layer deep into the idea with text, video, audio, adding external Zettelkasten system links, and adding a summary/excerpt to distill the idea.
Can AI Save My Zettelkasten?
TL;DR The author is discussing the challenges they face with their personal Zettelkasten, a system of note-taking and knowledge management. The process of creating unique ID notes, writing single condensed ideas, and linking notes with tags and references can become overwhelming as the number of notes grows. The art
The Danger of Journaling IS Introspection
I was having an off-day a few months ago. To try and lift my spirits, I decided to take advantage of the fact that I have the ability to time travel. Not literally, of course, but figuratively in the one direction of the past (which is almost as good as
Criticism, Conjecture and Nen Vows
Conjecture = Guesswork/Hypothesis/Reality Free Criticism = Judgement/Tied To Reality Let's imagine conjecture and criticism as being two sides of a hypothetical spectrum. The closer one is to the criticism side, the more they are likely to act realistically, conservative, rigid. The closer one is to the conjecture side, they
Why I Migrated 300+ Posts From Obsidian Publish to Ghost
303. 303 posts manually backfilled one by one from Obsidian Publish to Ghost, with great effort and mental + physical expense. But why? The Goal of a Zettelkasten For the uninitiated, a zettelkasten is a form of a personal knowledge management system (PKM). The Zettelkasten method prioritizes small pieces of information
Data Outlives Codebases
Your data is the most important part of your system I’ve seen a lot of systems where hope was the primary mechanism of data integrity. In systems like this, anything that happens off the golden path creates partial or dirty data. Dealing with this data in the future can
The Manic Zettelkasten Mood
closed mode “most of the time when we’re at work. We have inside us a feeling that there’s lots to be done and we have to get on with it if we’re going to get through it all. It’s an active, probably slightly anxious mode, although
So Much to Process - So Little Time
Don’t forget that the “needs attention” box ought to be empty. If there are papers in it, be aware that this means you have left things undone in your life that require your attention. (Location 1132) My #to-process folder is going off rn. The act of going through the
Appreciating the Waxing Zettelkasten
I appreciate the visual of my Zettelkasten, which looks like a waxing moon with connected notes on one side and orphaned notes on the other.
The Importance of a Good Capture System
???? Why did i think i would remember what this meant (View Tweet) This is why having good capture systems is critical. Don't underestimate the Doorway Effect,and don't trust that ideas will lodge themselves in long term memory just because you've consciously willed it/desire it to stick. Also come