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Austin Kleon’s Genius Note-Taking System
In Matuschak’s view, a finely distilled note is the fundamental unit of knowledge work. But we are generally lousy at taking notes, both because the notes we take give us weak feedback (we may go weeks without returning to a note we have taken, and may not return to it at all) and because we have no role models (do you know anything about anyone el... See more
Casey Newton • Notes on a year using Roam Research
Every time you take a note, ask yourself, “How can I make this as useful as possible for my future self?” That
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
“The goal is not to take notes — the goal is to think effectively,” Matuschak writes. “Better questions are “what practices can help me reliably develop insights over time?” [and] “how can I shepherd my attention effectively?”
Casey Newton • Why Note-Taking Apps Don't Make Us Smarter
Imagine how absurd it would be to organize a kitchen instead by kind of food: fresh fruit, dried fruit, fruit juice, and frozen fruit would all be stored in the same place, just because they all happen to be made of fruit. Yet this is exactly the way most people organize their files and notes—keeping all their book notes together just because they
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Rethinking Notetaking: Notes as Knowledge Building Blocks
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
- The biggest thing holding people back from improving their writing is having a sound note-taking system (a sound note-taking system makes writing about your ideas much easier)