Zettelkasten Español
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Zettelkasten Español
A zettelkasten is a method. In addition to being an object, a zettelkasten is a methodology—a way to capture ideas in notes, establish relationships between them, and leverage both for knowledge work. The formula is relatively straight forward: Capture ideas in the form of fleeting and/or reference notes. Turn these captures into individual main no
... See moreBob Doto • A System for Writing: How an Unconventional Approach to Note-Making Can Help You Capture Ideas, Think Wildly, and Write Constantly - A Zettelkasten Primer
A Luhmann-style zettelkasten is a bottom-up approach to managing information and knowledge. Structured "heterarchically,"7 the zettelkasten lacks both predefined categories and topical folders. It is, by design, a distributed network of ideas, one without thematic centers to which ideas must relate.
Bob Doto • What Do We Mean When We Say "Bottom-Up?"
Anytime a passage spoke to something he was working on, or reminded him of an idea previously recorded in his zettelkasten, Luhmann wrote down the page number of where the passage could be found, followed by a brief description of what was said or how it related to his thinking. On the back of the slip, Luhmann recorded bibliographic information.18
Bob Doto • A System for Writing: How an Unconventional Approach to Note-Making Can Help You Capture Ideas, Think Wildly, and Write Constantly - A Zettelkasten Primer
The Zettelkasten relates to the thinker as the workshop does to the craftsman: good tools and lovely furnishings make good work possible, but do not replace it. Therefore, great thinking work can be done without a Zettelkasten, and wonderful craftsmanship can emerge even in the most adverse of circumstances.
Zettelkasten.de • Upgrade Atomic Thinking to Holistic Thinking
Unlike a card-catalog in an old library, the purpose of a Zettelkasten is not to find an individual note, but rather to explore the connections amongst notes.