Useful Note-Taking
Actually getting value from writing things down.
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Useful Note-Taking
My old belief was that storing all these links in a souped-up database would lead me to magically generate new insights about the topics I write about. After several years of banging my head into a wall, I realized that to generate new insights from these links I would need a new approach.
That led me to Zettelkasten, a technique for creating webs o... See more
That led me to Zettelkasten, a technique for creating webs o... See more
Casey Newton • Three apps that made me more productive this year
resonates on so many level. most knowledge management tools are information storage products, not knowledge generation systems
Tiago Forte has pioneered the concept of a Second Brain.
As the author of two books, he's learned that quantity and quality aren't opposing forces.
Here's what else he's taught me about writing:
1. The brain is for having ideas, not storing them. Write stuff down.
2. If you… Show more
notetaking tools today can surface known unknowns. If I know that I know this thing, but I don't remember it, I can go find it.
what it doesn't do well is show you unknown unknowns, making connections that you haven't thought of yet.
Anyone who says X must be done in Y way is most absolutely wrong. Who is Tiago Forte to tell how I should organize my thoughts? Am I a robot to follow so simply in the footsteps of another? I would like a more general approach, please.
Any serious note taker eventually realizes that the way their brain works doesn't really fit into any PARA, ARPA or... See more
Any serious note taker eventually realizes that the way their brain works doesn't really fit into any PARA, ARPA or... See more
“Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking”
Lots of people write about solutions to the problem that Note-writing practices are generally ineffective. The vast majority of that writing fixates on a myopic, “lifehacking”-type frame, focused on answering questions like: “how should I organize my notes?”, “what kind of jou... See more
Lots of people write about solutions to the problem that Note-writing practices are generally ineffective. The vast majority of that writing fixates on a myopic, “lifehacking”-type frame, focused on answering questions like: “how should I organize my notes?”, “what kind of jou... See more
Andy • §Note-writing systems
A major limitation exists for spaced repetition software (e.g. Anki, SuperMemo, or other flashcard-style systems), in my experience using them for several years for long-term memory: it's neither necessary nor sufficient to use this software to learn certain topics.
Several excellent physics and math students I worked with have never used spaced rep... See more
Several excellent physics and math students I worked with have never used spaced rep... See more