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Field Report #3: Mini-Workflow of a YouTuber
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How to approach an "updated stance" in your Zettelkasten?
Hello Zettelkasten friends, Say you have accumulated a lot of notes from different books. But after reading the primary sources rather than the books, you now have a different view as compared to your existing atomic notes where you just relied on an author's interpretation. Do you: * Update your existing notes, even if… -
Q&A #3 - Some tips on how to write good notes
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Building Memories
The Zettelkasten and the mind One topic that I have great interest is how we solidify our knowledge and most importantly, how we can retrieve it. The Zettelkasten uses a unique approach to keep and build new relationships between a myriad of information, but, can the Zettelkasten be used to help us learn more efficiently?… -
Re: What Are You Working On? June 22, 2023
@amahabal, good luck with the discipline thing. I'm tempted to call this a trick, but it ain't. The trick is to create an "Idea Index." Writing marginalia will only get you so far. Try building an idea index. The link below is to a 2020 discussion similar to your quandary. It describes an old-school paper project and shows… -
Re: How to approach an "updated stance" in your Zettelkasten?
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Re: The Zettelkasten Method: nonlinear Zettel note format
@GeoEng51 Sorry, I butchered this wonderful illustration. Please note the illustration doesn't fit exactly (books would not overlap, entry notes would be outside the shaded areas) but hopefully, this will help clarify and answer your question. The attached picture is a typical illustration of a Zettelkasten. [1] The… -
Re: Bracket Tags
I'll offer an example that's similar to how I came to this practice. I'm interested in what others would do in this situation. Suppose I'm writing a note on a piece of literature, and I find it casually using the term "Return on Attention". The meaning is self-evident in context, and yet it strikes me as a term of art.… -
Re: Translation of Kleist: on the gradual construction of thoughts during speech
WOW! Thank you for your kind demonstration. I'm an amateur toolmaker, which might explain my difficulty getting my head around your use of "tool" in this sense. I get that tool is not limited to just an insightful probing question. It can be any mental or physical activity that fosters ideation. In Field Report #3 @Sascha… -
Re: Bracket Tags
@micahredding, Bingo! I'll comment on your ideas for notation then share with you a surprise and a bonus gift. When I come across these "Terms of Art" (TOA) which itself is a TOA, I consider them gifts from the universe and are some of my most prized captures. If you use #3, where would you place the bracted tag and why no…