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Hello I am Paulo from Croatia
Hi to all I have been following the forum and the blog for some time now, and as in multiple things in life growth is to be found inside of a community. Today I was reading about the Knowledge Cycle and taking notes and I thought to myself this forum and site is a real gold mine of people that are looking to improve the… -
Improving Ones Taste
I recently read Cal Newport latest book: "Slow Productivity". In the third part of the book he talks about obsessing over quality, mentioning the famous speech by Ira Glass: "The Gap". Cal Newport makes a point that in order to achieve brilliance, hard work is necessary but not sufficient and that we should spend time… -
Literature Notes vs. Permanent Notes
Obviously, from my title, I'm using Ahrens' terminology. I'm aware that an alternate terminology exists, but I'm not sure I know how to use it correctly ("Source Note" = Literature Note? "Point Note" = Permanent Note" I'm not confident that's right). In any case I want to make sure that I have the basic idea down… -
Try to explain Zettelkasten in a sentence
I think I've found the definitive * ** sentence that I could use to explain others what is Zettelkasten (* for me ** for this month, maybe) I've put it at the top of my Zettelkasten note Doing Zettelkasten is consider information like ears of wheat and tranforming them in bread and cakes I've found in the bread making… -
It's time...
to introduce myself. My name is John, I am now half a century old. I come from Central Europe, we don't have Kangrus. I studied fine arts and cultural studies and trained in webdev and media design. My main interests are learning, knowledge management, systems, information collection and retrieval as well as the visual… -
Brett Terpstra gives away The Archive
A friend of the forum, Brett Terpstra, has given away three copies of The Archive. The Archive giveaway! "The Archive stepped in quite a while ago to fill the gap left as nvALT (and Notational Velocity) get long in the tooth. If you’re a fan of the modal note taking of NV, you’ll love The Archive." Thanks, Brett. Welcome… -
Share with us what is happening in your ZK this week. April 23, 2024
Swimming with Ideas This is yet another opportunity to share with your friends what you are working on. Add to this discussion by telling us about your zettelkasten journey. Share with us what you're learning. Sharing helps me and, hopefully, you, too. It helps us clarify our goals and visualize our thinking. And… -
Links to studies
Hi everyone, first of all I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to this forum. I've been here for a while now reading all sorts of posts, but only now did I need to create an account for the sake of joining the discussion. I'll just briefly introduce myself, my name is Petr and I'm 20 years… -
Crowdfund iPad Dev
Like many before me, I love "The Archive" Mac app and am lusting for an iPad/iPhone version. I understand the limitations of small developers, but I was wondering if there would be additional incentives to create this if we were to get a "crowdfund" amount going on Kickstarter or something; if financial backing were high… -
Re: Separating Task Management and Project Managament