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Questions about the Zettelkasten Method Flow Diagram
Hey! This flow diagram was introduced in Field Report #5: How I Prepare Reading and Processing Effective Notetaking by Fiona McPherson: I was hoping to discuss/ask some questions regarding it as I was recently processing it. I'm guessing @Sascha will have to speak to this the most. But I am happy to have any others engage… -
Field Report #5: How I Prepare Reading and Processing Effective Notetaking by Fiona McPherson
Field Report #5: How I Prepare Reading and Processing Effective Notetaking by Fiona McPhersonWhen you process a book into your Zettelkasten you should prepare both the book and your Zettelkasten. I set clear expectations and why I am reading a book; I review the table of content to generate a mental map; I review the table… -
Q&A #5 - How to write good titles for your Zettelkasten
Q&A #5 - How to write good titles for your Zettelkasten3 tips to improve your note titles Read the full story here -
Theming suggestions
* Allow font sizes relative to the font size in the settings. In the example below, a font size of 16 in the settings would give the h1 a font size of 24, while a font size of 18 in the settings would give a h1 font size of 27. "h1": { "font": { "size": { "relative": 1.5 } }}, * Allow syntax styling for github-style… -
Re: The Archive v2: A fresh look for 2026
Are you fixed on those background colours? To my eye they make the icon seem a bit hectic. The complementary colour to the archive box brown is #588CC6, which is a nice blue, and not the blue that tends to appear in Dock icons. Or the 'split complementary' colours are #58C3C6 and #5B58C6. The detail of the original icon is… -
Re: A public Zettelkasten
@Sascha: When the topic is limited to one that people are willing to think about in public, and/or when people can write using pseudonyms, self-censorship is not so much of a problem. This is true, I think, on Wikipedia, where most editors are pseudonymous or anonymous, and where some degree of "writing to think" happens… -
Re: Why a Zettlekasten Has No Hierarchy
I agree that the metaphor of different perspectives is helpful here, and @zk_1000 said it in an elegantly simple way. Since I always have to make things more complicated than necessary with a reference to the literature, I will add that the perspective metaphor is also used in the article on the notion of knowledge… -
Re: Share with us what is happening in your ZK this week. September 27, 2024
@ZettelDistraction I put my YAML all in the first line of a note, as follows: id:: Well202410051325 title:: "Well202410051325 Well well well" reference-section-title:: References Note you should use double colons for each "label" plus use "shift + enter" to put all the information in the first bullet point but on multiple… -
Re: Less than 100 notes and already feeling overwhelmed: I need help! :-D
Yes, I literally said that. But I hope the phrase without any ellipses would be like: "the academic environment is about publishing papers, not about doing knowledge work. I think that is a fallacy because knowledge work can be done in a hostile environment. That is my core criticism of the academic world: The work… -
Re: Less than 100 notes and already feeling overwhelmed: I need help! :-D
@Sascha said: Well, you literally said, "the academic environment is about publishing papers, not doing knowledge work." I had to guess what "not doing knowledge work" meant, but thank you for clarifying your position. A lot of good work gets published by academics, so there must be institutions or departments that are not…