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Marking links and anchors
I am just starting out with my Zettelkasten, so I might be asking something that has already been covered but I haven't stumbled upon yet. I was wondering what the reasoning is to not mark links. This might very well be specific to The Archive or similar software, but to give an example of what I mean. I generally see… -
Re: "Personal Knowledge Management Is Bullshit"
I don't understand the argument in the original article. It just sounds like a lot of angry words. Perhaps the one thing I do agree with is I am not sure for the utility of the graph view in its current incarnation. Perhaps something more of a dynamic view - Ie: show me all notes tagged with #somethingamazing and view the… -
Re: Commonplace and Zettelkasten
I think it is difficult to predict what will be useful and what will not. And worrying about it can slow down one's work unnecessarily. Time will reveal which tags are really useful. A tag like #zeugma might seem too general, but it might well turn out to be useful in a search that combines terms, such as "#zeugma AND… -
Re: Lurker ready to say Hello and ask about referencing
Welcome on board, @James27 ! Here's some background on the citation stuff: [#somethingsomething] is the MultiMarkdown way to provide a bibliography reference using a bibliography citekey -- that's the somethingsomething; the # is just do distinguish this kind of reference from regular links and footnotes (footnotes use ^,… -
Re: Backlinking Is Not Very Useful -- Often Even Harmful
This discussion may be suffering from an apples to oranges comparison. I've been using Roam for a while, motivated by the ease and flexibility with which information can be stored and cross-linked. I thought these capabilities would be great for a Zettelkasten. But, after several weeks it became clear to me that Roam was…