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At what point does adapting a Zettelkasten stop being a Zettelkasten?
Hello Folks, I’m still quite new here, so I’m genuinely curious about this. What Are We Actually Trying to Preserve in a Zettelkasten? When we try to build a Zettelkasten today, are we trying to preserve Luhmann’s method, or are we trying to preserve what made his system so effective? Those might not be exactly the same… -
What's A "Zettlekasten" (Oh, no, not again!)?
We seem to be having a lot of discussion (argument?) about what a "Zettelkasten" is or should be or if it's even a well-defined concept. Is it "the Method"? It's probably foolish of me but I'm going to chip in with my own take. Here is my current thinking, right off its z-card: A note system should - * Align with peoples'… -
Facsimiles of Luhmann 9/8 zettels laid out on canvas
How does the layout of zettels influence our perception of Luhmann's folgezettel structure? Here's an experiment that uses facsimiles of all zettels in branch 9/8. Note sequences are indicated by overlapping zettels. The black arrows indicate new note sequences branching off. The red arrow indicates a note sequence… -
Visualizing Luhmann's Folgezettel in Logseq
This is a contribution to The Great Folgezettel Debate. What exactly are those "Folgezettels", that Daniel and Sascha debate? And why do they matter? I think that we need better visualizations of Luhmann's actual zettels to answer those questions. I suggest an experiment. Explore the online edition of Niklas Luhmann's… -
Happy 98th Birthday Dr. Luhmann!
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Re: How you think the a Perfect ZK App should be?
Love it!!! I will definitely try it out the plugin. -
Re: How you think the a Perfect ZK App should be?
The commercial Obsidian plugin Branch Writing looks a lot like Gingko. This is an experiment with transcripts of Luhmann's branch ZK II 9/8. For other visualization experiments with that branch see this post. -
How to download Zettels and JSON files from the Luhmann Archive
The Niklas Luhmann Archiv in Bielefeld has scanned the entire content of Niklas Luhmann's famous "Zettelkasten" (aka slip box, card index). The digital edition of the Zettelkasten is available online. You can search for zettels on the search page. If you want to download an individual zettel, click on the desired zettel in… -
On Zettelkasten Productivity
Let's start with some data from reconstructions of Luhmann's second, sociological Zettelkasten: * Permanent Notes: about 67,000 cards. * Literature Notes: about 15,000 entries (mostly books and articles). * Books he authored: a bit over 70. This means as an estimation, not a directly documented figure: * For each book or… -
A few questions about the folgezettel and zettelkasten
Hello, I'm a new user here. I have a few questions I'm unsure about, and I hope you can help. I've decided to use the folgezettel, which is more suitable for me. * If I have, for example, 6 notes on a given day that I want to enter into the zettelkasten as part of the folgezettel, do I insert them in random order, from…