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coolswan · 2020-01-18
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How to take Smart Notes is a very good book that explains this technique well. Highly recommend.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/15...
agbell · 2020-01-10
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I like plain text backed in google drive. I use The Archive [0] but Notational Velocity [1] is popular as well. I don't have a bookmark system though. This book is an excellent explanation of a plain text knowledge base system [2].
[0] https://zettelkasten.de/the-archive/
gw666 · 2019-05-29
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I am beginning to use a zettelkasten. I think it's an excellent method for doing deep thinking, especially over a long period of time. See https://www.seanlawson.net/2018/02/use-zettelkasten-method-s... and https://zoia.org/2018/11/13/zettelkasten/ for good introductions.
Reading this will change your life: https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/15...
I'm committed to text-only information. No matter how many notes I'm writing, I can always use grep or write my own programs to find what I want.
If you're on a Mac, The Archive is great (https://zettelkasten.de/the-archive/). It's what I'm using
zettelkasten.de has lots of good reading (thanks, Sascha and Christian!), but look to the other sources I've listed to get a more thorough idea of what a zettelkasten is (I call mine a thinking-box) and how to use one.
ISBN-13: 978-1542866507 ISBN-10: 1542866502
https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/15...
Read that book. Or at least skim through it. I tried learning Org-Roam and started making notes while reading it. Even before I reached the end of it, I was sold on Zettelkasten. Even if I end-up using some other tool (I hope I wouldn't have to), my life will never be the same as before.