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> Though it’s still early days, adopting a Zettelkasten has been one of my most productive habits. If productivity is measured against the volume of notes take
by tasogare 6y ago
> Though it’s still early days, adopting a Zettelkasten has been one of my most productive habits.
If productivity is measured against the volume of notes taken, sure. Otherwise probably not. Notes are an intermediate step to build something else, which is the real output on which productivity is usually measured.
- usrme 6y agoYour comment pretty much perfectly captures what I haven't been able to articulate when it comes to how productivity and the methods by which to achieve it are constantly fetishized. It really makes me wonder if every Joe Shmoe touting the benefits of method X or tool Y really is productive in the "classical sense" or just seems that way because in their own microcosm the only way to measure it is by the volume of notes.
- Swizec 6y agoThe only note taking approach that's ever worked for me: 1. Read/listen/absorb 2. Write down (or tweet) ideas it creates while you're absorbing 3. Wait 4. Create Your mind (or at least mine) finds connections you aren't even aware of and when the time comes, when the right prompt sparks, there it is. The knowledge is ready to be used. Use search and half remembered stuff to find direct citations and brush up on details when necessary. The internet-as-extended-noosphere metaphor works great here.
- sooheon 6y agoZettelkasten is exactly what you wrote here, with one addition. It not only offloads querying for detail (i.e. search) to the machine, it also offloads some connection-making. Search and lookup is internet-as-extended-memory, links and backlinks are internet-as-serendipitous-thought.
- Swizec 6y agoAh I thought you had to explicitly create connections. That part seems like a lot of work that my subconscious seems great at on its own
- kiba 6y agoHe used the notes to output a small article.