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The 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. C
by Swizec 6y ago
The 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