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I don't get these methods. So it's a note taking system with hyperlinks between them. OK. So what if we made it digital - then it would be like HTML, right? Now

I don't get these methods. So it's a note taking system with hyperlinks between them. OK. So what if we made it digital - then it would be like HTML, right? Now, since more notes is better - what if we also let other people write notes and add them into the same library. Oh look, we just invented the world wide web. What am I missing here?

henrikeh 5y ago
There is a big difference between writing meant for public distribution and personal notes. The point of a Zettelkasten (or any notes) is not to build a comprehensive encyclopedia, but to support and augment your work. I don’t necessarily agree either that “more notes is better” as an absolute statement.
slightwinder 5y ago
Don't you mean WikiWikiWeb? Because World Wide Web is a bit more than a linked library of notes. Especially today when we have youtube, social networks and webapps. But what you are missing is the cargo-cult of the youth which strife for a guide to imprison their thoughts. This method is really nothing new, not even innovativ. It originates from the same ideas which created the html and wikis later. But the last hype around hypertext was 20 years ago when wikis were new and hyped, and that didn't last long for technical reasons. And now we have a new generation who rethinks the same methods again and create new software from them, which can finally fullfill the wishes which where 20 years not possible because of limitations in hard- and software. This is good in it's own, but the hype and ignorance is really funny in it's own. Especially if you are german and know the background better than those people who throw around words which they barly understand correctly, nor know it's history.
mongol 5y ago
Not sure you are missing anything. It sounds like a curated and personal miniweb.

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I don't get these methods. So it's a note taking system with hyperlinks between them. OK. So what if we made it digital - then it would be like HTML, right? Now

by kkoncevicius 5y ago

henrikeh 5y ago
There is a big difference between writing meant for public distribution and personal notes. The point of a Zettelkasten (or any notes) is not to build a comprehensive encyclopedia, but to support and augment your work. I don’t necessarily agree either that “more notes is better” as an absolute statement.
slightwinder 5y ago
Don't you mean WikiWikiWeb? Because World Wide Web is a bit more than a linked library of notes. Especially today when we have youtube, social networks and webapps. But what you are missing is the cargo-cult of the youth which strife for a guide to imprison their thoughts. This method is really nothing new, not even innovativ. It originates from the same ideas which created the html and wikis later. But the last hype around hypertext was 20 years ago when wikis were new and hyped, and that didn't last long for technical reasons. And now we have a new generation who rethinks the same methods again and create new software from them, which can finally fullfill the wishes which where 20 years not possible because of limitations in hard- and software. This is good in it's own, but the hype and ignorance is really funny in it's own. Especially if you are german and know the background better than those people who throw around words which they barly understand correctly, nor know it's history.
mongol 5y ago
Not sure you are missing anything. It sounds like a curated and personal miniweb.