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Warning: Slightly Off Topic. I use Obsidian, which has Zettelkasten capabilities built in (I think). But I don't use those capabilities. I just write things i

Warning: Slightly Off Topic. I use Obsidian, which has Zettelkasten capabilities built in (I think). But I don't use those capabilities. I just write things in daily notes as they come to mind, and use the search in order to find every mention of a given topic. I have never felt more empowered by a writing system in my life. I think the key is to avoid complexity at all costs, and empower through search. I could add complexity on my end, of course, and properly tag and organize things. But what if we introduced a low-level AI/Machine Learning plugin that could enrich the search function and determine tangential topics and intent? Then you could just dump your brain into a text box and sort it out later. This is the way.

for_i_in_range 4y ago
I don't believe it has Zettelkasten capabilities built in. You're referring to the Zettelkasten ID toggle button. In actuality, that ID was invented by the creators of Zettelkasten.de (people who I like, though disagree with on several points—I'm an analog diehard); these socalled Zettelkasten IDs are prepended with a timestamp. That's all. The originator of Zettelkasten, Niklas Luhmann, did not use these types of IDs at all. Unfortunately this confusion now has forked Zettelkasten into two different systems, yet they use the same term. IMO, the digital Zettelkasten should be rebranded "Hyperlinked Notes". And the term Zettelkasten should refer to the analog notebox system Luhmann used. But I don't run the world, so that's what we're stuck with. For this reason I adopted the term Antinet to dilineate. (Antinet Zettelkasten).