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These discussions always conflate the different types of "notes". Broadly, there are two very different kind of notes. First, there are notes whose purpose is
by Ferret7446 2mo ago
These discussions always conflate the different types of "notes".
Broadly, there are two very different kind of notes. First, there are notes whose purpose is to be easy to find when you need to recall some bit of information. Then, there is note taking in service of learning.
These two are very different in goals and thus very different in terms of optimal strategy.
Also, there is note taking in service of creation, where the end goal is neither recall nor learning, but to create notes to share to other people, often for artistic purposes but potentially also for reference or learning. These are also different from note taking for personal reference or learning.
- attheballot 2mo agoYeah, Obsidian has allow me to create a comprehensive back and frontlog of all types of media. And that is super useful to me, and I can make this little connect information base in a way no tools before it had really accomplished. The "queries" are much more natural and much closer to actual real paper notes. Which is fundamentally a reference sheet, it's not for learning. That might be why interacting with dedicated PKM-centric communities and content is personally so exhausting.
- jolmg 2mo ago> First, there are notes whose purpose is to be easy to find when you need to recall some bit of information. Then, there is note taking in service of learning. I would think the latter is the former. Do you mean the idea that hand movements of writing help retention?
- Ferret7446 2mo agoThey are absolutely not the same. e.g. the Cornell method is for learning. > Do you mean the idea that hand movements of writing help retention? It's not just that, but also mentally engaging with the material. The former is, e.g., writing down how you got some software working on your machine so you can reference it in a few years.
- adamzenith 2mo agoI think more the idea that wrestling with new ideas and distilling them down can you help you to understand something, even if that note is then immediately thrown out. The purpose of the notetaking in this case is not for future reference.