- [[one thought or idea per note]], [[modularity]], [[commonplace book method]], [[how to read and take notes]], [[zettelkasten method]], [[engagement vs memory notes]], [[why take notes]], [[digital garden]] - [[specialization of scientific knowledge]], [[specialization speeds up scientific progress]] and [[specialization leads to knowledge fragmentation]] - [[graph theory]] and [[world-wide-web]]: knowledge and information should be connected like a web - [[obsidian - different ways to use it]] - [[Hunt 2019 - topic 9 - DRY - evils of duplication]]: when we maintain, we find and change representations of knowledge - [[how to highlight text]] # Idea Take notes liberally: use [[fleeting notes]] and [[permanent notes]], but don't fall for the [[collector's fallacy]]. Especially for [[permanent notes]], ensure only [[one thought or idea per note|each note only has one thought or idea]]. As much as possible, connect notes with other notes. Create a web of notes with links/references among them rather than use a fixed hierarchical system with predetermined categories. Predetermined categories are bad because they prevent you from transferring knowledge you acquire later to another new category. Traditional note-taking is ineffective because it forces you to use predetermined categories, preventing you from connecting notes and ideas later on, even though it helps with categorizing notes initially. But when we have more notes, these predetermined categories become clumsy and useless because our web of knowledge has grown so much that they no longer fit these categories. Create [[speculative outlines]]. # References - [[Ahrens 2017 how to take smart notes]] - https://fortelabs.co/blog/how-to-take-smart-notes/ - https://www.bryanlee.net/blog/the-life-changing-magic-of-zettelkasten - https://notes.andymatuschak.org/About_these_notes?stackedNotes=z3SjnvsB5aR2ddsycyXofbYR7fCxo7RmKW2be - https://leananki.com/zettelkasten-method-smart-notes/ - [product hunt note-taking apps](https://www.producthunt.com/newsletter/7716) - https://publish.obsidian.md/andymatuschak/Work+with+the+garage+door+up ## Quotes - https://leananki.com/zettelkasten-method-smart-notes/ > That’s when I stumbled upon a profound pattern in productive writers: Some content creators are more prolific than others by a large extent, and the common thing they have is they take notes. Best selling author Ryan Holiday takes a lot of notes — that was one “secret” that made him a prolific writer. Tim Ferriss takes notes. (Everybody knows Tim Ferriss.) Journalists take notes. Tiago Forte takes (extremely) systematic notes. Heck, even cooks take notes to develop their ideas!