From 03de78c31b32f7a5c1d423ae6ad630aaa862b3bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Correl Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 09:19:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] notes on note-taking --- 20200710193741-building_a_second_brain.org | 8 ++++++++ 20200716213755-zettelkasten.org | 13 ++++++++----- 20230904083908-taking_atomic_notes.org | 9 +++++++++ 20230904084036-making_connections_between_notes.org | 4 ++++ 20230904084302-question_evidence_and_conclusion.org | 11 +++++++++++ 20230904084725-compass_of_zettlekasten_thinking.org | 11 +++++++++++ 20230904085827-fleeting_notes.org | 8 ++++++++ 20230904090032-permanent_notes.org | 9 +++++++++ ...0904090219-notes_should_be_clear_and_concise.org | 7 +++++++ 20230904090713-literature_notes.org | 6 ++++++ ...did_niklas_luhmann_maintain_his_zettelkasten.org | 10 ++++++++++ 11 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 20230904083908-taking_atomic_notes.org create mode 100644 20230904084036-making_connections_between_notes.org create mode 100644 20230904084302-question_evidence_and_conclusion.org create mode 100644 20230904084725-compass_of_zettlekasten_thinking.org create mode 100644 20230904085827-fleeting_notes.org create mode 100644 20230904090032-permanent_notes.org create mode 100644 20230904090219-notes_should_be_clear_and_concise.org create mode 100644 20230904090713-literature_notes.org create mode 100644 20230904091219-how_did_niklas_luhmann_maintain_his_zettelkasten.org diff --git a/20200710193741-building_a_second_brain.org b/20200710193741-building_a_second_brain.org index c832995..c0d5de0 100644 --- a/20200710193741-building_a_second_brain.org +++ b/20200710193741-building_a_second_brain.org @@ -2,3 +2,11 @@ :ID: 9da11b5b-b30c-4d0f-8e54-1389fb3276e0 :END: #+title: Building a Second Brain + +Organizing notes with organic connections to retain and be able to recall +knowledge using a separate repository from our brains. + +This is acheived by [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][Taking atomic notes]] and [[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][Making connections between notes]] in +something like a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]]. This lets us offload information into an external +database, and then make and utilize the same sort of associative connections +between bits of information that our brains naturally use to recall them. diff --git a/20200716213755-zettelkasten.org b/20200716213755-zettelkasten.org index afd6da4..6e96271 100644 --- a/20200716213755-zettelkasten.org +++ b/20200716213755-zettelkasten.org @@ -9,16 +9,19 @@ interrelated notes developed by Niklas Luhmann. Zettelkasten translates literally to a slip-box, or a box of notes. * Core concepts -- Notes should be concise and constrained to a single concept. Multiple concepts - should be described separately and related via links. -- Notes should be taken in your own words to facilitate understanding, and be - written in such a way that no additional context is necessary to understand - them. +- [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][Notes should be concise and constrained to a single concept]]. Multiple concepts + should be described separately and [[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][related via links]]. +- Notes should be taken in your own words to facilitate understanding, and be [[id:04d9cc05-cc67-4d50-bfb2-d5dc7c47673b][clear and concise]]. - Notes should be discoverable not through a hierarchy of categories, but through notes on related concepts chosen by how you'll want to come across the note in the future. +** Types of notes +- [[id:a654608a-0df5-472a-baf4-3e87b467454d][Fleeting notes]] +- [[id:18f1fec1-b396-4f11-952c-acf80b245f71][Literature notes]] +- [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]] * References - [[https://www.youtube.com/user/shu12081995][Videos by Shu Omi]] +- [[https://www.youtube.com/@VickyZhaoBEEAMP][Videos by Vicky Zhao]] - [[id:0cf298df-4f53-45b5-acb4-0b3ce2d00faa][The Zettelkasten Method - LessWrong 2.0]] - [[id:cd8821fe-f770-480c-baad-ec1e8463f0a2][How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers]] diff --git a/20230904083908-taking_atomic_notes.org b/20230904083908-taking_atomic_notes.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..654a72f --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904083908-taking_atomic_notes.org @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: 29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57 +:END: +#+title: Taking atomic notes + +Separating notes into small, atomic units rather larger documents allows for +[[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][Making connections between notes]] relevant to what we're currently thinking about +(that might have otherwise been combined into a larger, single note), then +making connections to other notes as well. It is key to [[id:3dc8df7d-0050-4afb-9c93-5d0c50d324d0][Taking better notes]]. diff --git a/20230904084036-making_connections_between_notes.org b/20230904084036-making_connections_between_notes.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..047a40e --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904084036-making_connections_between_notes.org @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: 6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383 +:END: +#+title: Making connections between notes diff --git a/20230904084302-question_evidence_and_conclusion.org b/20230904084302-question_evidence_and_conclusion.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff32530 --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904084302-question_evidence_and_conclusion.org @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: a85ced87-fb4f-415f-803a-337ead2a927b +:ROAM_ALIASES: Q/E/C +:END: +#+title: Question, Evidence, and Conclusion + +A note-taking method coined by Professor Cal Newport. + +Identifying questions, evidence, and conclusions in material and linking them to +relevant ideas. Each question, piece of evidence, and conclusion can be isolated +[[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][as atomic notes]] and connected in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]]. diff --git a/20230904084725-compass_of_zettlekasten_thinking.org b/20230904084725-compass_of_zettlekasten_thinking.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..781ef83 --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904084725-compass_of_zettlekasten_thinking.org @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: fa453af5-1270-46b6-a40c-eb2c83a5b7e7 +:END: +#+title: Compass of Zettelkasten thinking + +A thinking tool for identifying notes to [[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][make connections to]] in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]]. + +- North :: Where does this idea come from? +- West :: What's similar to this idea? +- East :: What's opposite to this idea? +- South :: Where can this idea lead to next? diff --git a/20230904085827-fleeting_notes.org b/20230904085827-fleeting_notes.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f02555 --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904085827-fleeting_notes.org @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: a654608a-0df5-472a-baf4-3e87b467454d +:END: +#+title: Fleeting notes + +Ideas that pop up throughout the day, noted down quickly. These should be +[[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][atomic]], and could eventually become [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]] in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]], or be +discarded. diff --git a/20230904090032-permanent_notes.org b/20230904090032-permanent_notes.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f0fa2e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904090032-permanent_notes.org @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: 596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db +:END: +#+title: Permanent notes + +Polished notes in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]]. These should be [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][atomic]] notes, written [[id:04d9cc05-cc67-4d50-bfb2-d5dc7c47673b][clearly +and concisely]] such that they can be readily understood without additional +context that may not be present when viewed later. Permanent notes should be +[[id:6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383][linked]] to other relevant ideas for future discoverability. diff --git a/20230904090219-notes_should_be_clear_and_concise.org b/20230904090219-notes_should_be_clear_and_concise.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7fc0b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904090219-notes_should_be_clear_and_concise.org @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: 04d9cc05-cc67-4d50-bfb2-d5dc7c47673b +:END: +#+title: Notes should be clear and concise + +Notes should be written clearly and concisely such that they can be readily +understood without additional context that may not be present when viewed later. diff --git a/20230904090713-literature_notes.org b/20230904090713-literature_notes.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9be032 --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904090713-literature_notes.org @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: 18f1fec1-b396-4f11-952c-acf80b245f71 +:END: +#+title: Literature notes +Notes while consuming literature or other media. These notes should be [[id:29ff390c-d44c-4860-be52-c8ebe17fde57][atomic]], +and may be later cleaned up to become [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]] in a [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]]. diff --git a/20230904091219-how_did_niklas_luhmann_maintain_his_zettelkasten.org b/20230904091219-how_did_niklas_luhmann_maintain_his_zettelkasten.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..941afd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/20230904091219-how_did_niklas_luhmann_maintain_his_zettelkasten.org @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: a876d510-13be-4ee6-aa28-3e568be26926 +:END: +#+title: How did Niklas Luhmann maintain his Zettelkasten? + +Niklas Luhmann maintained his [[id:d3c18b58-db42-4c5f-a1e4-12382a900f4b][Zettelkasten]] using two boxes (kasten). One box was +for his [[id:18f1fec1-b396-4f11-952c-acf80b245f71][Literature notes]], and the other for his [[id:596f1ebd-00da-40ae-8341-8147e9a352db][Permanent notes]], which were +based upon his literature notes. His fleeting notes would be elsewhere, and if +deemed appropriate, would be reviewed with literature notes and turned into a +permanent note.