notes on note-taking

20200710193741-building_a_second_brain.org

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 :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.

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]]

20230904083908-taking_atomic_notes.org

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+: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]].

20230904084036-making_connections_between_notes.org

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       6d08493c-5337-448f-83eb-53d3891da383
+:END:
+#+title: Making connections between notes

20230904084302-question_evidence_and_conclusion.org

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+: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]].

20230904084725-compass_of_zettlekasten_thinking.org

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+: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?

20230904085827-fleeting_notes.org

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+: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.

20230904090032-permanent_notes.org

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+: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.

20230904090219-notes_should_be_clear_and_concise.org

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+: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.

20230904090713-literature_notes.org

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+: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]].

20230904091219-how_did_niklas_luhmann_maintain_his_zettelkasten.org

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+: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.