_Zettelkasten MOC

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• Zettelkasten overview

A note taking framework to create a web of knowledge, to build a 2nd brain, but personally, I use this for fun. The way it works is to breakdown knowledge into atom-like notes and link out each knowledge into firmer notes that contains multiple source of notes as a definition, reference, or any.

The main goal to use this method for me, is to build up my personal knowledge assistant that I will be using personally. That's a bit ambitious 🤷‍♂️, but I believe the technology will be able to do it.

I see it as a bottom-up approach but I think the process to breakdown the knowledge is top-bottom. Here are some of the important information for the zettelkasten method.

Common Questions

• How many Zettelkästen should I have? The answer is, most likely, only one for the duration of your life. But there are exceptions to this rule.
• Don’t use categories. Use tags instead.
• “What should my first note be?” – it doesn’t matter. Just get started.
• Set links between notes. Full-text search on its own provides not enough information. Connections will do, especially in the long run.
• “When should I start a new note?”
  • Also read “Trust the process”, an essay.
• You have to interpret your sources and then rely on your own thoughts henceforth to get the maximum benefit. Collecting information does not increase your knowledge.
• Use outlines to start with the first draft of your writing project.
• Then ease into writing by adding Zettel notes to the outline, pasting their contents in.
• Everything you want to know about “Folgezettel”: a curated overview.