Notes on Notetaking #

References #

• https://tkainrad.dev/posts/managing-my-personal-knowledge-base/
• https://vimways.org/2019/personal-notetaking-in-vim/

Graph Notetaking Idea #

Use a set of nodes connected to other notes in a graph (like zettelkasten) to store knowledge. Each note should have:

• Constraints under which the notes info doesn’t apply (limitation of a study)
• Some new knowledge, assuming the constraint
• References to other notes

In addition, the body of notes should contain guiding essays that string together notes in an easy to understand way. This way the graph of knowledge is approachable, and essays/papers don’t have to worry about not mentioning things, since they are still notes. Later essays can keep exploring the unguided territory.

This system has the benefit of encouraging new essays to form from the body of work, which is always at hand and even partially connected already.

Categories: Understanding The World