We are overwhelmed with information and we don't have the tools to properly index and filter through it. [The development of these tools, which] will give society access to and command over the inherited knowledge of the ages [should] be the first objective of our scientist

– vannevar-bush, 1945

Consider a future device … in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory.

– vannevar-bush

Organization

tags from https://jzhao.xyz/tags/. maybe i can use some

• evergreen: "These are notes that are always relevant and constantly being updated and grown throughout the year."
  • has a similar texture to para
• fruit: "Of course, a knowledge index isn’t much use if it doesn’t inform future thinking and output. Fruits are what I like to call derivative or ’new’ pieces of content."
• book
• pattern: "A pattern in my own pattern language. These represent atomic concepts and observations that appear and reappear within my thinking and work. See the note on 'A Pattern Language' for more information."
• personal: "Personal reflections and musings about my life. I really like to write feelings down as a way to process them and sometimes they take the form of blogposts like these."
• sapling: "Saplings are single nodes or thoughts. These are generally topics I've spent a decent number of hours thinking about and contain substantial original thought."
• seed: "I tend to generally bookmark things for later then revisit them when I have time. These are collections of notes on articles, books, and readings. They are the seeds that form the basis of my ideas and thoughts."
• technical: "Notes and blog posts on technical subjects. Though there are a lot of technical notes in this garden, these ones are generally ready for public consumption."
• writing: "A small collection of some of the writing I've been experimenting with. These are mostly unpolished experiments with fiction and poetry that I've been playing around with."

from Pruning and Repotting The 4D's of pruning

• Dead: "These are notes/ideas that used to have a purpose, but have lost their immediate purpose."
• Diseased: "Notes that are incomplete, not tended well, or contain wrong information."
• Damaged: "Notes with syntax errors, or malformed frontmatter, missing links, etc."
• Deranged: "These are notes/ideas that contain useful information but are placed in an ill-defined location or otherwise hidden. It may be structured in a way that can't be immediately useful for anyone. Somehow the note/idea is incomplete or out of context. Notes that are obstructed by other content or are obstructing other notes."

courses

• Effortless Output with Roam

books

• Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences. A revealing and surprising look at how classification systems can shape both worldviews and social interactions.
• Book Giveaway For Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

concepts

• digital-garden
• memex
• second-brain

model

• evergreen-notes
• zettelkasten
• Notational Velocity
• Org-mode
• Mind maps

See

• note-taking
• progressive-summarization

Notes

• Don't waste energy chasing fancy tools and methodologies without already having a simple workflow in place. In other words, don't go all out learning Emacs+org-mode+org-roam when you already have a directory of text file notes. Once you have a good idea of what works for you, then introduce tools designed to make your life easier. (I say this as someone who uses Emacs+org-mode+org-roam every day)
• A brief rant on note-taking apps and the structure of thought. Or "Why Evernote is a terrible second brain."
• Note-Taking, To-Do List Management, Project Management,Information Actionability
• from https://otherlife.co/p/personal-knowledge-management-bullshit

  • The problem with the Knowledge Graph ideology is that everything in your mind is already situated in a graph structure. That is precisely the problem. It’s big and complicated, with way too many connections everywhere. There’s no good in replicating that web in digital form.

  • concern with software solutions and the disposition to manage arcane technical systems are both inversely correlated with the kind of spirit that tends to produce significant creative and intellectual work.

  • Obsession with retaining every little idea you've ever had is a kind of digital hoarding. Just as physical hoarders are often physically obese, digital hoarders are often digitally obese.

Podcasts

• Knowledge Management and Deugenesis with Jeremy Nixon

Links

• Open Source Knowledge
• The 9 Biggest Myths and Misconceptions about Building a Second Brain
• It's Not You - It's Your Knowledge Base
• A Hierarchy First Approach to Note Taking
• I Tried to Build a Zettelkasten Following Andy Matuschak’s Notes and Now I Have This Weird Thing
  • https://twitter.com/kcorazo/status/1264330425901572097
• Creating an oasis with Zettelkasten characteristics
  • Rabbit holes: On creating contextual pathways of delight, and making it easy to dig deeper into your creative universe.
• Youtube playlist on Knowledge Graph Conference 2019
• The memex
• PKM with dendron
• As we may think
• https://www.secondbrainsummit.com/
• Personal Knowledge Management is Bullshit
• Your future self will thank you: Building your personal documentation
• How I Use Craft for My Zettelkasten/Evergreen Notes - ADHD Jesse