Notetaking

Dec 13 2022

🌱 Folders kill creativity

The folder structure defines specific content belonging to one category. The content is stored in the same place, but they
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Dec 11 2022

🌱 Morning page

Morning pages was mentioned on Julia’s book The Artist’s way. Every morning, you write three pages in a
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Dec 04 2022

🌱 From Collector to Creator

We often hoard information because it gives us an illusion of knowledge. We consume too much, but we don’t
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Nov 24 2022

🌱 A system should follow you, not the other way around

We try to learn a new system, so we ask others what their best practice are and how to do
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Nov 22 2022

🌱 The point of taking notes is to think better

We have a habit of taking notes and saving valuable things. But in the end, those ideas get forgotten and
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Nov 21 2022

🌱 Why do we need a second brain?

We often hoard (or save it for later) content because it gives us an illusion of knowledge. But in the
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Nov 17 2022

🌱 Obsidian

Obsidian is the new note-taking app that I fall in love with. It’s not about how cool or how
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Nov 15 2022

🌱 Build your own Wikipedia

We all heavily use Wikipedia to learn. Imagine you could have your own Wikipedia with all the things you learn,
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Nov 14 2022

🌱 A second brain

A second brain is the trustiest place where you keep all information that matters to you. In the digital age,
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Nov 06 2022

🌱 Fleeting notes

Fleeting notes are your loose thoughts, ideas, and anything in mind. They are unorganized and unstructured. They are to capture
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Nov 06 2022

🌱 Literature notes

Literature notes are one type of note of [[The Zettelkasten note-taking method]]. They are highlights from the source you’re
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Nov 05 2022

🌱 Evergreen notes

Evergreen notes are similar to permanent notes or Zettels from The Zettelkasten note-taking method. I prefer the name evergreen notes because it’s human and inspiring.
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Nov 05 2022

🌱 A digital garden

A digital garden is a place to plant the seeds for future ambitious works. It was seeded with many [[🌱 Evergreen notes]] and linked to each other.
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Jan 05 2020

The secret of writing

What’s the primary purpose of your headline, your graphic, your font, and any other part of the writing?
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