Starting a Digital Zettelkasten

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STARTING A DIGITAL ZETTELKASTEN YANG @ THE PLANT

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WAIT… WHAT IS THAT?

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• What is a Zettelkasten? • Why do you need it? • How to use it?

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WHY DO YOU NEED IT?

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” “ — Richard Feynman NOTES AREN’T A RECORD OF MY THINKING PROCESS. THEY ARE MY THINKING PROCESS.

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NIKLAS LUHMANN

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” “ — Niklas Luhmann I ONLY DO WHAT IS EASY.

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HOW TO USE SUCH A SYSTEM TODAY?

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MY MAIN NOTE-TAKING SYSTEMS OVER THE YEARS • Evernote (2010 - 2016) • Notion (2016 - 2017) • nvALT (2017 - ) • Obsidian (2022 - )

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• nvALT (2017 - ) • Simplenote • Git • nvt

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• Obsidian (2022 - ) • Zotero • A few plugins of both

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THIS IS NOT THE FULL STORY • Zettelkasten • Evergreen notes • Knowledge management • Digital garden • Bullet journal • …

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BUILD YOUR OWN SYSTEM

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REFERENCES • “Zettelkasten.” In Wikipedia, September 9, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ index.php?title=Zettelkasten&oldid=1109449886. • How to Take Smart Notes, 2018. https://vimeo.com/275530205. • Niklas Luhmann-Archiv, n.d. https://niklas-luhmann-archiv.de/. • Duffney, Josh. “Note-Taking Became a Full-Time Job, so I Stopped.” Substack newsletter. The Knowledge Worker (blog), December 19, 2021. https:// theknowledgeworker.substack.com/p/note-taking-became-a-full-time-job. • “brown wooden drawer photo” on Unsplash, 2018, https://unsplash.com/photos/ lRoX0shwjUQ.