wiki/notebook/2021-04-06-22-25-17.org

:PROPERTIES:
:ID:       9a11ef31-b2a7-43a9-a7a9-48f191838c6e
:END:
#+title: Prefer referencing over remembering
#+date: "2021-04-06 22:25:17 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-07-28 13:07:51 +08:00"
#+language: en
#+tags: personal-info-management


It makes for less cognitive overhead.
This is especially true in the age of internet where information is widely distributed.
Even without the internet, however, it is still useful to find ways to refer to things or store them locally whether by archiving or creating related notes.

This doesn't mean that you should avert remembering, that would be silly as [[id:c0e4fb0e-68f2-4db4-8c3e-f5a7845738c3][Understanding comes first from memory]].
You're still trying to understand a concept, after all.
The gist of it is knowing the basics of a concept and its relations to others,
[[id:df20e58b-6d38-4ace-8468-413bc708c772][Most of the work is done from smaller amount of effort]].
This enables you to come up with a more effective search query.
If nothing else, you could take advantage of the help system insisted by the tool.

Examples:

- On a Unix-based environment, for example, has the manual pages with ~man~ and you can search through ~apropos~.
  This is especially needed if you're using BSD-based operating systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

- [[https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] and [[https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr][tldr pages]].

- [[id:ce6ab58e-b295-4fdb-8af7-fc89c63ec208][GNU Emacs]] has a great built-in help system.
  (See [[id:0efb9c51-3a12-4e5a-9e9b-d48cf4bd53ce][Using the built-in help system of Emacs]] for more details.)

- [[id:ea263f6f-fa8e-4e6d-a585-d30d493d1e3c][Add a desktop search engine for your digital library]].

- Referring to official documentation and tools (e.g., [[https://devdocs.io/][DevDocs]], [[https://zealdocs.org/][Zeal]]).

- Making full use of search tools from programs such as the command palette in [[roam:Visual Studio Code]], help system in Microsoft Word, and dynamic menus in roam:Blender.

If the system has a way of referencing something (other than the internet), use it to your advantage as you may find something valuable.
Migrate notes to org-roam v2 2021-05-04 16:07:40 +00:00			`:PROPERTIES:`
			`:ID: 9a11ef31-b2a7-43a9-a7a9-48f191838c6e`
			`:END:`
Make a note on creating hub notes 2021-05-07 15:30:09 +00:00			`#+title: Prefer referencing over remembering`
Update wiki as of 2021-04-07 2021-04-07 09:36:32 +00:00			`#+date: "2021-04-06 22:25:17 +08:00"`
Update the notebook The topics I've covered so far for Linux, package managers, archiving, and learning. I also updated some formatting for other notes especially with the command line references. 2021-07-29 15:26:51 +00:00			`#+date_modified: "2021-07-28 13:07:51 +08:00"`
Update wiki as of 2021-04-07 2021-04-07 09:36:32 +00:00			`#+language: en`
			`#+tags: personal-info-management`


Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`It makes for less cognitive overhead.`
			`This is especially true in the age of internet where information is widely distributed.`
Make revisions on the skill-related notes In this case, it's mostly about the additional perspectives on how learning works from the act of managing your information through various note-taking methods. I also restructured the note on org-babel and moved as its own note on the hierarchical notebook. I think summarizing a tool and giving my own comments about it is a nicer way of describing it. Plus, I can freely link between any other types of note so I figured it would be better. That said, I should be picky on how to make org-roam entries. And also org-roam v2 is better, after all. :) 2021-05-19 16:13:41 +00:00			`Even without the internet, however, it is still useful to find ways to refer to things or store them locally whether by archiving or creating related notes.`
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00
Update learning-related evergreen notes 2021-06-21 02:53:32 +00:00			`This doesn't mean that you should avert remembering, that would be silly as [[id:c0e4fb0e-68f2-4db4-8c3e-f5a7845738c3][Understanding comes first from memory]].`
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`You're still trying to understand a concept, after all.`
Add notes on skill-building and note-taking Some more notes on them, though it's becoming more broad with the perspectives this time. There is a backlog of them more, I just need to process them this morning (or evening). This will eventually diverge into more concrete skills now. 2021-07-14 23:23:35 +00:00			`The gist of it is knowing the basics of a concept and its relations to others,`
			`[[id:df20e58b-6d38-4ace-8468-413bc708c772][Most of the work is done from smaller amount of effort]].`
			`This enables you to come up with a more effective search query.`
Update wiki as of 2021-04-07 2021-04-07 09:36:32 +00:00			`If nothing else, you could take advantage of the help system insisted by the tool.`

Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`Examples:`
Update wiki as of 2021-04-07 2021-04-07 09:36:32 +00:00
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`- On a Unix-based environment, for example, has the manual pages with ~man~ and you can search through ~apropos~.`
			`This is especially needed if you're using BSD-based operating systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.`
Update wiki as of 2021-04-07 2021-04-07 09:36:32 +00:00
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`- [[https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] and [[https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr][tldr pages]].`

Add notes on Emacs and creativity Not much connection between the two (yet) but just something I keep in mind for the previous days. For the creativity, I focused first on what creativity is and how I think of it. If ever I have a random realization then I'll be sure to continue this note or something. 2021-06-25 05:26:31 +00:00			`- [[id:ce6ab58e-b295-4fdb-8af7-fc89c63ec208][GNU Emacs]] has a great built-in help system.`
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`(See [[id:0efb9c51-3a12-4e5a-9e9b-d48cf4bd53ce][Using the built-in help system of Emacs]] for more details.)`

Update the notebook The topics I've covered so far for Linux, package managers, archiving, and learning. I also updated some formatting for other notes especially with the command line references. 2021-07-29 15:26:51 +00:00			`- [[id:ea263f6f-fa8e-4e6d-a585-d30d493d1e3c][Add a desktop search engine for your digital library]].`

			`- Referring to official documentation and tools (e.g., [[https://devdocs.io/][DevDocs]], [[https://zealdocs.org/][Zeal]]).`

			`- Making full use of search tools from programs such as the command palette in [[roam:Visual Studio Code]], help system in Microsoft Word, and dynamic menus in roam:Blender.`

Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`If the system has a way of referencing something (other than the internet), use it to your advantage as you may find something valuable.`