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#+title: Future-proofing your notes is only worth if the future is relevant
#+date: "2021-04-07 18:53:58 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-07-22 14:14:08 +08:00"
#+language: en


At some point, your notes will be a gigantic mess.
Even if you [[id:ea263f6f-fa8e-4e6d-a585-d30d493d1e3c][Add a desktop search engine for your digital library]] and know the structure, it's not always worth with the overwhelming pile that will accumulate further since you always navigate certain notes through a fixed path.
Similar to certain software projects like Xorg, Rust language, magit, and org-roam, there will be a point where you have to redesign them. [fn:: Xorg has Wayland as the successor, the Rust community can revise the language freely through editions, magit did have a crownfunding campaign to pay the developer to rewrite it for a year, and org-roam is recently through a major redesign.]
You have to assign a garbage day at some point.

Future-proofing your notes creates pressure on managing your note-taking seriously and efficiently.
You don't want to take notes haphazardly and the overall notes structure will stay the same throughout a year.
They should eventually evolve into [[id:431532c3-6506-4565-b193-dbfb60eac7d6][Evergreen notes]], branching out of the original notes structure and making a better graph for navigation.

An alternative to trashing your notes is to [[id:810dc8b6-db64-4c80-a0aa-f9e6d5fa4acf][Create an inbox to store your thoughts]].

However, focusing too much on future-proofing your notes will limit them because you're limited with the basics of a tool.
It is a matter of [[id:9a9163d7-502b-4540-b723-e15afba1e917][Tradeoffs lock yourself in a position]].
You're not using the tool to its full potential and [[id:499cd6a0-8055-4c28-8bd4-64877aa2c46f][Note-taking should make better thinking]].
Also, it's not like those notes will last for centuries.
A lot of the technology can be obselete in decades, constantly challenged with modern tools and findings.
Plus, you always have time to migrate your notes.
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Add notes for future-proofing 2021-04-17 04:46:37 +00:00			`#+title: Future-proofing your notes is only worth if the future is relevant`
			`#+date: "2021-04-07 18:53:58 +08:00"`
Update learning notes As well as tiny bits of extra stuff like Android apps and some corrections. Search techniques does make a lot of improvements over graphical representations (at least for now)! 2021-07-22 06:29:37 +00:00			`#+date_modified: "2021-07-22 14:14:08 +08:00"`
Add notes for future-proofing 2021-04-17 04:46:37 +00:00			`#+language: en`


			`At some point, your notes will be a gigantic mess.`
Migrate notes to org-roam v2 2021-05-04 16:07:40 +00:00			`Even if you [[id:ea263f6f-fa8e-4e6d-a585-d30d493d1e3c][Add a desktop search engine for your digital library]] and know the structure, it's not always worth with the overwhelming pile that will accumulate further since you always navigate certain notes through a fixed path.`
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			`Similar to certain software projects like Xorg, Rust language, magit, and org-roam, there will be a point where you have to redesign them. [fn:: Xorg has Wayland as the successor, the Rust community can revise the language freely through editions, magit did have a crownfunding campaign to pay the developer to rewrite it for a year, and org-roam is recently through a major redesign.]`
Add notes for future-proofing 2021-04-17 04:46:37 +00:00			`You have to assign a garbage day at some point.`

			`Future-proofing your notes creates pressure on managing your note-taking seriously and efficiently.`
			`You don't want to take notes haphazardly and the overall notes structure will stay the same throughout a year.`
Migrate notes to org-roam v2 2021-05-04 16:07:40 +00:00			`They should eventually evolve into [[id:431532c3-6506-4565-b193-dbfb60eac7d6][Evergreen notes]], branching out of the original notes structure and making a better graph for navigation.`
Update note-related notes Specifically about consuming information and note-taking. It is just a simple realization about those things. Quite simple but I think it is a good important reminder for my future self here. 2021-04-30 06:28:20 +00:00
Update PIM notes Hmmm... I can't seem to escape to take notes abou note-taking. But then again, note-taking is a form of PIM. 2021-05-07 04:08:40 +00:00			`An alternative to trashing your notes is to [[id:810dc8b6-db64-4c80-a0aa-f9e6d5fa4acf][Create an inbox to store your thoughts]].`
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00
			`However, focusing too much on future-proofing your notes will limit them because you're limited with the basics of a tool.`
Update learning notes As well as tiny bits of extra stuff like Android apps and some corrections. Search techniques does make a lot of improvements over graphical representations (at least for now)! 2021-07-22 06:29:37 +00:00			`It is a matter of [[id:9a9163d7-502b-4540-b723-e15afba1e917][Tradeoffs lock yourself in a position]].`
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			`You're not using the tool to its full potential and [[id:499cd6a0-8055-4c28-8bd4-64877aa2c46f][Note-taking should make better thinking]].`
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`Also, it's not like those notes will last for centuries.`
			`A lot of the technology can be obselete in decades, constantly challenged with modern tools and findings.`
			`Plus, you always have time to migrate your notes.`