Update Zettelkasten-related note

2020-05-07-21-53-21.org

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 #+title: Evergreen notes
 #+date: "2020-05-07 21:53:21 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2020-09-14 23:28:18 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-04-24 01:24:56 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 #+tags: pim writing
 
 
-My concept of evergreen notes is mainly inspired from [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4SDCZQeRo4xFEQ8H4qrSqd68ucpgE6LU155C][Andy Matuschak's version]] in a way that focuses writing evergreen notes as a way of developing your knowledge.
+Just like how books are not published from first draft, notes should have the same process.
-As said from his note, an evergreen note focuses on evolving and being dynamic.
+With this in mind, evergreen notes should have the following properties:
-It should be taken with you as you develop more perspectives and more insight between a graph of concepts.
-As such, with evergreen notes, you'll be doing more editing than creating as the web of notes widens.
 
-An evergreen note should have the following principles:
+- It is atomic.
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+- It enables you to develop further insight.
-- [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4Rrmh17vMBbauEGnFPTZSK3UmdsGExLRfZz1][Evergreen notes should be atomic.]]
+- As you develop more evergreen notes, more time is put on editing them rather than creating them.
-- [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z6bci25mVUBNFdVWSrQNKr6u7AZ1jFzfTVbMF][Evergreen notes should be concept-oriented.]]
-- [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z2HUE4ABbQjUNjrNemvkTCsLa1LPDRuwh1tXC][Evergreen notes should be densely linked.]]
-- [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z29hLZHiVt7W2uss2uMpSZquAX5T6vaeSF6Cy][Evergreen notes should form an associative ontology rather than an hierarchical taxonomy.]]
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-With that said, writing an evergreen note has no absolute rule.
-Furthermore, you shouldn't focus too much on how to write effectively since [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z8V2q398qu89vdJ73N2BEYCgevMqux3yxQUAC][most note-taking practices are generally ineffective]].
-Focusing on it is a distraction to the very objective of creating evergreen notes: [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z6cFzJWgj9vZpnrQsjrZ8yCNREzCTgyFeVZTb][developing insights]].
 
 To start writing an evergreen note, you could start with your [[file:2020-06-25-13-12-09.org][Fleeting notes]] and outline the main ideas.
 An evergreen note does not have to be finished within one sitting.
 In fact, it is preferred to build it incrementally, editing the note as you go developing insights.
 (It is previously mentioned that evergreen notes should be taken with you, after all.)
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2020-06-25-12-37-23.org

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 #+title: Create a writing inbox to store your thoughts
 #+date: "2020-06-25 12:37:23 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2020-09-09 05:16:33 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-04-24 01:44:46 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 
 
-One of the best practices for [[file:2020-04-15-14-35-55.org][Note-taking]] is writing [[file:2020-06-25-13-12-09.org][Fleeting notes]] which are used to store essential information so that your brain doesn't have to.
 Our brain is not good for storing ideas, only creating and jumping between them.
 
-Since fleeting notes are only made for quickly capturing thoughts, its input is often messy.
-The very least we can do to consistently retrieve our messy thoughts is to put it in a place: a writing inbox where we store all of our fleeting notes.
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-We can then revisit our inbox for recalling.
-In my case, I use the inbox for task management and writing [[file:2020-05-07-21-53-21.org][Evergreen notes]].
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 Like our emails, our writing inbox should be cleaned up each time we visit our inbox.
-Feel free to remove entries that are not in need and replace them with new ones.
+Not all of them are going to be important so feel free to remove entries that are not in need.
-If you want to store an idea for an indefinite future (e.g., a project idea, future hobbies) that you cannot surely do now, you can create an inbox for future ideas.
+If you want to store an idea for an indefinite future (e.g., a project idea, future hobbies) that you cannot surely do now, you can then create a dedicated inbox.
-(On the other hand, extending this system is closer to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done][Getting things done (GTD) method]].)

2020-06-25-13-12-09.org

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 #+title: Fleeting notes
 #+date: "2020-06-25 13:12:09 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2020-09-09 04:58:41 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-04-24 01:40:53 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 
 
 Fleeting notes are a valuable scratchpad for our messy thoughts — it's natural to have a messy input since they are catered only to yourself.
-It is the opposite of [[file:2020-05-07-21-53-21.org][Evergreen notes]] in a way that can represent your experimental side.
 
 With messy thoughts and inputs, you should [[file:2020-06-25-12-37-23.org][Create a writing inbox to store your thoughts]] all in one place.
 You could search through them with various search techniques to quickly retrieve them (see [[file:2020-06-27-16-21-47.org][Apply search tools and techniques for your digital library]]).
-In this note-taking system, you can make fleeting notes as your "messy" notebook containing wild ideas and with evergreen notes as your "neat" notebook containing solidified ideas.
+Then, select certain fleeting notes and improve upon them eventually creating [[file:2020-05-07-21-53-21.org][Evergreen notes]].
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-Ideally, all of your notes should be evergreen but there are times where a note is [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z2ZAGQBHuJ2u9WrtAQHAEHcCZTtqpsGkAsrD1][more suitable to be transient]] (e.g., course notes, book summaries) and that's OK.
-There are a lot of ways you could use your fleeting notes.
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-- Fleeting notes are solid foundations for your evergreen notes, essentially serving as a draft.
-- Fleeting notes can be used as a refresher on things you've done, tracing the steps and remembering the lessons as you go.
-- Since fleeting notes usually are disconnected, you could attach a randomizing system ala-[[https://apps.ankiweb.net/][Anki]].
-  Though, of course, use the tools that you're comfortable with.

2021-04-22-14-00-50.org

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+#+title: Zettelkasten
+#+date: "2021-04-22 14:00:50 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-04-24 01:07:30 +08:00"
+#+language: en
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+Zettelkasten is a [[file:2020-04-15-14-35-55.org][Note-taking]] method popularized by Niklas Luhmann known for his prolific writings from 400 academic articles to 70 books in a lifetime.
+The main idea of this system is creating a global cloud of atomic notes and linking each notes.
+This system (manifested as a shelf of 60,000 notes) was credited as his writing partner.
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+To make it more efficient, the workflow further describes the idea of creating good future-proof notes (see [[file:2021-04-07-18-53-58.org][Future-proofing your notes is only worth if the future is relevant]]).
+Most writings about this seem to agree to the following ideas.
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+- A method to capture notes on-the-fly.
+  This encourages to capture as many ideas as possible.
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+- A hierarchy to describe the notes.
+  This enforces easier organization and classifying your notes.
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+- The gradual improvement of the captured notes into [[file:2020-05-07-21-53-21.org][Evergreen notes]].