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Gabriel Arazas aea7015cd5 Update the files for convention
Apparently, the convention (at least starting from 2018) is to make the
keywords and block names to be in lowercase as stated from one of the
following discussions at
https://orgmode.org/list/87tuuw3n15.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr/.

The files was updated with a one liner of shell. However, this is Emacs
and org-mode does have an API to let you do stuff in your config and
interact with the documents internally so it is not an elegant solution
in any way.
2021-04-02 00:08:15 +08:00

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#+title: Evergreen notes
#+author: "Gabriel Arazas"
#+email: "foo.dogsquared@gmail.com"
#+date: "2020-05-07 21:53:21 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2020-09-14 23:28:18 +08:00"
#+language: en
#+options: toc:t
#+property: header-args :exports both
#+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.
As said from his note, an evergreen note focuses on evolving and being dynamic.
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:
- [[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4Rrmh17vMBbauEGnFPTZSK3UmdsGExLRfZz1][Evergreen notes should be atomic.]]
- [[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.]]
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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