General
The key lies in sorting and externally storing your thoughts and organizing the things around you, which means writing down your thoughts and arranging your physical environment so your brain has less information to manage.
Ratings in bases
Obsidian Bases: Star Ratings and Automatic Covers – Tyler Sticka
A journal is different from a diary
Libro dei morti
Every business needed at least four blank books – the memoriale, or day book, the giornale, or journal, the quaderno, or general ledger, and a book for correspondence – and maybe even a fifth, the squartafoglio, or waste book
Types of notes and books for the note taking process from start to finish
- Haphazard entry: Waste book, Catch All notebook, Fleeting notes
- Log book
- Zibaldone (Zee-bal-doh-nay)
- Commonplace book for quotes
- Composition book (use cards instead of book)
- Meditations: a written or spoken discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject.
- Soliloquies; write introspective thoughts See also Methodology
Catch All Tri partite notebook 1:own ideas 2:daily tasks 3:quotations, commonplace book (Zibaldone)
General characteristics
It's not a storage system, it's a retrieval system Structure is only required of retrieval doesn't work well (enough) Pre or post structuring
| Page structure | |
|---|---|
| Long | Short |
| Titel Abstract Introduction Materials & Methods Results Discussion Conclusion References | Header Explanation Overview (table) Canvas |
| In no particular order |
- Folgezettel & Structurezettel
- Search links (internal and external)
- Auto TOC + TOC page (structure notes and sections)
- Page preview on link hover
- Starred notes
- Unique (human readable) ID for each note
- ID for every note (auto create and manual)
- Notes may have multiple parents
Alternatives
- Take Note
- Aide Memoir
- Chronicle
- Gingko
- Notational Velocity
Notational Velocity is an application that stores and retrieves notes. In Notational Velocity, the same area is used both for creating notes and searching. I.e., in the process of entering the title for a new note, related notes appear below, letting users file information there if they choose. Likewise, if a search reveals nothing, one need simply press return to create a note with the appropriate title.
Its unique advantages are as follows: • Modeless Operation • Searching for notes is not a separate action; rather, it is the primary interface. • Incremental Search • Searching encompasses all notes' content and occurs instantly with each key pressed. • Mouseless Interaction • Notational Velocity's window was designed for keyboard input above all else, and thus has no buttons. • Data Instead of Documents • There is no manual "saving" in Notational Velocity; all modifications take effect immediately.
Graphics examples
Hand written notes are also a type of encryption :-)
