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Re:Ask HN: How to Take Good Notes? by bloopernova on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @07:59AM (#22474058)
I second that recommendation. It's a good book, and very, very useful.

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I'm just starting to consolidate my notes, plans, and other documentation into an Emacs org-roam instance. I've got the workflow pretty well defined, now I'm just adding more and more "knowledge" to the instance.

Org-roam is a recent Emacs-based implementation of https://roamresearch.com/ where you link notes to other notes, and the system automatically creates backlinks for you. Thus creating the context for the "in what context do I want to view this note?" question.

https://blog.jethro.dev/posts/how_to_take_smart_notes_org/

https://org-roam.readthedocs.io/en/develop/

https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam

Re:Ask HN: How to Take Good Notes? by yewenjie on Friday March 06, 2020 @07:36AM (#22503084)
I am thinking of starting a groupchat/forum for users of org-roam. Since Emacs consumers are also contributors very often, it would be a good to exchange ideas on how to make this awesome tool even better. Emacs and the org-mode ecosystem offers some already existing great features (e.g. avy-jump, magit, org-capture, org-agenda etc. ) that can make this tool far better than RoamResearch.

Please let me know below if anyone is interested in it.

Re:Ask HN: How to Take Good Notes? by jethroksy on Friday March 06, 2020 @11:50PM (#22509805)
Hi, author of org-roam here. Maybe I'll set up a Gitter for Org-roam. Org-roam is a reflection of my current workflow, but I'd also like feedback on what to work on next and what people like to see. Maybe creating a GitHub issue is too much of a barrier to entry.