Zettelkasten note-taking in 10 minutes

Re:Zettelkasten note-taking in 10 minutes by galfarragem on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:23AM (#23446252)

>> Is Zettelkasten better than 'the big .txt file'?

Might be but the ROI certainly isn't. That's why I use one large text file also. One relevant detail is not to consider that file read only, you must tree shake it regularly. Noise will be less and relevant stuff will be easier to find.

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Re:Zettelkasten note-taking in 10 minutes by BlackVanilla on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:24AM (#23446260)

How have you found yourself organising your big text file? Do you use tags to make searching easier? Do you date things?

What's the best way to go about it in your eyes?

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Re:Zettelkasten note-taking in 10 minutes by galfarragem on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:44AM (#23446360)

I use sections (materialised as markdown titles so I can easily navigate through them in a text editor) for recurrent subjects (so in some way this is my tagging) and never date anything unless is relevant to do so.

I don't dive into "implementation details" but you might find something here: https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system#hamster-flow

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Re:Zettelkasten note-taking in 10 minutes by criddell on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:36PM (#23449036)

I tried using a text file for quite a while but being restricted to text was too limiting. Often a photo, voicememo, or sketch is the most efficient way to record something.

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