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Re:The Need to Read by DenisM on Saturday November 26, 2022 @04:39PM (#33757041)
So do you take notes as you read? How do you handle charts?
Re:The Need to Read by mck- on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:09PM (#33757308)
Yes indeed, anytime anything is worth remembering (or connecting with other notes) I write it down. It interrupts reading, so I don’t churn through as many books.

I used to set goals like x books per year, but now I realize it’s a vanity metric and instead read for insights.

I use Obsidian for note taking, which supports images too.

Re:The Need to Read by DenisM on Saturday November 26, 2022 @06:20PM (#33758001)
Ok, I’m confused. Do you take notes in Obsidian or in Zettelkasten? Or both?
Re:The Need to Read by mck- on Saturday November 26, 2022 @06:58PM (#33758364)
Zettelkasten is a methodology, Obsidian is an app
Re:The Need to Read by DenisM on Saturday November 26, 2022 @07:50PM (#33758788)
Thank you.

Did you use any particular book or blog post when mapping the method to the app? I've found one book, but not sure if good https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Obsidian-ebook/d...

Re:The Need to Read by samuell on Friday December 02, 2022 @11:04AM (#33832306)
Pondering about trying out Zettelkasten, I'm thinking whether it would make sense to take notes in a sequential log ... like one file per day/week/month/year ... and then regularly, like daily or weekly sort things in to the zettelkasten structure.

Anybody tried that?

AFAIK, this is how many data(base)-systems do to make writing more efficient: Write down into a write-cache of some sort, and then do batch-wise indexing as a separate process.

Thoughts?