Ask HN: How to organize personal knowledge?

#1

Post by _1tan » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 4:56 PM UTC

In the last few years I have collected a large amount of ebooks, papers, articles, movies, pictures, etc. (all digital).

I am at a point where I would like to organize these items into a cohesive, searchable and maintainable system. I have looked at various methods (e.g. Niklas Luhmanns "Zettelkasten", Zotero, Org-Mode) and I am not satisfied yet. Any tips?

Re: Ask HN: How to organize personal knowledge?

#2

Post by haloux » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 5:24 PM UTC

Why are you unsatisfied with the particular methods you listed?

Re: Ask HN: How to organize personal knowledge?

#3

Post by csbartus » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 5:27 PM UTC

Shameless plug: https://morethemes.baby/themes/log-lolla-pro/

I do organize my knowledge since years (http://metamn.io/beat, http://metamn.io/pulse, http://metamn.io/gust) and now I’ve collected these experiences into a Wordpress theme.

Still under development / test phase ... you are welcome to try it out.

Re: Ask HN: How to organize personal knowledge?

#4

Post by nurettin » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 5:28 PM UTC

Perhaps you could be more specific with "not satisfied" and what kind of documents you need stored. I synch all research documents in mendeley, synch all links in firefox, synch all structured text using zim-wiki+owncloud.