Zettelkästen?
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#2For those not enlightened by the German title, "Zettelkasten", or "slip-card box", is an index-card based information capture and organisation system created by the late Geman sociologist Niklas Luhmann.
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#3Arno Schmidt is a somewhat obscure German author, known for the use of this system. He wrote a book titled "Zettel's Traum".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_Schmidt
https://www.zinzin.com/observations/2013/who-was-arno-schmid...
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#4Arno Schmidt is a somewhat obscure German author, known for the use of this system. He wrote a book titled "Zettel's Traum". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_Schmidt https://www.zinzin.com/observations/2013/who-was-arno-schmid... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom%27s_Dream
Use of index cards by authors and researchers is pretty much legendary. From some earlier research I've done:
- Carl Linneaus, who largely invented the modern index card. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090616080137.h...
- Numerous library cataloguers, including Melvil Dewey.
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Garrett Hardin (of "Tragedy of the Commons" fame). I've seen his personal collection, which was extensive.
- Herb Caen, "three dot columnist" for the San Francisco. Chronicle.
- John McPhee, The Control of Nature and numerous other books. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/14/structure
I've written previously (discussion POIC, a similar model) here: https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/u4dgr0tkxk4tk9npuvex5a
More on index card usage:
https://o.ello.co/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2...
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#5This article describes roughly how I use Evernote for about half of my notes, and this process has made me a lot more creative and improved the quality and coherence of my thinking.
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#6Actually, “Zettelkästen” is the plural form; the singular would be simply “Zettelkasten.”
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#7The Pile of Index Cards (PoIC) system is another take on this
https://unclutterer.com/2014/06/17/the-pile-of-index-cards-p...
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#8There is even a VS Code extension that looked promising, but I was not able to get it to work when I tried:
- extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=nergal-p...
- repo: https://github.com/nergal-perm/zettelkasten-vscode
Also I wasn't able to find a license file when I looked now. And unlike stackoverflow there isn't an implied license on GitHub, except to read and fork the repo.
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#9I have been using this system for a few months now. I keep my notes organized as markdown files in one directory.
My experience has been positive, and my zettelkasten rewards later visits with serendipitous connections. It's like how one often makes/discovers these connections while conversing with a friend -- except, in this case, the "friend" is a snapshot of your own thoughts at a different point in time.
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#10There is even a VS Code extension that looked promising, but I was not able to get it to work when I tried: - extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=nergal-p... - repo: https://github.com/nergal-perm/zettelkasten-vscode Also I wasn't able to find a license file when I looked now. And unlike stackoverflow there isn't an implied license on GitHub, except to read and fork the repo.
package.json lists license as MIT.
https://github.com/nergal-perm/zettelkasten-vscode/blob/mast...