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Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by Waterluvian » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 1:52 PM UTC

What's the best way to get up and running with something like this that's really easy to maintain?

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by maliker » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 1:55 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #51

What's the best way to get up and running with something like this that's really easy to maintain?

I just throw everything in to text files, .pngs or .pdfs in a synced folder and find stuff by searching. One day I will try to organize.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by albertshin » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 2:01 PM UTC

maliker wrote: post #52

Waterluvian wrote: post #51

What's the best way to get up and running with something like this that's really easy to maintain?

I just throw everything in to text files, .pngs or .pdfs in a synced folder and find stuff by searching. One day I will try to organize.

This is what I do but that "one day" never seems to come...

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by maliker » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 2:18 PM UTC

albertshin wrote: post #53

maliker wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just throw everything in to text files, .pngs or .pdfs in a synced folder and find stuff by searching. One day I will try to organize.

This is what I do but that "one day" never seems to come...

Same here. I pull references out all the time though.

I figure at some point some subjects can be turned in to articles. Good retirement hobby I imagine.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by mjklin » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 2:23 PM UTC

decasteve wrote: post #32

Very cool. My thoughts went to the series Buckminster Fuller did called “Everything I Know”. [1] What inspired you to do this? [1] https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller/resources/everything-i-know

Also: Jerry’s Brain [1]. As far as linking ideas, TheBrain software is unmatched IMO. Cross-platform and well maintained too.

[1]: https://www.jerrysbrain.com

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by tnolet » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 2:30 PM UTC

Am I the only one here that thinks this is all a bit creepy? The technical bits I get, but the parts on general life advice, especially the chapter on “seduction” give me a very bleak image of the OP’s actual life.

I might be wrong, the OP might be the happiest person ever: I’m just picking up a lot of different signals from this project and the writing in it.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by fartcannon » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 2:37 PM UTC

alexpetralia wrote: post #46

Using a system of personal knowledge management (PKM) has been a huge boon for me. Just the act of jotting down all my ideas whenever I have them (Google Keep), then dedicating time to structuring/curating them into an organized format (Microsoft OneNote), and then being able to quickly access them in the future has helped my retention and creativity immensely. I just see patterns I never would have recorded or remem…

Aren't you worried that google or Microsoft will deprecate your personal library? Google isn't exactly good at keeping non-gmail programs in good shape and my original MS One note files simply do not open anymore. Do you at least keep a plain text file somewhere?

It just seems like such a delicate choice of software to use for something like your personal knowledge. Certainly a wiki of some kind would be better?

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by aizatto » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 2:40 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #51

What's the best way to get up and running with something like this that's really easy to maintain?

He actually uses Gitbook https://www.gitbook.com/

I’ve been doing the same too https://www.aizatto.com/why-gitbook

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by chiefalchemist » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 3:00 PM UTC

aizatto wrote: post #58

Waterluvian wrote: post #51

What's the best way to get up and running with something like this that's really easy to maintain?

He actually uses Gitbook https://www.gitbook.com/ I’ve been doing the same too https://www.aizatto.com/why-gitbook

Thanks for sharing both, but especially the second link.

There you said: "Organizing a lot of pages is difficult, even if nested..."

Any chance you've done, or know of an article titled something like: "GitBook - If I Knew Then What I Know Now"?

The idea is ultra-intriguing. But before getting started it would certainly help to not make the same mistakes others have already made.

tia

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by s_y_n_t_a_x » Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 3:03 PM UTC

tnolet wrote: post #56

Am I the only one here that thinks this is all a bit creepy? The technical bits I get, but the parts on general life advice, especially the chapter on “seduction” give me a very bleak image of the OP’s actual life. I might be wrong, the OP might be the happiest person ever: I’m just picking up a lot of different signals from this project and the writing in it.

Consider this a diary + blog. You'd get creeped out reading anyone's diary.

I don't think OP is creepy at all, everything in here is normal and very honest.