Productivity

GTD vs PARA

GTD vs PARA

GTD vs PARA runs tasks in one system and notes in another - cousins, not rivals.

Intellectual Sourcing

Intellectual Sourcing

Cite sources in notes to trust synthesis and find the original later.

Linking by Meaning

Linking by Meaning

Link notes so ideas meet in the graph without memorizing every folder path.

Local-first Software

Local-first Software

Local-first means my device holds the truth; sync is optional icing - backup should behave the same way.

Maps of Content

Maps of Content

Hub notes get written by hand when one topic spreads across too many files to hold in memory.

Metadata Strategy

Metadata Strategy

If tagging a note takes longer than writing it, my system is fighting me.

Mind Mapping

Mind Mapping

Mind maps serve the messy first pass - branches, bubbles, relationships - then export to atomic notes.

Mobile Capture Workflows

Mobile Capture Workflows

Mobile capture is one tap to save the spark before scrolling away - share sheet to inbox.

PARA Method

PARA Method

PARA sorts notes into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives - four buckets by life responsibility, not topic soup.

Periodic Knowledge Review

Periodic Knowledge Review

Notes rot without revisit - calendar weekly and quarterly passes like bills.

PKM

PKM

PKM saves, organizes, and reuses what you learn - not a hobby of collecting apps.

Signal vs Noise

Signal vs Noise

Save only what changes what you do or believe this month - most feeds are noise.

Slow Productivity

Slow Productivity

Slow productivity is fewer active projects so work finishes deep instead of piling as guilt.

Spaced Repetition

Spaced Repetition

Review on a schedule so ideas stick - retention, application, and explanation, not fact pile-up.

Synthesis as a Goal

Synthesis as a Goal

Merge sources into what you believe and can defend - a quote pile is not the goal.

The 12 Week Year

The 12 Week Year

Compress yearly goals into twelve-week arcs you can feel - and map wiki projects to them.

The Collector's Fallacy

The Collector's Fallacy

Saving articles felt like progress until every save tied to an express deadline or got cut.

The Feynman Technique

The Feynman Technique

Teach the idea out loud to a blank page - wherever you stumble, you do not understand yet.

The Garage Concept

The Garage Concept

The vault is the garage for scraps and experiments - the blog is the showroom, kept separate.

The Knowledge Lifecycle

The Knowledge Lifecycle

Ideas move through capture, use, polish, fade, and archive - match effort to the stage.

The Second Brain Workflow

The Second Brain Workflow

Capture to inbox, organize by project, distill on reuse, express weekly - CODE and PARA in one loop.

The Trusted Inbox

The Trusted Inbox

One capture pipe emptied every week - without trust, ideas hoard in the head instead.

Weekly Review Checklists

Weekly Review Checklists

Weekly review works when the same short checklist runs every Sunday on purpose.

The Mouse Wheel Click: One Button, Three Operating Systems

The Mouse Wheel Click: One Button, Three Operating Systems

Most people right-click every link to open a new tab. There's a faster button under their finger - same gesture on every OS, and almost nobody uses it.

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