Network Analysis

Look at which notes connect everything else - those hubs show where the garden actually lives.

Key Concept

• Study links and hubs in a graph - who connects whom, what's isolated.
• Level 1: Look at which notes link to many others and which sit alone - like seeing which kids know everyone at recess and which stand by the fence.
• Level 2: Network analysis reads the graph for hubs, bridges, and orphans - who connects whom, what sits isolated.
• Level 3: Bridges and orphans matter more than node count - traffic carriers and stranded notes tell you where to maintain.
• Level 4: Open the graph view, list the top three hubs and three orphans - fix orphans before you add more nodes.
• Level 5: Linking by Meaning builds the graph; Maps of Content wins when a hand hub beats metrics - analysis finds maintenance targets, not vanity counts.
• Bridges and orphans matter more than node count - the graph shows who carries traffic and what's stranded.
• Linking by Meaning builds the graph; Maps of Content wins when a hand hub beats metrics.
• Those hubs tell me where the garden actually lives.
• Network analysis means studying links and hubs in the graph - who connects whom, what's isolated.
• Network analysis shows who connects whom in the graph - and which notes sit isolated without links.

Examples

• The playbook diagram showed one motion offense linking twelve other sets - that was the doorway I would simplify first.
• The chore chart showed one kid linking every task - that is the bottleneck we fixed first.

Note Relationships