Note Taking

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.

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.

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.

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.

Why I Still Keep a Desktop or Laptop

Why I Still Keep a Desktop or Laptop

Every couple of years someone goes mobile-only. I keep a laptop because real work happens faster there - upright, keyboard, full apps - not because I'm lending gear.

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