An overly nerdish description of the taxonomy I use to classify my various notes.
Writing tagged: ‘Zettelkasten’
Converting my notes into a chapter
How I used my note-making system to research and write a chapter of my Darwin book.
No going back
How was I ever able to organise my thoughts without ‘atomising’ them—breaking them down into smaller and smaller discrete notes—and then linking them together?
Everything I needed was already in my notes!
I’ve known it from the start, but this new way of making notes is perfect for the way I tend to work. It’s what I’ve been looking for all these years.
When notes begin talking to each other
Out of nowhere, I suddenly found myself with an interesting new idea…
Making notes about my own book
In which going through a lot of faff yields benefits.
Nerdy in the extreme
In which I am extremely excited about a powerful (and free) new app.
Book review: ‘How to Take Smart Notes’ by Sönke Ahrens
One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking: for students, academics and nonfiction book writers.