So here’s a connection graph of my #Zettelkasten notes. I’m very much not a visual person, so I don’t know how to get insight from node-and-link graphs.
Does anyone have pointers to sources on how to infer useful things from a visual representation of a knowledge graph?
So here’s a connection graph of my #Zettelkasten notes. I’m very much not a visual person, so I don’t know how to get insight from node-and-link graphs.
Does anyone have pointers to sources on how to infer useful things from a visual representation of a knowledge graph?
Did y'all watch my #Zettelkasten-themed #emacs conference video (25min) already?
Did y'all watch my #Zettelkasten-themed #emacs conference video (25min) already?
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary that I have been using a digital Zettelkasten. As someone with ADHD and a long history of half-used notebooks, I've been surprised with how successful the experiment has been. I've put together some thoughts below on what I learned.
The attached video is a timelapse of the Zettelkasten notes as they were created over 12 months. Each dot is a file, each line is a hyperlink between them. The coloured dots represent different areas of notes. It's fun to look at but I don't spend much time here.
Over decades of writing, I've learned the process of providing a narrative justification of a claim often makes me realize the claim isn't true. Realizing this after you've written a gazillion words is not super efficient.
I'd hoped #Zettelkasten would help with that (I've been searching for a way to make writing good stuff easier), but it appears that it doesn't challenge me to rethink the same way writing narrative text does. (2/3)
Oh well, “one weird trick" is almost always a lure for suckers.
Tentatively: #Zettelkasten is a good way of generating new claims (thinking new thoughts), but it doesn't help (me) with critiquing those claims.
Darn.
¹ https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/10/30/hypertext-zettelkasten.html (3/3)
I’ve described #Zettelkasten as a hypertext of claims¹ and I think of a nonfiction narrative as an artfully arranged and linearized set of claims (that usually build up to a master claim).
374 main notes in, I've been experimenting with writing short essays using extracted claims as a sort of outline. I've noticed a disconcerting thing. (1/3)
Oh well, “one weird trick" is almost always a lure for suckers.
Tentatively: #Zettelkasten is a good way of generating new claims (thinking new thoughts), but it doesn't help (me) with critiquing those claims.
Darn.
¹ https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/10/30/hypertext-zettelkasten.html (3/3)
I’ve described #Zettelkasten as a hypertext of claims¹ and I think of a nonfiction narrative as an artfully arranged and linearized set of claims (that usually build up to a master claim).
374 main notes in, I've been experimenting with writing short essays using extracted claims as a sort of outline. I've noticed a disconcerting thing. (1/3)
I’ve described #Zettelkasten as a hypertext of claims¹ and I think of a nonfiction narrative as an artfully arranged and linearized set of claims (that usually build up to a master claim).
374 main notes in, I've been experimenting with writing short essays using extracted claims as a sort of outline. I've noticed a disconcerting thing. (1/3)
Over decades of writing, I've learned the process of providing a narrative justification of a claim often makes me realize the claim isn't true. Realizing this after you've written a gazillion words is not super efficient.
I'd hoped #Zettelkasten would help with that (I've been searching for a way to make writing good stuff easier), but it appears that it doesn't challenge me to rethink the same way writing narrative text does. (2/3)
Protesilaos Stavrou Asks (Me) About Indie Development, Art, Philosophy, #Zettelkasten https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/10/protesilaos-stavrou-asks-indie-art-philosophy-zettelkasten/
> The constant here is: work.
> -- Prot
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#devops
@monospace
@thibaultamartin
#FountainPens #ink
@Emmacox
@JenJen
@BennysLittleThings
@kristinHenry
#indieweb
@matt Nice talk about #mastodon btw I stumbled upon on his blog
#pkm#Obsidian #zettelkasten
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