#notemaking — Public Fediverse posts

Is note-making an “aide memoire” or a replacement for the source? To distill a book into notes on it, is to change our relationship with the original text. Beyond just storing facts we are building a library of our own interpretations. There’s a friction between preservation and occlusion in our digital workflows.

"“When you make notes you forget your reading and replace it with the future opportunity to read again not the original book but your own notes on it.”"

Read more: https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/15/remembering-what-you-read.html

#Zettelkasten #PKM #NoteMaking

💬 “For good or ill, a new generation, though raised in the lap of AI, will not be speaking or writing anything like the ‘intelligence’ that raised it.” - Notes on the artificial style of writing.

#Zettelkasten #LLM #AIPhilosophy #Writing #Notemaking #AIWriting https://writingslowly.com/2026/04/21/notes-on-the-artificial-style.html

You have your own peculiar and necessarily limited interests and instead of spreading the net too widely, maybe it’s worth keeping a bit focused on these. But how? Top level categories in my notes.

#PKM #Zettelkasten #notemaking #Writing #WritingSlowly https://writingslowly.com/2026/04/19/top-level-categories-in-my.html

You have your own peculiar and necessarily limited interests and instead of spreading the net too widely, maybe it’s worth keeping a bit focused on these. But how? Top level categories in my notes.

#PKM #Zettelkasten #notemaking #Writing #WritingSlowly https://writingslowly.com/2026/04/19/top-level-categories-in-my.html

You have your own peculiar and necessarily limited interests and instead of spreading the net too widely, maybe it’s worth keeping a bit focused on these. But how? Top level categories in my notes.

#PKM #Zettelkasten #notemaking #Writing #WritingSlowly https://writingslowly.com/2026/04/19/top-level-categories-in-my.html

You have your own peculiar and necessarily limited interests and instead of spreading the net too widely, maybe it’s worth keeping a bit focused on these. But how? Top level categories in my notes.

#PKM #Zettelkasten #notemaking #Writing #WritingSlowly https://writingslowly.com/2026/04/19/top-level-categories-in-my.html

You have your own peculiar and necessarily limited interests and instead of spreading the net too widely, maybe it’s worth keeping a bit focused on these. But how? Top level categories in my notes.

#PKM #Zettelkasten #notemaking #Writing #WritingSlowly https://writingslowly.com/2026/04/19/top-level-categories-in-my.html

Everyone has access to the same sources today, ChatGPT, Perplexity, PDFs, coaching notes.
What sets toppers apart is what they write in their own words.

Your own notes stick better, revise faster, and build real understanding.
Collect less. Create more. And stay consistent.

#EnliteIAS #UPSC #NoteMaking #SmartPrep #UPSC2025

After the reading, the obligatory note-making, transcribing and cross-linking from my index-card bookmark.

I find the friction/hassle of making hand-written notes then having to re-type them into my system is a useful way of determining which notes are actually important to me.

#Zettelkasten #notemaking #notetaking #PKM #AmWriting

Tools for thought ≠ just apps.

PKM isn’t new—and it isn’t just digital. From notebooks to mind maps, analog tools still play a powerful role in how we think, write, and learn.

Don’t let shiny new toys and apps distract from solid thinking and meaning making.

Full post 👉 https://doi.org/10.58079/13opo
#PKM #PIM #ToolsForThought #Notemaking #Obsidian #DigitalMinimalism #Zettelkasten #notelab #notizlab #myth

Does anyone on Bluesky use Obsidian? Just curious. #notes #notemaking #obsidian

Not just notes: another meaning of 'Zettel'.
https://writingslowly.com/2024/11/10/not-just-notes.html
#zettelkasten #notes #notemaking

Three styles of curiosity - so which one is yours?:

https://writingslowly.com/2024/10/28/three-styles-of.html

#zettelkasten #PKM #wikipedia #notemaking

Presented my first ever showcase for LYT 14 yesterday, about backyard birds and rediscovering the joy of note-making. It was fun!

9 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYWKF7sfHk.

Both @nicole and @zsviczian were mentioned (at 4:40 and 6:01 respectively)

#Obsidian #notemaking #LYT #birdsofmastodon #ecopsychology

Presented my first ever showcase for LYT 14 yesterday, about backyard birds and rediscovering the joy of note-making. It was fun!

9 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYWKF7sfHk.

Both @nicole and @zsviczian were mentioned (at 4:40 and 6:01 respectively)

#Obsidian #notemaking #LYT #birdsofmastodon #ecopsychology

Presented my first ever showcase for LYT 14 yesterday, about backyard birds and rediscovering the joy of note-making. It was fun!

9 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYWKF7sfHk.

Both @nicole and @zsviczian were mentioned (at 4:40 and 6:01 respectively)

#Obsidian #notemaking #LYT #birdsofmastodon #ecopsychology

Presented my first ever showcase for LYT 14 yesterday, about backyard birds and rediscovering the joy of note-making. It was fun!

9 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYWKF7sfHk.

Both @nicole and @zsviczian were mentioned (at 4:40 and 6:01 respectively)

#Obsidian #notemaking #LYT #birdsofmastodon #ecopsychology

Presented my first ever showcase for LYT 14 yesterday, about backyard birds and rediscovering the joy of note-making. It was fun!

9 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYWKF7sfHk.

Both @nicole and @zsviczian were mentioned (at 4:40 and 6:01 respectively)

#Obsidian #notemaking #LYT #birdsofmastodon #ecopsychology

Don't put your cat in a bucket - how to write an article from your notes

https://writingslowly.com/2024/09/18/how-to-write.html

#zettelkasten #writingtips #notemaking #notetaking

My favourite tool is this notebook I made: https://writingslowly.com/2024/07/29/my-favourite-tool.html

#indiewebcarnival #indieweb #pkm #TiddlyWiki #zettelkasten #Rhizomes #notemaking #notetaking #tools

Notemaking helps you remember - and helps you forget: https://writingslowly.com/2024/07/29/notemaking-helps-you.html

#memory #notemaking #writingtips #zettelkasten #pkm #psychology #personaldevelopment

New book review: ‘A System for Writing’ by Bob Doto (@bobdoto):
#notemaking #zettelkasten
http://richardcarter.com/reviews/book-review-a-system-for-writing-by-bob-doto/

At today’s PKM campfire, hosted by @lykle, I’m happy to talk about how PKM fits in to #education and #research. I’ll reflect on my own motivations, practices, and tools and discuss some PKM #myths and #facts.
#Notemaking #Learning #Teaching #Academia #notelab #digitalefitheid #DigitalFitness
Cc @davidlohner

At today’s PKM campfire, hosted by @lykle, I’m happy to talk about how PKM fits in to #education and #research. I’ll reflect on my own motivations, practices, and tools and discuss some PKM #myths and #facts.
#Notemaking #Learning #Teaching #Academia #notelab #digitalefitheid #DigitalFitness
Cc @davidlohner

At today’s PKM campfire, hosted by @lykle, I’m happy to talk about how PKM fits in to #education and #research. I’ll reflect on my own motivations, practices, and tools and discuss some PKM #myths and #facts.
#Notemaking #Learning #Teaching #Academia #notelab #digitalefitheid #DigitalFitness
Cc @davidlohner

At today’s PKM campfire, hosted by @lykle, I’m happy to talk about how PKM fits in to #education and #research. I’ll reflect on my own motivations, practices, and tools and discuss some PKM #myths and #facts.
#Notemaking #Learning #Teaching #Academia #notelab #digitalefitheid #DigitalFitness
Cc @davidlohner

At today’s PKM campfire, hosted by @lykle, I’m happy to talk about how PKM fits in to #education and #research. I’ll reflect on my own motivations, practices, and tools and discuss some PKM #myths and #facts.
#Notemaking #Learning #Teaching #Academia #notelab #digitalefitheid #DigitalFitness
Cc @davidlohner

From Hieroglyphs to #Hyperlinks: Why #Knowledge #Management Is as Old as Time and Not a New Phenomenon

Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) is often portrayed and perceived as a modern phenomenon, especially in the context of the so-called #digitalage and the #informationage. However, the roots of PKM are ancient, extending back to the earliest forms of human communication and record-keeping.

📚 Full blog post: https://notelab.hypotheses.org/1645

Cc @davidlohner #notelab #notemaking #highereducation

Less is More: Wie Weglassen Wissensmanagement weiterbringt

Die Aufzeichnung meines Gastvortrags am @KIT_Karlsruhe im Seminar #L2D2 von @davidlohner ist nun online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05LHO4zKXk

Danke, David für die Einladung und auch an deine Studierenden für die spannenden Diskussionen. Es war mir ein Fest 😊

#knowledgemanagement #pkm #notemaking #notlab

Less is More: Wie Weglassen Wissensmanagement weiterbringt

Die Aufzeichnung meines Gastvortrags am @KIT_Karlsruhe im Seminar #L2D2 von @davidlohner ist nun online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05LHO4zKXk

Danke, David für die Einladung und auch an deine Studierenden für die spannenden Diskussionen. Es war mir ein Fest 😊

#knowledgemanagement #pkm #notemaking #notlab

Less is More: Wie Weglassen Wissensmanagement weiterbringt

Die Aufzeichnung meines Gastvortrags am @KIT_Karlsruhe im Seminar #L2D2 von @davidlohner ist nun online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05LHO4zKXk

Danke, David für die Einladung und auch an deine Studierenden für die spannenden Diskussionen. Es war mir ein Fest 😊

#knowledgemanagement #pkm #notemaking #notlab

Less is More: Wie Weglassen Wissensmanagement weiterbringt

Die Aufzeichnung meines Gastvortrags am @KIT_Karlsruhe im Seminar #L2D2 von @davidlohner ist nun online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05LHO4zKXk

Danke, David für die Einladung und auch an deine Studierenden für die spannenden Diskussionen. Es war mir ein Fest 😊

#knowledgemanagement #pkm #notemaking #notlab

Less is More: Wie Weglassen Wissensmanagement weiterbringt

Die Aufzeichnung meines Gastvortrags am @KIT_Karlsruhe im Seminar #L2D2 von @davidlohner ist nun online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05LHO4zKXk

Danke, David für die Einladung und auch an deine Studierenden für die spannenden Diskussionen. Es war mir ein Fest 😊

#knowledgemanagement #pkm #notemaking #notlab

On the Zettelkasten subreddit I asked how people give their notes a unique ID. Some interesting replies. Looks like there are many different approaches to this matter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/comments/1c4kaps/giving_you_notes_a_unique_id_the_debate_continues/

#pkm #zettelkasten #notetaking #notemaking

When it comes to writing notes, how much mess is just enough?
https://writingslowly.com/2024/03/31/when-it-comes.html

#writing #zettelkasten #pkm #notemaking #notetaking

Yesterday I found myself recommending Zim Wiki to @neil -- a thing I find myself doing time and again.

So finally I decided to put all the thoughts down in just one place so I can stop repeating myself, and also present my reasoning in more characters than fit comfortably into a toot.

https://one.mikro2nd.net/pages/zim-wiki/ if you think #noteMaking and #toolsForThought are interesting.

The card index system is ‘a thing alive’ - or is it?: https://writingslowly.com/2024/03/13/the-card-index.html

#ZetteIkasten #notemaking #AI #generativeAI #PKM

How to start a Zettelkasten from your existing deep experience: Make your notes personal and relevant. But resist the urge to make them exhaustive.

https://writingslowly.com/2024/03/06/how-to-start.html

#Zettelkasten #pkm #notemaking #notetaking #knowledgemanagement

"💬"At what point does something become part of your mind, instead of just a convenient note taking device?" "

A question discussed with philosopher David Chalmers, on the Philosophy Bites podcast.

So much of this depends on what ‘the mind’ means. Meanwhile, we do seamlessly interact with our writing tools, to achieve more than we could without them.

🎙️[Technophilosophy and the extended mind](https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/david-chalmers-on-technophiloosphy-and-the-extended-mind)

#Zettelkasten #notemaking #extendedmind #writing

"💬"At what point does something become part of your mind, instead of just a convenient note taking device?" "

A question discussed with philosopher David Chalmers, on the Philosophy Bites podcast.

So much of this depends on what ‘the mind’ means. Meanwhile, we do seamlessly interact with our writing tools, to achieve more than we could without them.

🎙️[Technophilosophy and the extended mind](https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/david-chalmers-on-technophiloosphy-and-the-extended-mind)

#Zettelkasten #notemaking #extendedmind #writing

"💬"At what point does something become part of your mind, instead of just a convenient note taking device?" "

A question discussed with philosopher David Chalmers, on the Philosophy Bites podcast.

So much of this depends on what ‘the mind’ means. Meanwhile, we do seamlessly interact with our writing tools, to achieve more than we could without them.

🎙️[Technophilosophy and the extended mind](https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/david-chalmers-on-technophiloosphy-and-the-extended-mind)

#Zettelkasten #notemaking #extendedmind #writing

"💬"At what point does something become part of your mind, instead of just a convenient note taking device?" "

A question discussed with philosopher David Chalmers, on the Philosophy Bites podcast.

So much of this depends on what ‘the mind’ means. Meanwhile, we do seamlessly interact with our writing tools, to achieve more than we could without them.

🎙️[Technophilosophy and the extended mind](https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/david-chalmers-on-technophiloosphy-and-the-extended-mind)

#Zettelkasten #notemaking #extendedmind #writing

"💬"At what point does something become part of your mind, instead of just a convenient note taking device?" "

A question discussed with philosopher David Chalmers, on the Philosophy Bites podcast.

So much of this depends on what ‘the mind’ means. Meanwhile, we do seamlessly interact with our writing tools, to achieve more than we could without them.

🎙️[Technophilosophy and the extended mind](https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/david-chalmers-on-technophiloosphy-and-the-extended-mind)

#Zettelkasten #notemaking #extendedmind #writing

I may have a glut of note taking apps on my desktop: Simplenote, Joplin, Obsidian and Rnote.
This probably reveals more about my attention span than my ability to make effective notes.
#notes #apps #NoteTaking #NoteMaking #TooManyApps

I may have a glut of note taking apps on my desktop: Simplenote, Joplin, Obsidian and Rnote.
This probably reveals more about my attention span than my ability to make effective notes.
#notes #apps #NoteTaking #NoteMaking #TooManyApps

I may have a glut of note taking apps on my desktop: Simplenote, Joplin, Obsidian and Rnote.
This probably reveals more about my attention span than my ability to make effective notes.
#notes #apps #NoteTaking #NoteMaking #TooManyApps

I may have a glut of note taking apps on my desktop: Simplenote, Joplin, Obsidian and Rnote.
This probably reveals more about my attention span than my ability to make effective notes.
#notes #apps #NoteTaking #NoteMaking #TooManyApps

I may have a glut of note taking apps on my desktop: Simplenote, Joplin, Obsidian and Rnote.
This probably reveals more about my attention span than my ability to make effective notes.
#notes #apps #NoteTaking #NoteMaking #TooManyApps

How to overcome Fetzenwissen: the illusion of integrated thought: https://writingslowly.com/2024/02/12/how-to-overcome.html
#Zettelkasten #PKM #writing #notemaking #notes #notetaking

How to decide what to include in your notes: https://writingslowly.com/2024/02/11/how-to-decide.html

#Zettelkasten #notetaking #notemaking #PKM