Key insights
Evergreen note-writing as fundamental unit of knowledge work
Resources / reading
Raul Pacheco
His entire site, but he has a list of note-taking related things here:
Note-Taking Techniques
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Reading, scribbling, highlighting, taking notes and organizing information from a journal article or book chapter - walking through my digital and analog processes
Umberto Eco: How to Write a Thesis, see also New Yorker review
How to Write a Thesis & ‣
Others
Going From Reading To Notes
updated link:
Going From Reading To Notes
Ways to make notes
Things to include in synthetic notes
From How to Remember and Take Action on What you Read
How to Remember and Take Action on What you Read
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- (For books) a picture of the cover and drop it in the note
- a paragraph or so summary of that book
- all the quotes/highlights, types… tried pictures but found the process to be less efficient.
- write down any ideas for blog posts that came from it or actions I have.
From Create a Zettelkasten for your Notes to Improve Thinking and Writing
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Create a Zettelkasten for your Notes to Improve Thinking and Writing
- They should also be linked clearly to their original source–i.e. they should have citation information and page numbers.
- It should be clear whether the note contains a direct quote or a paraphrase.
- Finally, the pieces should not “decay” over time, meaning that they should be kept in a system that is as “future proof” as much as possible.
Raul Pacheco's notecard types
3 Phases for translating paper to Zettel
Progressive Summarization notes