Take Useful Notes. Appreciate 4 Zettelkasten Values.
A framework for taking smart notes. From Take Useful Notes.
When starting to understand Zettelkasten I asked Google to find a “Zettelkasten Manifesto” for me. As I learned from agile projects, you always need a “Manifesto”[2] before to start working.
[2] Ken Schwaber et al., ‘Manifesto for Agile Software Development’, n.d., https://agilemanifesto.org/
After more than 15 minutes of unsuccessful search I remembered an old saying: “If you can’t find it, create it.” So, here is my first draft:
Zettelkasten Values
We are uncovering better ways of notetaking by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
- Connecting over Collecting
- Flexibility over Structure
- Tags over Folders
- Writing over Copying
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
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