December Reflections #2
5 lessons I’ve learned in 2023 about PKM and Digital Systems
Spoiler: nothing groundbreaking in here, but I still want to share :)
It’s not about the apps you use, it’s what you’re doing in them that matters
I was stuck in this idea that I take literature notes in App X and put the summarised, referenced version into Capacities, as discussed at length here:
But, as someone with a growing following who use lots of different apps, I started to think that distilling my message to what I am *actually doing* in those apps is more important, because I hope my advice can be applied outside of the apps I use.
So carrying on with the note-taking example, let’s zoom in on what I’m actually doing: I read someone else’s work, I write down what I’ve learned from it and I continually summarise and re-write until I’ve understood it properly and can create a final, more succinct summary. It’s only at that point that I will create links in a networked note-taking app to other related notes.
