A zettlekasten is an atomic notetaking system.
Steps:
Lit notes
- brief: < 3 sentences
- write it in your own words
Reference notes
- Take reference notes?
Fleeting Notes
- shower notes
Permanent nodes
- Go through each notes from above, think about how it matters to your research
- Try to explicitly add value to existing ideas
- Try to find meaningful connection between ideas
finding connections
- How does this fit into what I know?
- Can this be explained?
find keywords
- not just to store a note, but how to retrieve it
- “in which circumstance will I need this note”
- “when and how will I need this idea”