- Last Updated: [[2020-12-14]]
- Author: [[Robert Haisfield]] and [[Beau Haan]]
- [[Roam Research]] [[Block References]]
- URL: https://youtu.be/KoddCmn3eL0
- {{[[youtube]]: https://youtu.be/KoddCmn3eL0}}
- Different analogies
- fleeting notes > literature notes > permanent notes
- seedling > budding > evergreen
- Beau's: gases > liquids > solids
- "Low-resolution thumbnail": a summary in the top-level bullet so that you can collapse and expand it as needed.
- Instead of pages, he initially creates permanent notes as blocks, with reference, literature, and fleeting notes nested underneath them!
- `[[Relevant]] Notes`
- relevant note number 1
- relevant note number 2
- `[[Permanent]] Note` Summary of permanent note
- `[[Reference]] Note`
- Exact copy of or link to the source
- `[[Literature]] Note` Summary of lit notes
- `[[Fleeting]] Note` Summary of fleeting notes
- Beau only creates a page called "Permanent Notes", and then he adds just the text of the parent-level permanent note (not a reference)
- Page is tagged according to area or MoC.
- Then, he makes the "low resolution thumbnail" of the permanent note an actual page once it's in the permanent note.
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- He uses block references instead of pages so that he can expose the relevant notes. He's prioritizing being able to make connections between notes over having each note organized into one page.
- His hierarchy beginning with related notes maintains the history of how a particular idea came to be. Under the permanent note is the reference note is came from, the lit notes that he wrote from it. Nesting means he doesn't have to go to different pages.
- > ==The power of Roam is in its block structure, not in the zettelkasten methodology==
- Zettelkasten would just have it at the page level.
- Beau uses blocks way more than pages, and this means that his style is very navigational.
- He wants to "situate" himself and every thought, know where he is and where he came from.
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