- Creator:: [[Robert Haisfield]] - Guest:: [[Joel Chan]] <!--ID: 1631100130978--> - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6PIrVZoZAk - [[Productivity]] [[Zettelkasten]] [[Second Brain]] [[Writing]] [[Taking Notes]] - Process for capturing notes and ideas - 1. Take notes on interesting ideas from research papers found. Link to the original source but only include the interesting stuff. - 2. Later, turn particularly interesting ideas into Zettels. - Joel uses the convention `Z: Compositionality is necessary for synthesis.`, where the `Z:` prefix means it's a Zettel. - A Zettel should be compact and a self-sufficient idea that he can reference later. - Each Zettel is a page. Joel thinks that with Roam, you __can__ just leave a Zettel as a block, since you can reference blocks, but he thinks it's easier to create a new page because you might then be tempted to make sure that every block is referenceable and a self-contained idea. - 3. Add tags to the new Zettel to be able to find it later. - 4. Revise your Zettels to see if there are projects that you'd like to create using them. - Joel's system is based on [[Article/Andy Matuschak's Notes (series)]] [[Andy Matuschak]] on [[Roam Research]] - [[Create the Zettelkasten process that works for you.]] - "[[My Zettelkasten process]]" - "**1. Take notes on the content.**" - "Create a page for every bit of content that resonates with me. Take superficial notes about the content, mostly in the creator's own words. " - "Use the prefix `O:` to denote that it is work created by Others." - "In the case of Kindle books, add highlights or quotes to the O-page as well." - "**2. Create Literature Notes.**" - "As soon as possible after consumption of the content, create a Literature Notes page for the content." - "Use the prefix `L:` to denote that the page contains literature notes on a work by others." - "This step may be skipped for shorter pieces of content (video, tweet)." - "**3. Create Zettels.**" - "Go through the literature notes to see what ideas particularly resonate with you." - "Turn the best ideas into their own pages." - "Use the `Z:` prefix to denote that they are Zettels." - "Make the title a complete thought or sentence as much as possible." - "Add tags about what the Zettel/Claim refers to, including a `[[Zettel]]` or `[[Claim]]` tag to find it later." - "Expound on it. Write a short snippet that you can reuse as a part of a blog post, summarizing the idea and relating it to other ideas you already know."