This book from 1908 by J. Kaiser seems like a fantastic instruction manual for how to use Obsidian, Logseq, Notion, Evernote, OneNote, and most other note taking tools for just about any application.
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We really take for granted how so many things work now, so it’s interesting to look back on the set up of business principles and mechanics of things. Perhaps I’ll have more on this later, though it’ll take some interaction with other ideas to make them apparent. For now, you might appreciate Richard’s recent piece which reminded me to revisit it and my notes from late last year: https://writingslowly.com/2024/03/13/the-card-index.html
@chrisaldrich oh, what an absolute beauty.
@chrisaldrich yes, the author is amusingly opinionated. Just one example: “As to the supposed disadvantage in not having the cards bound together like the leaves
of a book, this can hardly be taken seriously.” Well, I found it amusing anyway
@eumrz if you like this, you might also enjoy Byles, R. B., 1911. The card index system: its principles, uses, operation, and component parts London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. I’ve written recently about both of them: The card index system is “a thing alive”.
@chrisaldrich I just saw a bit about how useful Obsidian (or another note-taking app) was, and was thinking about giving it a try, so this will be very useful. Thanks!
@chrisaldrich That’s so cool! Skimming through it has already given me a few ideas.