Here’s a version of the timeline of some of the intellectual history I presented today at the PKM Summit in Utrecht. I’m happy to answer any questions, or if you’re impatient, you can also search my online digital repository of notes for any of the people or topics mentioned.
It covers variations of personal knowledge management, commonplace books, zettelkasten, indexing, etc. I wish we’d had time for so much more, but I hope some of the ideas and examples are helpful in giving folks some perspective on what has gone before so that we might expand our own horizons.
The color code of the slides (broadly):
- orange – intellectual history
- dark grey – memory, method of loci, memory palaces
- blue – commonplace books
- green – index cards, slips, zettelkasten traditions
- purple – orality
- light teal – dictionary compilations
- red – productivity methods
Oh wow. This slide!
Instead of using the historic word “commonplacing”, Eminem uses the fantastic euphemism “stacking ammo”. Given his use of his words and lyrics collection in battle rap, this seems very apropos.
The video interview is hilarious! Anderson Cooper prodes and makes fun, and Eminem is just like, “yeah, that means, i’m crazy” [lemme dig through this box s’more]
Your talk today was great, thanks a lot for sharing the whole timeline!
Most welcome. Do let me know if you have any questions.
@chrisaldrich Thank you very much Chris!
@chrisaldrich wait there’s a PKM summit in Utrecht?
Yep! It was awesome: https://pkmsummit.com Please join us next year!
@ctietze Yes. But unfortunately no remote attendance or recordings. Hopefully someone took good notes. cough, cough
Very insightful! Thank you so much for contributing to our summit! Maybe you can join us next year March in The Netherlands or April in D.C. Area?