For the past few weeks I've been working hard to bring a modified #Zettelkasten system into my academic life via #Obsidian. Obsidian (or knowledge management) tips, tricks, plugins, etc very welcome.
@Drdonnayates@archaeo.social I'd say, ignore the temptation to install all the plugins, until you get the feel of things. And even then, keep it minimal. Otherwise I at least get distracted in pursuit of The One True System instead of just using the damned thing. You might find some use in the materials re Obsidian I use with my students, https://shawngraham.github.io/hist1900
@electricarchaeo@scholar.social OH do I so want the one true system...I want it.
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On The Interdisciplinarity of Zettelkasten: Card Numbering, Topical Headings, and Indices
As humans we're terrifically spectacular at separating things based on perceived categories. The Dewey Decimal System systematically separates mathematics and history into disparate and distinct locations, but your zettelkasten shouldn't force this by overthinking categories. Perhaps the overlap of math and history is exactly the interdisciplinary topic you're working toward? If this is the case,…
A note about my article on Goitein with respect to Zettelkasten Output Processes
Not long ago I made a Call for Model Examples of Zettelkasten Output Processes. To answer a part of that call and to highlight my own reading, note taking, and writing process, in the production of writing S.D. Goitein's Card Index, I've included red # hyperlinks to all of the available digital notes I took…
S.D. Goitein’s Card Index (or Zettelkasten)
Abstract Scholar and historian S.D. Goitein built and maintained a significant collection of over 27,000 notes in the form of a card index (or zettelkasten1) which he used to fuel his research and academic writing output in the mid to late twentieth century. The collection was arranged broadly by topical categories and followed in the…
Arindam Basu (@arinbasu1@social.arinbasu.online) (social.arinbasu.online)Please share some resources on #Zettelkasten you have found useful.
The Ultimate Guide to Zettelkasten Index Card Storage
Invariably, when one is starting out on their analog zettelkasten or index-card based commonplace book journey, one of the first questions besides what size and type of cards should I use, is naturally what sort of box should I put them in? This is one of the more frequently asked questions I've seen of those…
Over the past year and change, I've read and written a fair amount about note taking practices and their history including the topics of #CommonplaceBooks and #zettelkasten. I've spent a few minutes aggregating it into a collection for those who are curious: https://boffosocko.com/research/zettelkasten-commonplace-books-and-note-taking-collection/. 🗃️📓🖋️
Naida Saavedra @naidasaavedra@hcommons.social (hcommons.social)Next semester I'll teach a #CreativeWriting class (fiction, in English) for the first time ever! I'm very excited! I'll focus on short stories and flash fiction. Any ideas you may have, texts you usually include, please send them my way! #LatinaProfessor #AcademicMastodon #WritingCommunity
Hypothes.is as a Digital Zettelkasten for Neologism and Word Collection for Wordnik
A little while ago, one of the followers of my Hypothes.is account where I actively mark up my reading with highlights, annotations, and notes asked me why I was tagging seemingly random sentences with "wordnik" and other odd tags that started with "hw-". Today I thought I'd write out the explanation of the habits around…
I've already been doing the work anyway, so I've updated my NaNoWriMo profile to reflect the research and writing work I'm doing on a book related to note taking and its historical traditions. I'm writing it using my commonplace book and Luhmann-esque zettelkasten as tools.
The Two Definitions of Zettelkasten
What do we mean when we say Zettelkasten? There’s a specific set of objects (cards and boxes or their digital equivalents), but there’s also a spectrum of methods or practices which can be split into two broad categories. TL;DR Historically, Zettelkasten as used to describe both Luhmann’s notes and his method is patently in the…
Review of “On Intellectual Craftsmanship” (1952) by C. Wright Mills
In "On Intellectual Craftsmanship" (1952), C. Wright Mills talks about his methods for note taking, thinking, and analysis in what he calls "sociological imagination". This is a sociologists' framing of their own research and analysis practice and thus bears a sociological related name. While he talks more about the thinking, outlining, and writing process rather…
Zettelkasten Method State of the Art in 1898
Many people mistakenly credit Niklas Luhmann with the invention of the zettelkasten method, so I've been delving into historical note taking practices. I've recently come across a well known and influential book on historical method from the late 1800s that has well described version of the slip (box) method. Originally published in French in 1897…
Looking for books with wider margins for annotations and notes
With the school year starting and a new slew of books to be purchased and read, I've been looking for books, particularly popular "classics" or "great books" that are published either with larger margins or even interleaved copies (books in which every other page is blank and meant for writing extensive notes). Within the bible…
Singer Business Furniture 20 gauge steel industrial 16 drawer index card filing cabinet
I suppose if you're gonna goin "all-in" on having a zettelkasten (slip box) or index card-based commonplace book you may as well invest in some serious atomic-era heavy steel hardware... So today I took the plunge and picked up a Singer Business Furniture 20 gauge steel industrial index card filing cabinet. It's the sort of…