The Notecard System: Capture, Organize, and Use Everything You Read, Watch, and Listen To
Billy Oppenheimerbillyoppenheimer.com
Saved by Enara Nazarova and
The Notecard System: Capture, Organize, and Use Everything You Read, Watch, and Listen To
How does the slip-box, the heart of this system, work? Strictly speaking, Luhmann had two slip-boxes: a bibliographical one, which contained the references and brief notes on the content of the literature, and the main one in which he collected and generated his ideas, mainly in response to what he read. The notes were written on index cards and st
... See moreSönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
Only if the notes of these three categories are kept separated will it be possible to build a critical mass of ideas within the slip-box.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
Instead of using Notion to track my budding essay ideas, I’m going to do it analog. Essay are ideas are fleeting, scarce, and expire so easily. Databases become burdens. These things are usually bloat that don’t even help you write or publish more. Once a month I archive my written list of leads and start over. It’s write or die.
