Just another reason for one to get into org-mode[1] and org-roam[2].
Combine this with the concept of Zettelkasten[3] and you have a wonderful way to organize and store all your notes and writings, and even a way to know at what point you should move your idea from analog to digital (based on it's maturity, e.g. "evergreen state").
Be warned: Almost every one touting Zettelkasten on the Internet is not doing it the way Niklas Luhmann did, and you won't get the benefits that he got. Doing it his way takes a lot of time and effort, and really is worth it only if you plan to write a lot (essays, books, etc).
I recall one academic who said it took 8 years of aggressive use before he felt it paid off.
Every time you want to add a note, you need to put in the effort to find all existing notes that could be related, ponder how your new note fits in with all of them, and make relevant links to the new note. Every once in a while you need to make explicit index/sequence cards, etc.
It's certainly not a "quick capture and move on" system.
I use org mode and org roam a lot, but simply using org roam and linking doesn't mean you are following zettelkasten.
I like org-mode but don't find it as good at cross platform as I'd like. I currently use Obsidian across devices which works well but you dont get the efficiency of org. I've tried Zettelkasten a few times and need to get my day more organised to have time and categorise. For now PARA suits my needs.
the caveat is that you need to keep your org folder in iCloud. I have a symlink on my MacBook from ~/org to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs ... then I can access my org folder from my iPhone as well.
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Just another reason for one to get into org-mode[1] and org-roam[2].
Combine this with the concept of Zettelkasten[3] and you have a wonderful way to organize and store all your notes and writings, and even a way to know at what point you should move your idea from analog to digital (based on it's maturity, e.g. "evergreen state").
1. https://orgmode.org/ 2. https://www.orgroam.com/ 3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten
Be warned: Almost every one touting Zettelkasten on the Internet is not doing it the way Niklas Luhmann did, and you won't get the benefits that he got. Doing it his way takes a lot of time and effort, and really is worth it only if you plan to write a lot (essays, books, etc).
I recall one academic who said it took 8 years of aggressive use before he felt it paid off.
Every time you want to add a note, you need to put in the effort to find all existing notes that could be related, ponder how your new note fits in with all of them, and make relevant links to the new note. Every once in a while you need to make explicit index/sequence cards, etc.
It's certainly not a "quick capture and move on" system.
I use org mode and org roam a lot, but simply using org roam and linking doesn't mean you are following zettelkasten.
I like org-mode but don't find it as good at cross platform as I'd like. I currently use Obsidian across devices which works well but you dont get the efficiency of org. I've tried Zettelkasten a few times and need to get my day more organised to have time and categorise. For now PARA suits my needs.
if you're an iPhone user I made a shortcut to call org-capture and integrate with your regular emacs/org-mode installations: https://blog.samhain.io/posts/org-capture-shortcut/
the caveat is that you need to keep your org folder in iCloud. I have a symlink on my MacBook from ~/org to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs ... then I can access my org folder from my iPhone as well.
Emacs org-mode works pretty well on a pinephone.
That's great for some but what about us who aren't in front of a monitor every second of our work career?
Physical notebook and data entry later.