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by for_i_in_range 1802 days ago
People think I’m crazy but my office is lined with a wall of 4x6” notecard filing cabinets. All cards linked with individual branched id’s (I’d dare call it that term starting with a Z but the explanation of such term has been warped and morphed into something it is not. Which is why I dare not mention it. All but one first-page google result explains it wrong).

While I applaud the creator of this app, I’ve found the analog way most effective and fulfilling. I find it develops my brain instead of developing something or someone else.

I opt for the hard way. The slow way. Paper and pen and, a lot of whiteout rollers.

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I completely agree about using pen and paper for learning and organizing my life. I have a weekly wall planner made of sticky notes and it’s so much more fulfilling than poking around a calendar app to see my week outlined in a two square foot section of my office wall. But for those of us who are curious about your process, could you please tell us what the Z word is and link to your recommended resource?
Im not the GP, but I'd guess Z stands for Zettelkasten, at least that's the only famous system I'm aware of in that space. You can read more about it ihere: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten
Correct!

But I don’t recommend you read the Wikipedia entry.

Read this instead:

https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/8350