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by rinka_singh 1275 days ago
I wanted something that I could organize "my way" and thought the html format was interesting since I could connect pieces of information together. Also something I could edit and update quickly - I settled on the combination of desktop+wiki+html...

So about 5 odd years ago I started using zim https://zim-wiki.org/index.html (there are other tools too, I have just gotten used to it) - everytime I searched for something, read something interesting or learned something new, I would add it to my zim install.

Over time, this has become the first place I search or refer to for anything - frequently I find more useful and contextual information here as compared to a search engine. This is becoming my backup brain.

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This might be the comment that helps me get back on my zim install. I abandoned it for "life stuff" and I was meaning to "find something similar, or pick zim back" for some months.