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Zettelkasten. It's an incredibly simple idea. Obsidian, Logseq, Roamresearch, Org-Roam - they all are based on that simple idea. I used to spend a lot of time, thinking how should I organize my notes? Tried many different methods - categorizing them; grouping them by dates - years, months, days; putting them in multiple files and folders; using a single file with many (collapsible) headings, etc. After switching to Zettelkasten method (I use Org-Roam), I realized - whenever I write any note, the only question that I really need to ask: "in what context should I re-discover this stuff later?". A practical example: I would be discussing a session-related security vulnerability with my teammate, let's call them Jimmy. I would start a note with a meaningful title. Then add links to [[Jimmy]] [[session]] [[vulnerabilities]]. For simplicity, let's assume I already have these nodes in my system. 'Jimmy' is a node that has all the info about my teammate, their role, their contact info, etc. The node may also have its own tags, e.g., [[front-end-team]]. Now, months later, whenever a similar thing comes up, I wouldn't be scratching my head thinking "haven't I discussed that with Jimmy last year in October? Let me go through my October notes...". No, I would open Jimmy's node then lookup for all the backlinks and surely, I would find the relevant notes. I may even forget that I spoke to Jimmy, then I would find the notes through other nodes - [[front-end-team]] [[vulnerabilities]] [[session]]. |