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- Posts by year: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
- Zettelkasten Live vlog series.
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2023
- The Archive: Introducing Image Import for Your Plain Text Notes (May)
- How to Improve Your Zettelkasten by Learning from Athletic Training (May)
- Why the Single Note Matters (April)
- Improved Translation of “Communications with Zettelkastens” (April)
- Little Machines in Your Zettelkasten (March)
- Feynman’s Darlings – Or: How Anyone Can Become Brilliant (January)
2022
- The Archive 3rd Party Macros (December)
- Philosophy of Zettelkasten: What is the Ghost in the Box? (December)
- The Archive is Ready for macOS 13 Ventura (November)
- English Translation of All Notes on Zettelkasten by Luhmann (October)
- How To Use Creative Techniques Within the Zettelkasten Framework (October)
- Every Step in the Process Must be Knowledge-Based Value Creation (September)
- How Value is Created in a Zettelkasten (and Any System of Knowledge Work) (August)
- Field Report #6: The Zettelkasten Method Works for PhD Students Very Well! (August)
- Analog vs. Digital Zettelkasten (August)
- How to Assess the Strength of Claims in Your Zettelkasten (August)
- The Zettelkasten Method for Fiction Writing (April)
- Playing the Zettelkasten RPG Through Arbitrary Constraints (April)
- Field Report #5: How I Prepare Reading and Processing Effective Notetaking by Fiona McPherson (March)
- How to Integrate Your Zettelkasten with Your GTD (March)
- Introducing the Antinet Zettelkasten (March)
- Book Teaser (2nd Edition): Improved Diagram of the Flow of Value Creation (March)
- Using Cartography as a Metaphor for Investigating the Great Folgezettel Debate (March)
- No, I Do Not Underestimate the Power of the Dark Folgezettel – I Embrace Its Source of Power (February)
- Folgezettel (February)
- Book Teaser (2nd Edition): Flow Diagram of the Zettelkasten Method (February)
- From Fleeting Notes to Project Notes – Concepts of “How to Take Smart Notes” by Sönke Ahrens (February)
- Field Report #4: I spent six months using a Zettelkasten to write my thesis. Here’s what I learned (January)
- The Zettelkasten Method for Fiction IV - Creating Stories (January)
- The Zettelkasten Method for Fiction III - Create a Toolbox to Analyse Stories that Live in Your Zettelkasten (January)
- The Zettelkasten Method for Fiction II – What You Can Look For (January)
- The Zettelkasten Method for Fiction I – Knowledge is Knowledge (January)
2021
- Book Teaser (2nd Edition): Declare Software Independence to Unshackle Your Mind (December)
- Live Zettelkasten Session on Dec 10th (Episode 7) (December)
- Live Zettelkasten Session on Nov 12th (Episode 6) (November)
- Live Zettelkasten Session on Oct 22nd (Episode 5) (October)
- Live Zettelkasten Session on Oct 8th (Episode 4) (October)
- Field Report #3: Mini-Workflow of a YouTuber (September)
- Processing Empirical Studies and Separating the Three Layers of Evidence (September)
- Live Zettelkasten Session on Sep 10th (Episode 3) (September)
- Live Zettelkasten Session on Aug 27th (Episode 2) (August)
- System Crafters Answered org-roam and Zettelkasten Questions in Livestream (August)
- Live Zettelkasten Session on Aug 13th (Episode 1) (August)
- org-roam (Emacs Zettelkasten Package) Version 2 Released (July)
- RE: Backlinks Should Be Context-Rich (July)
- Create Image Previews for Your Notes From Links With This Tool (July)
- Field Report #2: Lessons Learned From Processing “Team of Rivals” (June)
- Field Report #1: A PhD About Writing with His Zettelkasten (May)
- Insert a New Zettel Where You Are with Will’s Macro (May)
- Measure What You Want to Achieve with Your Zettelkasten (April)
- Alternative The Archive App Icon Fan Art (April)
- Use Case: Investing with the Zettelkasten Method (March)
- The Archive: 3rd Anniversary (March)
- The Archive v1.6.0: Image Preview in Your Notes (February)
- Use Image Capturing to Couple Your Desk and Your Zettelkasten (February)
- Chinese Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method (January)
- How to Use Wiki Links for Saved Searches in The Archive (January)
2020
- How to Use Tabs in The Archive (November)
- First Teaser for the Second Edition of the Zettelkasten Method Book (November)
- Backlinking Is Not Very Useful – Often Even Harmful (November)
- Q&A #6 - Plural of ‘Zettel’ (November)
- Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method (October)
- Q&A #5 - How to write good titles for your Zettelkasten (October)
- The Archive v1.5.7 (October)
- All notes are malleable: Strive for permanently useful notes, not permanently unchanging notes (October)
- Q&A #4 - Are Zettlers Cat People? Why? (October)
- Leave Breadcrumbs on Bookmarks for Your Future Self (October)
- Q&A #3 - Some tips on how to write good notes (October)
- Q&A #2 - How permanent a permanent note is (October)
- Alfred Macro Collection for The Archive (October)
- Q&A #1 - How to start a Zettelkasten (October)
- Welcome Visitors from Jooble! (October)
- PhD Student Reporting What It’s Like to Use a Zettelkasten for Classes (September)
- Don’t Dehorsify the Horse (September)
- Video Demo: TextMate as a Zettelkasten App (August)
- Tying Blogging and the Zettelkasten Method Together for Fast Feedback (August)
- Baker and Me – Joe Pairman Uncovers Universal Principles (August)
- Zettelkasten Method Online Video Course Announcement (June)
- Zettelkasten Chatrooms (May)
- Understanding Hierarchy by Translating Folgezettel and Structure Zettel (April)
- The Archive Turns 2 Years Old (March)
- Make [[WikiLinks]] Clickable in Marked 2 (March)
- Emulate Automatic Link Suggestions in Your Note-Taking App and The Archive (January)
- You Should Read David B. Clear’s Summary of the Zettelkasten Method (January)
- Insert a List of Backlinks Into All Your Notes (January)
2019
- Beginnings of Bryan Kam’s Zettelkasten Journey (November)
- “Thinking Outside Experience” - David Epstein: “Range” - Book Processing Ep 06 (October)
- “Learning, Fast and Slow” - David Epstein: “Range” - Book Processing Ep 05 (October)
- David Epstein: “Range” - Book Processing Ep 04 (October)
- David Epstein: “Range” - Book Processing Ep 03 (October)
- David Epstein: “Range” - Book Processing Ep 02 (September)
- David Epstein: “Range” - Book Processing Ep 01 (September)
- Some Q&A on the Zettelkasten Method and Student Life (September)
- The Zettelkasten as a Lattice of Thought Strings (September)
- Trust the Process (August)
- The Archive (v1.4) Introduces Multi-Tabbing (August)
- The Archive (v1.3.0) Browser Navigation (June)
- Breadcrumbs in Your Archive (May)
- Three Layers of Evidence (May)
- Zettelkasten and Personal Knowledge Management for Business Founders (March)
- The Archive Turns 1 Year Old! (March)
- Using The Archive to Teach Music (March)
- iA Writer as a Zettelkasten Note Archive (January)
- Zettelkasten & The Archive at The Appademic (January)
2018
- Zettelkasten Method and Tinderbox (macOS) (December)
- 1Writer 2.9.1 Adds [[Wiki Links]] (November)
- Sascha and Christian Talk about Structure in a Zettelkasten on MacMittwoch (German Podcast) (October)
- The Difference Between Good and Bad Tags (September)
- The Barbell Method of Reading (May)
- Sascha and Christian talk about All Things Zettelkasten at Der Ubercast (German Podcast) (May)
- A Tale of Complexity – Structural Layers in Note Taking (March)
- The Archive Has Arrived. (March)
- The Archive: Available March 15th (March)
- What are Buffer Notes? (January)
- Another Win for the Zettelkasten Method (January)
2017
- The Next Edition of the Zettelkasten Method Book (November)
- Reference Manager JabRef 4 Released (November)
- Sublime Text 3 Zettelkasten Plugin (November)
- Overview Notes and Clickable Links (October)
- Maybe Sublime Text Works Well for a Zettelkasten (September)
- Come and Visit the New Forum (August)
- Image Capturing with the Archive App (Video) (July)
- Practical Integration of the Zettelkasten Method: My Deep Work Days (July)
- Christian’s Impressions of Sascha’s Book’s 2nd Edition (July)
- The Next Edition of the Zettelkasten Method (June)
- Book Processing Workflow (Video) (June)
- The Archive App – Why We Chose the nv-Core (May)
- The Archive App – Introduction to the Introduction (May)
- Is Bear for macOS a Zettelkasten Archive Fit? (May)
- No Beta Invitation Video Today ☹️ (May)
- Writing Links (April)
- The Archive (Mac app) Beta Invitation (April)
- Displaying Flow Charts in nvALT’s Preview Window Using Mermaid.js (April)
- Zettelkasten Live Ep. 7: Visualizing Branching Off in your Archive (April)
- Note Archive for Music? (April)
- Zettelkasten Live Ep. 6: Automation, Dumbing-Down, Business, and 2 Idiots on the Balcony (March)
- Zettelkasten Live Ep. 5: Automation is Dangerous (March)
- Zettelkasten Live Ep. 4: Structure, Structure, Structure. Bringing Order to Your Archive (February)
- A Few Website Changes (February)
- Using Trello as a Zettel Note Archive (January)
- Zettelkasten Live Ep. 3: Collaboration Using the Method, plus Zettel Extraction Demos (January)
- Next Zettelkasten Live Episode Today (January)
2016
- Zettelkasten Live Ep. 2: Limits of our Zettelkasten Archives (December)
- Reader Question: Why Not Use a Plain-Text Wiki? (December)
- This Week’s Episode Will be Delayed Until Next Week (December)
- Next Zettelkasten Live Episode on Thursday (December)
- The Money Is in the Hubs: Johannes Schmidt on Luhmann’s Zettelkasten (November)
- Zettelkasten Live: the Intro Video (November)
- How to Not Get Lost in a Book (September)
- Where Should My Writing Ideas Go? (July)
- Luhmann’s Essays on Writing and Using a Zettelkasten are Back Online (July)
- Nassim Taleb would love the Zettelkasten Method (June)
- Fixed Links (May)
- When Should You Start a New Note? (April)
- Reading for the Zettelkasten Is Searching (March)
- Tag Pages Fixed (March)
- Your First Note – Don’t Overthink It (February)
- Fake Progress (February)
- First Draft from Outline – a Compiler Script (January)
- Why Luhmann Had to Start a Second Zettelkasten (January)
2015
- OneNote Review (December)
- Different Kinds of Ties Between Notes (November)
- Zettelkasten Method in Robert Pirsig’s Lila (November)
- Minimal Writing on the Mac ebook (November)
- Daniel’s Follow-Up About Folgezettel (November)
- No, Luhmann Was Not About Folgezettel (October)
- Zettelkasten Method – German Edition Now Available in Stores Worldwide (October)
- Why You Should Set Links Manually and Not Rely on Search Alone (October)
- Tinderbox Principles (September)
- Listen to Schopenhauer: Reading Is Only Part of Becoming a Thinker (September)
- 4 Use Cases to Determine What a Zettel Should Be (September)
- Switching from Zkn³ to a Plain Text Approach (September)
- From Reading to Zettel Notes: Dan Sheffler’s Workflow for a Doctoral Thesis in Philosophy (August)
- Keeping a Study Log and Extracting Zettel Notes From It (August)
- Getting Started Series (July)
- Should You Have One Zettelkasten or Many? (July)
- Take Notes on Paper (but Write at Your Computer) (July)
- Dominique Renauld on Fond Memories of Working on Paper (July)
- Second draft of the Zettelkasten Method Book ready! (July)
- Challenge Report: Writing a Term Paper with Evernote as Zettel Archive (June)
- My Morning Routine and Some Thoughts on a Holistic Approach (June)
- App SummerFest 2015: 25% Off of Mac Apps and Scrivener (June)
- Take Reading Notes – A Reminder (June)
- Tasks and Goals of my Daily Review (June)
- How a Daily Review Routine Improved My Life and Work (June)
- On Using Intratextual Tags (June)
- Alex Chamessian is Designing His Own Personal Knowledge Management App (May)
- Jump to Headings in 1Writer (May)
- Publicizing my Challenge Contribution – Plan of the Term Paper (May)
- Why Categories for Your Note Archive are a Bad Idea (May)
- RSS Feed Reading and Filing – Automatization on Mac and iOS (May)
- 1Writer — Access Your Zettelkasten On Your iPad and iPhone (May)
- Announcing: the First Draft of the Zettelkasten Method Book in German (April)
- Publish Iteratively (April)
- You Don’t Need a Wiki – Being Content with Your Software (March)
- Eco’s ‘How to Write a Thesis’ Available in English (March)
- Old Posts Moved to This Blog (March)
- My Collector’s Fallacy Confession (March)
- Use a Real Notebook (February)
- ConnectedText Review (and Other Multi-Purpose Info-Managers for Windows) (February)
- How to Program Yourself for Productivity and Stop Searching for the Ideal Software (January)
- 4 Months In (January)
- How to Write a Note That You Will Actually Understand (January)
2014
- Writing and Publishing an E-book on Leanpub Effortless and in no Time (December)
- Curio (Mac) 30% Off Until Dec 28th 2014 (December)
- Getting Started with DEVONthink 2 (December)
- Getting Up to Speed with Reading about Evernote (December)
- DEVONthink as a Zettelkasten Note Archive (December)
- The Biography of Sascha’s Zettelkasten (December)
- Use Idea Indexes for Journals and Fiction (November)
- The Two Forms of a Zettel (November)
- The Frame of Mind and Routine to Tackle NaNoWriMo (November)
- How to Write a Book – Without Even Trying (so hard) (November)
- Stop Relying on a Source and Have Faith in Your own Thoughts (October)
- A Life-Long Writing Project on Writing – and My Anxiety (October)
- Zettel Note Header Automation in nvALT (October)
- Racing – A Time-Saving Technique for Your Information Inflow (October)
- How I Prepare to Work on a Research and Writing Project (September)
- Dealing with Forgetfulness – Introducing Christian (September)
- Call Me Ishmael – Introducing Sascha (September)
- Composing and Revising – The Two Modes of Writing (August)
- Challenge: Apply the Knowledge Cycle to Reading a Single Book (July)
- Use a Short Knowledge Cycle to Keep Your Cool (July)
- Make Writing a Part of Your Identity (July)
- How to Track Your Writing Progress (June)
- Include Images in nvALT for a Multi-Media Zettelkasten Experience (June)
- How I use Outlines to Write Any Text (May)
- Building Blocks of a Zettelkasten (May)
- The Zettelkasten Platform – 2 Ways You Can Contribute (May)
- SlipBox (Mac) Note Archive Review (April)
- Lessons Learned from Losing All Routine (April)
- Using nvALT as a Zettel Note Archive (April)
- Baseline for Zettelkasten Software Reviews (March)
- Reading Habits: Putting It All Together (March)
- You Only Find What You Have Identified (February)
- Learn Faster by Writing Zettel Notes (February)
- Editorially is Shutting Down. What About Alternatives? (February)
- Note-Taking when Reading the Web and RSS (February)
- Count Your Words to Increase Your Productivity (February)
- The Collector’s Fallacy (January)
2013
- Preparing Fragments Helps You to Ease Into Writing (November)
- Extend Your Mind and Memory With a Zettelkasten (November)
- Announcing a Zettelkasten Info Product (October)
- Manage Citations for a Zettelkasten (October)
- Create Zettel from Reading Notes According to the Principle of Atomicity (September)
- Making Proper Marks in Books (August)
- Create a Zettelkasten for your Notes to Improve Thinking and Writing (June)