Posts from 2025
How to Explore the Depth of an Idea
In this video, I coach Fernando on how to create depth in his knowledge work using the Knowledge Flower, a core framework for increasing the value of information and turning it into knowledge. It is a thinking tool rooted in my ongoing research on the value of knowledge. If you want to explore the fascinating topic of the value of knowledge, read the article The Value of Knowledge, which offers a great starting point through a philosophical lens. My own research extends beyond philosophical musings and aims to develop practical thinking tools.
Nori’s Zettelkasten Journey and Why She Let It Go - An Interview
In this video I talk with Nori Parelius about her experience with her Zettelkasten. She shares the struggles she encountered, what ultimately led her to abandon her system, and the lessons she learned along the way. Nori has also penned a thoughtful article, diving deeper into her decision. Check out the video for our candid conversation and read her full story to see if her insights resonate with your own Zettelkasten journey.
The Archive v1.9: Hashtag Auto-Completion
With today’s public release, everyone can enjoy type-to-complete style auto-completion of #hashtags in their Zettelkasten. That means all tags from all of your notes are available for you to insert quickly. Avoid typos and find obscure tags without having to look them up! If you’ve never used any kind of auto-completion before, the main keys are:
Optimize Productivity by Measuring the Mightiness of your Zettelkasten
If you want to increase your productivity, you need a method to measure it. After all, you need information on how high your actual productivity is and what effect changes in your working methods have. The subjective feeling of whether you had a good day has a big advantage and a big disadvantage. The big advantage is that at the end of the day you have a surprisingly accurate sense of whether you were productive or not. In my personal experience, people who are really satisfied with their day and consider it productive are rarely wrong.
How to Do Research with The Archive
Dear Zettlers, Currently, my mind is captured by a phenomenon that I called the ST-gap. This is shorthand for “slow twitch gap”, a model that allows to justify the need for low intensity cardio training and allows you to calculate your needs depending on how you train otherwise. If you have an active lifestyle (going on hikes, walks, work in a garden), perform both strength training and higher intensity endurance training (like interval training, CrossFit-esque training) there is a type of muscle fibre that is undertrained.
Field Report #9: Excerpting Instead of Processing
When I processed Transcend by Kaufman, I encountered the following problems: Lack of authority: The book is not a book for me whose structure I want to follow. It is not valuable to me as a whole, but only as a collection of parts.
Develop Empathy with your Future Self
Dear Zettlers, There is one trait that needs to be developed if you want to make any long-term system work: This trait is a proper relationship with your future self. To understand how a proper relationship with your future self is developed, we need to understand the nature of our future self.
The Archive v1.8: Plug-Ins and Automation
We’re excited to announce the release of The Archive v1.8! Here’s what’s new and improved in this version: This system is a game-changer for users looking to streamline their everyday actions without the need for external tools, like: Quickly create notes from templates;