ConnectedText on wine / mac and zettelkasten programs

Posted by nblaz
Jun 27, 2018 at 07:33 PM

nathanb wrote:
>This is a question we all struggle with. I keep asking myself what
>‘easiest’ means in this context. Does it literally mean the minimum
>time it takes to manage your info (overhead)?

This is a great question! I’ve gotten different answers every time I’ve asked myself what “easiest” means in the context of a zettelkasten-style note archive.

I’ve been working with a few contextual parameters that define what “easiest” means to me:

- immediate AND long term data portability: easy access to my data on all of my devices now, while also avoiding being hamstrung by an inactive tool or format with unique or rare features later on down the road
- as frictionless and enjoyable a workflow as possible for data entry and retrieval
- maximizing my time actually using the system, while minimizing the amount of time and effort necessary to maintain the system

I’d be curious to hear more about how other zettelkasten-style notes users define “easiest” in their own contexts!

nathanb wrote:
> I’m leaning towards using the best software available until it’s no longer
>viable, then doing a ‘hard migration’ when you need to switch platforms.
>Which could very well mean copying every single item individually and re-coding the links
>and metadata. I figure if the difference between the ‘best fit’
>software and plain text is a 20% gain in productivity/usefulness then
>that’s worth several days of hard migration every couple years. I also
>justify more CRIMPing by telling myself that ‘hard migration’ is
>basically a huge review of all your stuff which has a large theoretical
>value.

I’ve tried migrating and re-coding my metadata from some of the heavier weight tools I’ve tried in the past. In the end, I seem to lack the wherewithal to follow through on the process to completion, leaving behind data that I wish was in my current light weight system. I might get around to it eventually, but I doubt it… but might be my own personality quirk :)