Anyone using Zettelkasten?

Posted by moritz
Apr 5, 2019 at 05:46 AM

Have you considered using prototypes for notes in Tinderbox? This allows you to create schemas for different classes of notes, e.g. no ISBN number for web URLs ...
Was this your concern?

Jeffery Smith wrote:
Actually, I’m reviewing a few right now (the one named “part two”). It
>occurred to me that a notecard system would always have some fields in
>common (fields for notes, source, topic, category, etc.), but
>Zettelkasten doesn’t seem to have any fixed template. Tinderbox would
>allow taking a note (notes) with a title or topic, and then a seemingly
>unlimited number of specific fields for tracking the source, date,
>whether or not it is a quote, etc. With Filemaker, I can make a basic
>template, and then design a form with the relevant notes. My issue is
>that I get distracted by futzing with the form, the programming, the
>appearance, etc. If I could master Tinderbox just for Zettelkasten note
>taking, I wouldn’t have that distraction of tweaking the tool instead of
>just using it.