Anyone using Zettelkasten?

Posted by MadaboutDana
Apr 24, 2019 at 08:35 AM

Yes, well said. This is where software can become dangerous - the more automated a process becomes, the less actual thought and manipulation (a vital cognitive stimulator) is involved in putting together links between specific fragments and thus forming “idea platforms” (rather than mere interlinked data). That’s why I tend to use, aha, Numbers to create mind maps and flow diagrams nowadays. No, it’s not a proper mind mapping tool, but I have to create links physically, and can drag text boxes/microtables around on the (more or less infinite) canvas as I struggle to formulate my web of associations. To my mind, this is more creatively productive than other methods. OneNote is another option, of course.

And as Christian says, if you’re simply talking about filing and retrieving, FoxTrot Pro works as an exceptionally efficient semantic search tool (as do dtSearch, Copernic etc. on Windows).

Christian Tietze wrote:
> —if you are into creative knowledge work, that is. If you only want to file stuff, well, file away and tag and use semantic searches. That should do the trick.