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reviewed A System for Writing by Bob Doto

Bob Doto: A System for Writing (Paperback, New Old Traditions)

THIS BOOK IS FOR WRITERS who want to write more, who struggle to write, who …

A Practical Zettelkasten Primer with Writing Advice

I've been trying to get started with a #Zettelkasten for the better part of two years, if not longer. I've read one or two other books on the subject, notably How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens, poked around in forums, did some trial and error, and had a clunky, barely functional system. I'm pretty sure that I heard about A System for Writing through someone posting about it on the Fediverse and I'm so glad. Building on the felicitous recommendation of whoever that was, I'd like to take this opportunity to heartily recommend this book by @bobdoto@pkm.social to anyone who, like me, is or has been floundering trying to figure out how to make a working Zettelkasten which they can actually use.

Here's what I found so helpful about the book:

  • It's organized really well and is easy to dip back into for reference …

I see lots of people talking about . If it works for you, great! What if you're on the fence? You might want to have a look @joplinapp

Been using it now for a month or 4 & I'm quite happy with it. Not as much features as Obsidian, but that's not an issue for me. There's also plugins for extra features.

I use webdav to sync between the mobile & desktop app. Oh it's also so you can take a peek at the code & contribute.

https://joplinapp.org/

today i left my at home and found myself wishing for it on my commute. i didn’t realize until recently how powerful reading as a default is.

i find myself doomscrolling on social media less and learning more, even within my comfort zone. time i spend on games and other media becomes more purposeful, too.

delays or gaps become bearable, because i just whip out a book and read. to me it’s effortless productivity, aided of course by my local library and @omnivore as a read-later app.

i should articulate this better in a blog post 🤔🤔

@bookstodon

I love this article & the graphic by https://indieweb.social/@maggie because I have been saying for a long time that there is a wild, growing ecosystem growing beneath this "dark forest" controlled by the megaplatforms. It's nice to have a name to it.

Q: Which layer does the belong to?

https://maggieappleton.com/cozy-web

Internet ecosystem made up of Dark Forest of the clear web, digital gardens, email newsletters & RSS feeds, cozy web, dark web

A One Paragraph Summary of Sönke Ahrens' How to Take Smart notes from 1775-76

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's note taking description is very close to modern excerpting and practices.

https://boffosocko.com/2023/09/24/lichtenberg-on-note-taking/

A quote card from Lichtenberg's notebook E that reads: "Merchants and traders have a waste book (Sudelbuch, Klitterbuch in German I believe) in which they enter daily everything they purchase and sell, messily, without order. From this, it is transferred to their journal, where everything appears more systematic, and finally to a ledger, in double entry after the Italian manner of bookkeeping, where one settles accounts with each man, once as debtor and then as creditor. This deserves to be imitated by scholars. First it should be entered in a book in which I record everything as I see it or as it is given to me in my thoughts; then it may be entered in another book in which the material is more separated and ordered, and the ledger might then contain, in an ordered expression, the connection sand explanations of the material that flow from it. [46]"

The personal knowledge management space is moving so fast. I'm torn between "accept the imperfect for my project and get started now" vs "wait 2 months and maybe some new service you've never heard of will provide exactly what you want"