my research system

When a note is of bad quality and written in whole, it can be hard to reuse any of it - like my GTD integration or my research system.

If a note does not make sense, but the subsections of it are atomic and thus make sense in a narrower context or simpler form, those subsections could be reused easily(if they are already zettel, they could immediately be reused; if they are only subtree in the bad note, making them their own zettel is only copy and paste), deleting the bad note is also easier

This is self-documentation of this knowledge base. Tools, representations and procedures are included

my GTD integration

capture - review

my research system

research with the notes.

tags

doors to the building of notes

• on Herman’s systems:
  • I simplified most existing things:
    • capture - I now use one capture inbox for everything: task, ideas, bookmark, so GTD capture and research capture are combined. This is a practice, not to say it is good or bad, it is simple enough to work decently
    • review - I now review my zettelkasten daily, but sometimes there’s more than what I can do on the instant.(like the whole of my research system is like a big pile of nonsense right now, and so is my GTD integration; I’ll reduce, or delete them entirely very shortly after)
    • tags - I don’t use it as of now. I may start it somewhere in the future, but now I don’t use it
    • process - One process diagram should be enough, instead of this giant load of text
    • engage - checking agenda, and that’s it. I use phone timer more often now.
  • in general, this whole page is very not useful. I use current life script more now, although it does not contain information on research and stuff. I could extend it to include these though.
  • I use some new concepts, like primitive action, and new set of very limited primitives in top of my mind.
  • I practice slow-carb diet and use a fitness program now, they should be included.
  • It is decided: I’m stuffing everything in the lifestyle script. research is a lifestyle, fitness is a lifestlye, shake the staticity off is a lifestyle, I live and I live with a style. Yet I may want to have it split into smaller pieces
• on the zettelkasten
  • lots of places for reduction and improvement it is not very useful in general. old, rambling note that should be discarded in second batch processing are scattering at places where I quote them, thinking they are good concise notes. A lot of places could use visuals and concise words, examples or links to concrete examples
• on the tasks
  • the reduction is working, there’s a lot to think for the tasks. this means a change to the my GTD zettel is in request
• on tracking and experiments
  • tracking is hard to remember. but it is damn useful.
  • highlight + comment method and capture is a form of tracking thoughts
  • so I think I should track some specific, explicitly measureable things, and have them noted somewhere so I don’t forget