zettelkasten and mindmap are interchangeble
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zettelkasten and mindmap are structurally similar. Moreover, semantically, if a mindmap starts at a bulky1 concept
the intermediate nodes would be interchangeable with navigation zettel, the leaf nodes interchangeable with atomic zettels.
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zettel
basic component of zettelkasten. A zettel is formulated in the following 3 parts:
- unique ID
- used to reference a specific zettel in other zettel
- content
- an idea, a thought.
- reference
- context, or source.
A functional zettel cannot just be your whole notebook with a unique ID like “notes-in-2024”. For a zettel to be functional in a zettelkasten, it has to follow some principles:
pipelining mindmap to zettelkasten
On bulky concepts, zettelkasten and mindmap are interchangeble. Therefore, the following process creates a natural and intuitive workflow of note-taking:
- draft mindmap(s) on the bulky concept, like “Complex Information Network Unit 2: importance of nodes”
Footnotes:
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topic that have lots of ideas in it, problem that is quite complex