Note-taking: A Research Roundup | Cult of Pedagogy

Double processing information for notes : Garden of Learning by Juhis

As I read discussions about note-taking and learning, I often run into complaints about how much time and effort it takes to make and maintain notes and how people wish they could end ...

Note-ifying all the things (with Boris Mann)

Conversation about note-taking, the overwhelm of tools, and future possibilities. (shortlink:…

Notes Against Note-Taking Systems

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Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management — Unattributed

Bridge heading into the smokey landscape. License: CC-0 I read Brennan Kenneth Brown's What have note-taking PKMs accomplished, really?...

“Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking”

Lots of people write about solutions to the problem that Note-writing practices are generally ineffective .NoteLink.Active { background-color: rgba(10, 132, 255, 0.15); } . The vast majority of that writing fixates on a myopic, “lifehacking”-type frame, focused on answering questions like: “how should I organize my notes?”, “what kind of journal should I use?”, “how can I make it easy to capture snippets of things I read?”, etc.

What's the point of a note-taking app?

The true purpose of a note-taking app is to facilitate deep learning through three interconnected processes—externalizing ideas, internalizing them into new insights, and resurfacing them over time—and good design should minimize accidental friction while preserving the productive friction that enables genuine understanding.

The Best Note-Taking Apps

We recently polled readers with suggestions for the best note-taking apps. Most of you said you still do things the old-fashioned way with pen and p

Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management

My article critically examining Brennan Kenneth Brown’s Not-taking/PKM article. This was longer and more critical than intended.

Why do we take notes?

I recently saw a fellow note taker ponder if, in a world with LLMs, it’s still worth taking notes. My answer is a definite yes but let me explain why.

The Top 3 Most Effective Ways to Take Notes While Reading

The most effective way to take notes while reading is to follow this simple three step process that I've tested and honed on over one thousand books.

I agree with this and my assessment is that notes have to be reader/user-friendly (even if the only user is you), and that requires giving a shit, and we barely know how to teach ourselves to give a shit, let alone automate it or outsource it to a tool

I agree with this and my assessment is that notes have to be reader/user-friendly (even if the only user is you), and that requires giving a shit, and we barely know how to teach ourselves to give a shit, let alone automate it or outsource it to a tool https://t.co/6a2hfkw8ms— Visakan Veerasamy (@visakanv) November 20, 2022

Notes

uncurated thoughts & updates

What have note-taking PKMs accomplished, really?

As somebody who writes a lot, I've always been interested in personal knowledge management systems and note-taking apps. But what do these frameworks and m…

Smart Note Taking

Why is this important? Because without the smart, you’ll add more clutter to your system, leading to minor organization and more stress.

How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim

A while back I answered a question on Quora: Can people actually keep up with note-taking in Mathematics lectures with LaTeX. There, I explained my workflow of taking lecture notes in LaTeX using Vim and how I draw figures in Inkscape. However, a lot has…