Very very excited for zettelkasten video Please explain everything like tags, backlinks, atomic notes etc. because I am sooooo oo..... overwhelmed watching all the videos on zettelkasten
I gotta say I hate the feeling of stumbling upon such provocative content when the series is still unfolding! Now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that it continues cuz it has really whet my appetite. I appreciate the way you lay the groundwork for your thought process instead of adopting a coach-like approach by teaching shallow techniques! Take care and keep up the good work!
Great video! I have been using the PARA method for a couple of months now (my first proper note-taking system) and it has been so helpful in getting myself organised across my professional and personal tasks.
Thanks for the detailed breakdown. It appears that I was doing PARA all along without aware of the concept. But I'm saving all the information in a single markdown doc and separate them into sections with hyperlinks, instead of dedicated folders.
Misha hello , first of all I am grateful that you have shared this type of information for the community. the time you spend for teaching is valuable for me and for all the four thousand people that watched this video! :) I noticed that you have an Anki plugin for Obsidian , could you told me what plugin is ? I searched for it but there are a lot of them , thank you again! Expecting to see a new video soon!!!
I just stumbled upon your channel, and while I don't do devops - I am a Frontend Developer - I find your ideas really useful. I tried taking notes using similar systems already, but failed to keep it up. Do you have some tips regarding how to stay disciplined with note taking? Did you struggle with that when you first started out?
It's great to see various systems used by tech workers being discussed in detail. As a first-year software engineering student, I'm curious about what tech workers write in their notes. Tech subjects often aren't as word-dense as history, geography, or even physics. When I look at my batchmates' notes, I often find just a series of steps (e.g., "open cmd --> dir --> rmdir"), which are understandable immediately after a lecture. However, after some time, these notes become just a series of steps that don't make much sense, even if they do help achieve a specific task. I want to know how engineers in the industry learn new tools or concepts. How do they break down these concepts, and how do they write notes that still make sense when they revisit them after a few weeks? Instead of just listing commands, how do they capture the underlying concepts? If there's a video showing how to do this, it would be great.
I've also gone through so many productivity ideas: GTD, Pomodoro, 43 folders, Bullet Journaling (the pics and videos of others really inspired me but I guess my notes never really looked that neat, cool and it took a longer time). Came across Zettlekasten, but never went into the details. Looked into PARA and realized this is kind of the approach I take. Today I'm using a mixture of 43 folders and a custom PARA method I guess. All the methods are quite similar, but I'm starting to realise the power in Zettlekasten, where the physical constriction of index cards required conciseness. Making much smaller notes, spending less time organising. I've also played with Obsidian but just used TODO+ in VS Code for tracking projects, and searching tags using (git) grep. I never really felt that productive though. The videos you've created have helped me understand some improvements to the workflow. Thank you again. Still need to work on being concise though, I've always struggled with that
The Inbox is also something I've switched between a lot. Today I call it "Collect", because it's where I just collect things. In the past, with it being an inbox, I mentally connected it with my email inbox, which is what I tend to look at and try to then process and organise. But it's conceptually different to me now. I used to get trapped in wanting to organise it sooner. But then I would get distracted by organising, instead of focusing on my current task or project. Similar with Pomodoro, just throwing something into the Collection bucket, and then moving on with what I'm currently busy with, to remove distractions. Later on, going through what I've collected it, and maybe even moving these things into my other Projects or in effect Inboxes. Then when I go to those projects or Inboxes, I process and organise. It is also why I still kind of like the idea of 43 folders. It's the defer stage in GTD
Finally, I like the idea of timeboxing, and having buckets of time. For example, John Savill has shown his ideas on this, and I also like his categories of buckets: ❤️ Family 💙 Work 💚 Health 💛 Hobby / Project 🤍 Sleep ruclips.net/video/2sVGJXG4ZFQ/видео.htmlsi=gjdszsTXG6b26lOa These are useful for me I suppose when thinking between Projects and Areas
Hey Mirscha. Thanks for this. Just curious: what do you use to draw / write on excalidraw? Is it like ipad+pencil? how do you integrate everything? Thanks :)
My plan for now is to use PARA for general projects/efforts. During some of these project i'll learn something, that goes to the zettelkasten, but in general, things like deadlines, tasks, learning resources, documentation and such will remain in folders closer to PARA method. For using of PARA within Obsidian i'm thinking of put all resources in single folder though, rather than having project resources within the project folder, that is because some projects end up using same resource as another project, so i would like to use it as a link
PARA is great. That's what I've been using just for the visual aspect of it but eventually would like to work in a bit of ZET into the mix as well. Just like @The.BlackJackal mentioned above, Love the direction of the channel but only because I don't find myself working on home labs and devops as much as I do note taking / working on frontend plugins. Keep it up! We are all rooting for you!
Hey Mischa! Thanks for the video. This is particularly pertinent for me as I'm about to start my first software development role in August! Question for you, when working through tutorials etc, you tend to download files of all descriptions. Do you store these alongside the MD files in Obsidian? Or do you have a separate PARA organised set of files for these other "working" file types?
Thanks for the video series, it helps a lot. One thing I usually struggle with is where to store specific stuff using the PARA method. For example: where do you store learnings from work (e.g specific scripts you use on a daily basis) vs other things you learn. How to link that with your daily notes. Also, do you use the obsidian.nvim plugin? If so, it'd be great to have a tutorial
I think that those notes should be stored in the Area section because this kind of knowledge will never expire overtime unless you leave your job or you believe that the knowledge ain't gonna be useful in the near future then you can archive it and if it hasn't been used for a year or so then you can say bye to that info by deleting it. That's what I could deduct from what Misha said.
I found it a bit sad that you said you cut music out of your life. Obviously you know your priorities best, but it would be better if we didn't have to make those tradeoffs of the things we love.
Great video! :) I'm a bit unclear about the distinction between a Resource and an Area it seems that it has a bit of overlap. Could you please elabobrate a bit more?
Great content but I'm distracted by trying to figure out your software set up. You mention Screen Studio for recording but what apps/hardware are you using for the actual presentation? Is there an iPad involved?
This time, I didn't get these concepts, it will be nice if you put all these explanations into one or two practical examples, for instance, building a new computer, that's the project (goal), so, how to organize this project? Right?
One thing I always struggle with is knowing what to take notes on. Either I take too many and my whole day is taken up by typing notes or I don't take enough and they are useless. What are some general rules of thumb where you think "I should make a note of this" or "this isnt worth the time"?
I am trying to figure out which system to use. I only do notes in txt files and store them in a folder, but then I never remember if I have notes for something that I am looking for and end up investigating again something that I already knew 🤦 That said I don't know if I should start with PARA or wait for your next video on ZET and decide which one fits for my needs. If I start with PARA can it be converted to ZET and if so is it easy?
I used to do the same, but if you're not sure whether you have information on something, you could still search the folder with grep or a tool that supports regex (or even just text searches), though. Maybe VSCode or any editor if you're not used to the command line.
@@d4ni3lllll I just wanted to say that there's a low-friction way to benefit from your old note folder and start using it for research.. Everytime a use a proper search tool in my old node chaos, I am stunned how easy it actually is to use it. But if you want my 2 cents, yes I would encourage you to use PARA. I'm just using it for a few days now, though. So my opinion is rather unfunded.
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Thank you!
Very very excited for zettelkasten video
Please explain everything like tags, backlinks, atomic notes etc.
because I am sooooo oo..... overwhelmed watching all the videos on zettelkasten
Love the direction you’re taking the channel! Very happy to be a part of it!
I gotta say I hate the feeling of stumbling upon such provocative content when the series is still unfolding! Now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that it continues cuz it has really whet my appetite. I appreciate the way you lay the groundwork for your thought process instead of adopting a coach-like approach by teaching shallow techniques! Take care and keep up the good work!
Thank you! Rest assured, I can talk about this stuff all day. There is much more to come.
Just discovered Mischw and signed up for a Udemy course.
I need this so badly and extatic I found it.
I can't use a diary
Great video! I have been using the PARA method for a couple of months now (my first proper note-taking system) and it has been so helpful in getting myself organised across my professional and personal tasks.
Agreed! It’s a great method to start with and to gain some initial control and structure
Thanks for the detailed breakdown. It appears that I was doing PARA all along without aware of the concept. But I'm saving all the information in a single markdown doc and separate them into sections with hyperlinks, instead of dedicated folders.
That’s an interesting approach! Which editor are you using?
@@mischavandenburg I'm using Neovim in Wezterm.
Hey Mischa! Thank you very much for these videos. I'm really looking forward to next week's Zettelkasten intro.
Keep up the great work!
Good information, thanks Mischa
Misha hello , first of all I am grateful that you have shared this type of information for the community. the time you spend for teaching is valuable for me and for all the four thousand people that watched this video! :) I noticed that you have an Anki plugin for Obsidian , could you told me what plugin is ? I searched for it but there are a lot of them , thank you again! Expecting to see a new video soon!!!
It's for creating flashcards, but I actually don't use it much anymore
I just stumbled upon your channel, and while I don't do devops - I am a Frontend Developer - I find your ideas really useful. I tried taking notes using similar systems already, but failed to keep it up. Do you have some tips regarding how to stay disciplined with note taking? Did you struggle with that when you first started out?
It's great to see various systems used by tech workers being discussed in detail. As a first-year software engineering student, I'm curious about what tech workers write in their notes. Tech subjects often aren't as word-dense as history, geography, or even physics. When I look at my batchmates' notes, I often find just a series of steps (e.g., "open cmd --> dir --> rmdir"), which are understandable immediately after a lecture. However, after some time, these notes become just a series of steps that don't make much sense, even if they do help achieve a specific task.
I want to know how engineers in the industry learn new tools or concepts. How do they break down these concepts, and how do they write notes that still make sense when they revisit them after a few weeks? Instead of just listing commands, how do they capture the underlying concepts? If there's a video showing how to do this, it would be great.
Great point, wondering the same..
I've also gone through so many productivity ideas: GTD, Pomodoro, 43 folders, Bullet Journaling (the pics and videos of others really inspired me but I guess my notes never really looked that neat, cool and it took a longer time). Came across Zettlekasten, but never went into the details. Looked into PARA and realized this is kind of the approach I take. Today I'm using a mixture of 43 folders and a custom PARA method I guess. All the methods are quite similar, but I'm starting to realise the power in Zettlekasten, where the physical constriction of index cards required conciseness. Making much smaller notes, spending less time organising. I've also played with Obsidian but just used TODO+ in VS Code for tracking projects, and searching tags using (git) grep. I never really felt that productive though. The videos you've created have helped me understand some improvements to the workflow. Thank you again. Still need to work on being concise though, I've always struggled with that
The Inbox is also something I've switched between a lot. Today I call it "Collect", because it's where I just collect things. In the past, with it being an inbox, I mentally connected it with my email inbox, which is what I tend to look at and try to then process and organise. But it's conceptually different to me now. I used to get trapped in wanting to organise it sooner. But then I would get distracted by organising, instead of focusing on my current task or project. Similar with Pomodoro, just throwing something into the Collection bucket, and then moving on with what I'm currently busy with, to remove distractions. Later on, going through what I've collected it, and maybe even moving these things into my other Projects or in effect Inboxes. Then when I go to those projects or Inboxes, I process and organise. It is also why I still kind of like the idea of 43 folders. It's the defer stage in GTD
And yeah also having this as a strategy for my bookmarks in my browser has also really helped me in organising my Resources/References.
Finally, I like the idea of timeboxing, and having buckets of time.
For example, John Savill has shown his ideas on this, and I also like his categories of buckets:
❤️ Family
💙 Work
💚 Health
💛 Hobby / Project
🤍 Sleep
ruclips.net/video/2sVGJXG4ZFQ/видео.htmlsi=gjdszsTXG6b26lOa
These are useful for me I suppose when thinking between Projects and Areas
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I enjoyed reading them.
Hey Mirscha. Thanks for this.
Just curious: what do you use to draw / write on excalidraw? Is it like ipad+pencil? how do you integrate everything? Thanks :)
My plan for now is to use PARA for general projects/efforts. During some of these project i'll learn something, that goes to the zettelkasten, but in general, things like deadlines, tasks, learning resources, documentation and such will remain in folders closer to PARA method.
For using of PARA within Obsidian i'm thinking of put all resources in single folder though, rather than having project resources within the project folder, that is because some projects end up using same resource as another project, so i would like to use it as a link
That's really helpful thank you 🙏 I loved the brain drawing 😁
PARA is great. That's what I've been using just for the visual aspect of it but eventually would like to work in a bit of ZET into the mix as well. Just like @The.BlackJackal mentioned above, Love the direction of the channel but only because I don't find myself working on home labs and devops as much as I do note taking / working on frontend plugins. Keep it up! We are all rooting for you!
Thank you Travis!
Hey Mischa! Thanks for the video. This is particularly pertinent for me as I'm about to start my first software development role in August! Question for you, when working through tutorials etc, you tend to download files of all descriptions. Do you store these alongside the MD files in Obsidian? Or do you have a separate PARA organised set of files for these other "working" file types?
Thanks for the video series, it helps a lot. One thing I usually struggle with is where to store specific stuff using the PARA method. For example: where do you store learnings from work (e.g specific scripts you use on a daily basis) vs other things you learn. How to link that with your daily notes. Also, do you use the obsidian.nvim plugin? If so, it'd be great to have a tutorial
That's a great idea!
I think that those notes should be stored in the Area section because this kind of knowledge will never expire overtime unless you leave your job or you believe that the knowledge ain't gonna be useful in the near future then you can archive it and if it hasn't been used for a year or so then you can say bye to that info by deleting it. That's what I could deduct from what Misha said.
Diablo 2 mentioned!!
hey thanks from Brazil
Your content is so great! i liked it a lot :D
I haven't completed reading the book Building a second brain. Will complete it soon.
Could you link the book that you mentioned in your video? I’ve never heard of Mr. forte or any of his literature.
I found it a bit sad that you said you cut music out of your life. Obviously you know your priorities best, but it would be better if we didn't have to make those tradeoffs of the things we love.
One day it will return
@@mischavandenburg The guitar refused to be deleted, though. 😉
I couldn’t exist without music.
I cut out music when I study, because it kept taking my mind away to somewhere else. Now I save music for exercise, or getting intoxicated...
Great video! :) I'm a bit unclear about the distinction between a Resource and an Area it seems that it has a bit of overlap. Could you please elabobrate a bit more?
Great content but I'm distracted by trying to figure out your software set up. You mention Screen Studio for recording but what apps/hardware are you using for the actual presentation? Is there an iPad involved?
I bought your two courses and Im a little bit confused, what would be better to start with PARA method or to jump into Zettelkasten
Start with para and then move to ZK
This time, I didn't get these concepts, it will be nice if you put all these explanations into one or two practical examples, for instance, building a new computer, that's the project (goal), so, how to organize this project? Right?
One thing I always struggle with is knowing what to take notes on. Either I take too many and my whole day is taken up by typing notes or I don't take enough and they are useless. What are some general rules of thumb where you think "I should make a note of this" or "this isnt worth the time"?
This series finished?! Please show your vault.
Still no zettelkasten video you said to release?
How do you handle daily notes and meeting notes?
Curious as these are capture methods to an extent and don’t fall into PARA.
Specific questions like this are addressed in my community.
I am trying to figure out which system to use. I only do notes in txt files and store them in a folder, but then I never remember if I have notes for something that I am looking for and end up investigating again something that I already knew 🤦
That said I don't know if I should start with PARA or wait for your next video on ZET and decide which one fits for my needs. If I start with PARA can it be converted to ZET and if so is it easy?
I used to do the same, but if you're not sure whether you have information on something, you could still search the folder with grep or a tool that supports regex (or even just text searches), though. Maybe VSCode or any editor if you're not used to the command line.
@@borogove so you mean that I should create PARA?
@@d4ni3lllll I just wanted to say that there's a low-friction way to benefit from your old note folder and start using it for research.. Everytime a use a proper search tool in my old node chaos, I am stunned how easy it actually is to use it.
But if you want my 2 cents, yes I would encourage you to use PARA. I'm just using it for a few days now, though. So my opinion is rather unfunded.