Digital Garden / Zettlekasten

  1. Themes
  2. Highlights and observations
  3. Questions

Keep it very short, be extremely selective, and use your own words. Be extra selective with quotes – don’t copy them to skip the step of really understanding what they mean.

In which context will I want to stumble upon it again?

-From How to Take Smart Notes

Reading Books

  • As you read:
    • Underline
    • Write theme in one or two words
  • Two weeks later: review and distill into digital garden
    • Cull things that are no longer important or interesting