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diff --git a/2022/talks/rolodex.md b/2022/talks/rolodex.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e9b7cad9 --- /dev/null +++ b/2022/talks/rolodex.md @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +[[!meta title="Build a Zettelkasten with the Hyperbole Rolodex"]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2022 Ramin Honary"]] +[[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/rolodex-nav)" raw="yes"]] + +<!-- Initially generated with emacsconf-generate-talk-page and then left alone for manual editing --> +<!-- You can manually edit this file to update the abstract, add links, etc. ---> + + +# Build a Zettelkasten with the Hyperbole Rolodex +Ramin Honary ("Rah-mean" (hard-H) "Ho-na-ree", he/him) + +[[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/rolodex-before)" raw="yes"]] + +"Zettelkasten" is a methodology for marshalling your knowledge, +ideas, creativity, into a database of hyperlinked notes, each note +representing a single quantity of knowledge. The method was first +devised by a well-published social scientist named Niklas Luhmann. +Though he constructed his database with actual slips of paper in a +box with a notebook for indexing, naturally, modern software removes +the manual labor from the process. In the world of Emacs packages, +Org Mode is the most well-known package that provides the tools +necessary for building a Zettelkasten, but it is not the only Emacs +package to provide such tools. But there is an alternative: an +oft-overlooked Emacs package called Hyperbole, and in particular the +"Rolodex" feature, called "HyRolo." It was originally designed for +tracking your personal relations, but it can be used to build a +Zettelkasten with almost no additional configuration or 3rd-party +packages. HyRolo is a purely textual database, and does not require +an external database software to index the notes. It also provides a +very rich set of "actions" so that notes not only link to each +other, but can also trigger Emacs to execute code as well. + +Outline: (about 1 minute per outline item) + +1. Quick overview of the Zettelkasten methodology + - 1.1. What is a single quantity of knowledge + - 1.2. Linking between pieces of knowledge + - 1.3. Composing pieces of knoweldge into hierarchies +2. Tools provided by the Hyperbole Rolodex (HyRolo) + + 2.1. The plain text database format + + 2.1.1. Possible brief digression to explain Hyperbole menu + system + + 2.2. Demo how to add a new entry + + 2.3. Demo how to searching entries + + 2.4. Demo how to hyperlink entries + + 2.5. Overview of the many various types of hyperlink actions + + 2.6. How to compose a hierarchy of notes. +3. Practical examples + - 3.1. Managing daily tasks + - 3.1.1. Integration with Org Agenda to manage TODO lists + - 3.1.2. Keeping track of people, conversations, mail + - 3.1.3. Keeping track of work, projects + - 3.2. Doing research, writing blogs or papers + - 3.2.1. Note hierarchies become your table of contents + - 3.2.2. Following chains of ideas to fill in each section, trimming excess prose + - 3.2.3. Keeping track of sources, references + - 3.3. Writing fiction + - 3.3.1. Heirarchy is less rigid, should follow the story telling model: intro -> conflict -> climax -> resolution + - 3.3.2. Rolodex of fictional characters, chain ideas such that they construct a personal history for each character + - 3.3.3. Chains of events are not as important as establishing tone and mood. Order of exposition need not be linear +4. Conclusions + + + +[[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/rolodex-after)" raw="yes"]] + +[[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/rolodex-nav)" raw="yes"]] + +[[!taglink CategoryHyperbole]] [[!taglink CategoryZettelkasten]] |