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(Which is free software.)) + +00:01:40.792 --> 00:01:44.114 +You shall also not be shackled by an esoteric method + +00:01:44.115 --> 00:01:45.275 +that turns out to be a grift + +00:01:45.276 --> 00:01:47.897 +where you need to visit annual workshops, walk on broken glass + +00:01:47.898 --> 00:01:50.399 +and stuff to be a true ""knower"". + +00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.880 +You shall be empowered to do great things + +00:01:52.881 --> 00:01:55.883 +for the rest of your life after this session alone. + +00:01:55.884 --> 00:01:58.870 +This is not a sales pitch. + +00:01:58.871 --> 00:02:00.651 +Finally, you should also not be shackled + +00:02:00.652 --> 00:02:05.039 +by whichever sources of information you rely on in the future. + +00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.853 +You shall be free to think and explore new ideas, + +00:02:07.854 --> 00:02:12.175 +ideally forever, in an environment you built to your liking, + +00:02:12.176 --> 00:02:15.796 +without the degrading web searches and the dead internet + +00:02:15.797 --> 00:02:18.857 +getting in your way. No libraries, no dead trees. + +00:02:18.858 --> 00:02:21.538 +It's you and your knowledge base + +00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:29.679 +that can truly produce magnificent things. + +NOTE What Is This About? + +00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.586 +So what is this about? In the teaser text for this session, + +00:02:33.587 --> 00:02:36.148 +I brought up that when people talk about Emacs + +00:02:36.149 --> 00:02:38.931 +pulling in everything that people do on their computer, + +00:02:38.932 --> 00:02:42.614 +it's usually things they used other software for in the past. + +00:02:42.615 --> 00:02:46.057 +Like email, chat, playing music, browsing the web, + +00:02:46.058 --> 00:02:48.819 +managing tasks, you know, stuff like that. + +00:02:48.820 --> 00:02:51.761 +We don't have a good blueprint for thinking environments though. + +00:02:51.762 --> 00:02:53.263 +So it's not a trivial task, + +00:02:53.264 --> 00:02:54.744 +just port this or that to Emacs + +00:02:54.745 --> 00:02:56.705 +and then you'll be happy and productive. + +00:02:56.706 --> 00:02:58.199 +That's different from doing your emails + +00:02:58.200 --> 00:03:00.328 +or task management or writing in Emacs, + +00:03:00.329 --> 00:03:02.950 +where we have a lot of experience with existing software + +00:03:02.951 --> 00:03:06.413 +to adapt and deviate from, where we can essentially + +00:03:06.414 --> 00:03:09.855 +port the task to Emacs. We can practice to think, + +00:03:09.856 --> 00:03:12.998 +purposefully and productively, on complex things + +00:03:12.999 --> 00:03:14.459 +over long periods of time + +00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:19.059 +when we create bespoke environments that help with that. + +00:03:19.060 --> 00:03:20.467 +The first assumption is this: + +00:03:20.468 --> 00:03:24.058 +Writing is very important to form complex thought. + +00:03:24.059 --> 00:03:26.279 +Without writing, you won't be able to cross + +00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.760 +a certain complexity threshold. + +00:03:28.761 --> 00:03:31.921 +Thinking in your head alone without any externalization + +00:03:31.922 --> 00:03:34.261 +makes you prone to loops, repetitions, + +00:03:34.262 --> 00:03:36.142 +and worst of all: jumps. + +00:03:36.143 --> 00:03:38.562 +Jumps that get you to a point, + +00:03:38.563 --> 00:03:40.723 +but not backed by reason or argument. + +00:03:40.724 --> 00:03:46.501 +So you and your future and others cannot follow. + +00:03:46.502 --> 00:03:48.362 +Written words direct thought. + +00:03:48.363 --> 00:03:51.984 +The linearization or sequence-making of thoughts + +00:03:51.985 --> 00:03:55.306 +frames your next idea. That's the same for reading, + +00:03:55.307 --> 00:03:57.307 +which enables you to pick up existing ideas + +00:03:57.308 --> 00:04:00.249 +and continue to write about them later. + +00:04:00.250 --> 00:04:02.810 +So for "good thinking", writing, reading, + +00:04:02.811 --> 00:04:05.072 +and writing is mandatory. + +00:04:05.073 --> 00:04:07.193 +Emacs is good at showing text to read. + +00:04:07.194 --> 00:04:09.634 +It's good at processing keyboard inputs to write. + +00:04:09.635 --> 00:04:13.176 +So let's go. Let's set up an environment within Emacs + +00:04:13.177 --> 00:04:16.319 +to make this thinking thing happen. + +00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:18.059 +I'll walk you through some mechanics + +00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:20.881 +of the Zettelkasten machine and habits for you, + +00:04:20.882 --> 00:04:22.900 +dear thinker and regular Emacs hacker. + +00:04:22.901 --> 00:04:25.885 +And for your reference, highlight these things + +00:04:25.886 --> 00:04:30.468 +as I present them in the bottom left corner of the screen. + +00:04:30.469 --> 00:04:33.190 +So working with Zettelkasten as a thinking environment + +00:04:33.191 --> 00:04:36.533 +only requires very simple mechanics. + +NOTE Write - Essential Mechanic + +00:04:36.534 --> 00:04:39.639 +First one is to write. I mentioned this. + +00:04:39.640 --> 00:04:42.488 +It could be one large text file, could be many small ones. + +00:04:42.489 --> 00:04:46.359 +We use the power of Emacs and small files because Emacs is cool, + +00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.354 +and individual files put boundaries around ideas + +00:04:49.355 --> 00:04:52.662 +that force you to decide what goes where. + +00:04:52.663 --> 00:04:55.686 +Most importantly though, write like you mean it. + +00:04:55.687 --> 00:04:58.510 +The principle of "garbage in and garbage out" holds. + +00:04:58.511 --> 00:05:01.374 +You don't need to use your novelist voice when taking notes, + +00:05:01.375 --> 00:05:04.137 +but it also shouldn't be shorthand only, + +00:05:04.138 --> 00:05:06.794 +so that your future you has an easy time + +00:05:06.795 --> 00:05:09.600 +reading and digesting what you wrote. + +NOTE Connect - Essential Mechanic + +00:05:09.601 --> 00:05:13.524 +Next mechanic, which is also essential, is to connect. + +00:05:13.525 --> 00:05:14.999 +We think in associations. + +00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:18.639 +Connect notes to capture the associations that come to mind + +00:05:18.640 --> 00:05:20.916 +and that you want the reader, which is the future you, + +00:05:20.917 --> 00:05:24.074 +to make. Traveling a path of connections + +00:05:24.075 --> 00:05:25.835 +indirectly via tags or keywords + +00:05:25.836 --> 00:05:27.096 +and directly with links + +00:05:27.097 --> 00:05:30.720 +can feel like reading an essay you make up as you go. + +00:05:30.721 --> 00:05:34.267 +That's where connections show their power. + +NOTE Correct - Essential Habit + +00:05:34.268 --> 00:05:38.260 +The next essential habit is to read and correct + +00:05:38.261 --> 00:05:40.180 +and reconnect as you go. + +00:05:40.181 --> 00:05:42.311 +You spend time and effort at the writing stage, + +00:05:42.312 --> 00:05:43.792 +you are the primary audience, + +00:05:43.793 --> 00:05:46.895 +so do your past self a favor and read what you wrote. + +00:05:46.896 --> 00:05:50.478 +And then as you read it, make it better. + +00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:52.340 +Make it better, continuously make things better + +00:05:52.341 --> 00:05:55.222 +and capture new ideas as they come up as you read. + +00:05:55.223 --> 00:05:57.784 +And things you can only now remember + +00:05:57.785 --> 00:06:00.927 +because you learned about things in the meantime. + +00:06:00.928 --> 00:06:03.429 +You'll also get better at this whole thing with practice. + +00:06:03.430 --> 00:06:05.866 +So improve old notes when you find them lacking in detail, + +00:06:05.867 --> 00:06:08.575 +their tone pretentious, their mere existence + +00:06:08.576 --> 00:06:10.895 +an insult to your intelligence. + +00:06:10.896 --> 00:06:11.735 +Pay [knocks on table] attention [knocks again] + +00:06:11.736 --> 00:06:13.639 +to pain points in using notes. + +00:06:13.640 --> 00:06:16.559 +Yes, I knocked on my desk to emphasize. + +00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:18.601 +And fix things on the fly. + +00:06:18.602 --> 00:06:19.802 +From this principle follows + +00:06:19.803 --> 00:06:22.063 +a lot of common practices and tips. + +00:06:22.064 --> 00:06:24.125 +This principle truly is essential. + +00:06:24.126 --> 00:06:25.546 +Too long and you didn't read it? + +00:06:25.547 --> 00:06:27.227 +Add a summary at the beginning. + +00:06:27.228 --> 00:06:30.089 +You can't understand what you wrote a year ago? + +00:06:30.090 --> 00:06:32.511 +Do your best to rewrite it in your own words. + +00:06:32.512 --> 00:06:35.099 +It only gets worse if you wait longer. + +00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:37.115 +Can't find anything in the mess? + +00:06:37.116 --> 00:06:39.137 +Collect links to what you could find + +00:06:39.138 --> 00:06:41.659 +in a new "meta" note so next time, + +00:06:41.660 --> 00:06:43.240 +you have a navigational help. + +00:06:43.241 --> 00:06:44.861 +This practice will form the basis + +00:06:44.862 --> 00:06:46.733 +for structure notes, maps, and overviews, + +00:06:46.734 --> 00:06:49.433 +which we will come to later. + +NOTE Design for Use - Habit + +00:06:49.434 --> 00:06:52.071 +The next habit, non-essential though, + +00:06:52.072 --> 00:06:55.332 +is to create notes with intent to use them. + +00:06:55.333 --> 00:06:58.133 +It's one thing to write about facts, capture information, + +00:06:58.134 --> 00:07:01.354 +but all this is just collecting stuff. + +00:07:01.355 --> 00:07:03.615 +It's another thing altogether to write about + +00:07:03.616 --> 00:07:06.556 +a train of thought, about an argument you found compelling, + +00:07:06.557 --> 00:07:09.858 +about a model to understand the world, or yourself, + +00:07:09.859 --> 00:07:12.899 +in a better way. So collect to remember, + +00:07:12.900 --> 00:07:16.260 +but work in your Zettelkasten to think. + +00:07:16.261 --> 00:07:18.221 +What does that even mean, though? + +00:07:18.222 --> 00:07:19.822 +Recreate how intriguing books + +00:07:19.823 --> 00:07:21.803 +lay out their premises and arguments, for example. + +00:07:21.804 --> 00:07:24.885 +First this, then that, also that supports the premise, + +00:07:24.886 --> 00:07:27.407 +and so on. That's the structure of an argument. + +00:07:27.408 --> 00:07:30.549 +You can recreate it in list form, as a graph, + +00:07:30.550 --> 00:07:33.500 +you can draw and import the image, whatever. + +00:07:33.501 --> 00:07:36.112 +The structure of that argument is one thing, + +00:07:36.113 --> 00:07:38.333 +and the details, like the evidence for each claim, + +00:07:38.334 --> 00:07:39.999 +can be separate things. + +00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:43.919 +These can become their own sub-networks over time. + +NOTE Create Structure - Mechanic + +00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:45.470 +To facilitate all that, + +00:07:45.471 --> 00:07:47.931 +you will be needing to create structures. + +00:07:47.932 --> 00:07:50.612 +You've connected notes, so links already leave trails + +00:07:50.613 --> 00:07:52.519 +to traverse between your notes. + +00:07:52.520 --> 00:07:55.929 +Structures can emerge from these with a sheer volume, + +00:07:55.930 --> 00:07:58.616 +but they also can be designed by you to be + +00:07:58.617 --> 00:08:02.258 +navigational hubs of similar shape and form over time. + +00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:04.240 +Patterns like that reduce confusion + +00:08:04.241 --> 00:08:05.800 +and improve feeling at home + +00:08:05.801 --> 00:08:09.222 +and finding your way around, so that's worth investing in. + +00:08:09.223 --> 00:08:13.404 +For example, use outlines for complex topics. + +00:08:13.405 --> 00:08:15.247 +Tables of contents of a book, for example, + +00:08:15.248 --> 00:08:17.319 +that you love and processed in great detail. + +00:08:17.320 --> 00:08:19.492 +Just recreate the table of contents, + +00:08:19.493 --> 00:08:23.037 +the nested structure of it, in your notes, + +00:08:23.038 --> 00:08:28.196 +and then you have something to hang your future thoughts onto. + +00:08:28.197 --> 00:08:31.517 +Another example is a pro/contra table or list + +00:08:31.518 --> 00:08:35.478 +to discuss opposing facets and perspective of a thing. + +00:08:35.479 --> 00:08:37.830 +Another example would be models or metaphors + +00:08:37.831 --> 00:08:39.060 +like the iceberg model + +00:08:39.061 --> 00:08:42.181 +where you point out something has a hidden depth to it + +00:08:42.182 --> 00:08:44.381 +or the metaphor of a tree to model a thing + +00:08:44.382 --> 00:08:47.967 +as a branching and growing idea. + +NOTE Start in the Zettelkasten - Mechanic + +00:08:47.968 --> 00:08:50.434 +Another habit which is also not essential + +00:08:50.435 --> 00:08:52.454 +is to start in your Zettelkasten. + +00:08:52.455 --> 00:08:55.255 +Starting in your Zettelkasten removes the cost of deciding + +00:08:55.256 --> 00:08:57.516 +what goes in there and what doesn't. + +00:08:57.517 --> 00:08:59.636 +It gets you moving and up to speed + +00:08:59.637 --> 00:09:03.277 +with the method and the tool much easier. + +00:09:03.278 --> 00:09:05.078 +Importing stuff later into the Zettelkasten + +00:09:05.079 --> 00:09:06.198 +can feel like a chore, + +00:09:06.199 --> 00:09:09.259 +but starting the work you need to do anyway in it? + +00:09:09.260 --> 00:09:11.560 +That reduces the mental hurdle. + +00:09:11.561 --> 00:09:12.921 +As a regular Emacs hacker, + +00:09:12.922 --> 00:09:14.582 +you'll eventually develop your own tools + +00:09:14.583 --> 00:09:17.303 +to make initial exploration smoother over time, + +00:09:17.304 --> 00:09:19.544 +like do you start in a particular place + +00:09:19.545 --> 00:09:22.519 +or just create a new note from scratch somewhere. + +00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:25.026 +You won't know this until you experience this stuff + +00:09:25.027 --> 00:09:26.867 +for a while and try different things. + +00:09:26.868 --> 00:09:32.400 +So don't worry and be open for change. + +NOTE Start with a Link - Mechanic + +00:09:32.401 --> 00:09:36.369 +The final habit, also non-essential, is to start with a link + +00:09:36.370 --> 00:09:38.451 +and not with the creation of a new file. + +00:09:38.452 --> 00:09:40.512 +Start with a link, create the file later. + +00:09:40.513 --> 00:09:42.473 +This avoids orphaned notes. + +00:09:42.474 --> 00:09:45.896 +Orphaned notes are those no others are linking to. + +00:09:45.897 --> 00:09:48.457 +To these you can only get with a full-text search + +00:09:48.458 --> 00:09:51.299 +or maybe by accident when you browse your notes, + +00:09:51.300 --> 00:09:54.567 +but there is no orderly way to get to them. + +NOTE Recap + +00:09:54.568 --> 00:09:58.533 +To recap: Write. Don't be sloppy. + +00:09:58.534 --> 00:10:00.600 +Put in effort early to get faster at this. + +00:10:00.601 --> 00:10:04.159 +This is essential, because without putting effort + +00:10:04.160 --> 00:10:08.133 +into writing, you won't have anything to use. + +00:10:08.134 --> 00:10:10.500 +Connect and leave trails to navigate. + +00:10:10.501 --> 00:10:13.619 +That can tell a story when you traverse the trail later. + +00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:16.540 +This is essential because without connection, + +00:10:16.541 --> 00:10:18.600 +you will not get anywhere. + +00:10:18.601 --> 00:10:20.300 +Correct and improve things as you go. + +00:10:20.301 --> 00:10:21.839 +The last essential thing: well, + +00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.141 +don't worry about perfection, and then, + +00:10:24.142 --> 00:10:25.802 +be gentle to your past self. + +00:10:25.803 --> 00:10:27.976 +Adapt to what you learn along the way. + +00:10:27.977 --> 00:10:31.124 +It's essential, because without this attitude, + +00:10:31.125 --> 00:10:33.745 +you can easily get stuck in analysis paralysis, + +00:10:33.746 --> 00:10:35.039 +like where do I need to put this, + +00:10:35.040 --> 00:10:37.367 +or what would be the perfect way to phrase this. + +00:10:37.368 --> 00:10:40.733 +Design for use. This helps both finding your voice, + +00:10:40.734 --> 00:10:42.819 +and to have criteria for selecting + +00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:45.233 +what to spend time and effort on in the first place. + +00:10:45.234 --> 00:10:47.349 +It takes into account the opportunity cost + +00:10:47.350 --> 00:10:50.250 +of high quality work from writing and connecting. + +00:10:50.251 --> 00:10:53.333 +Create structures. You won't be able to scale + +00:10:53.334 --> 00:10:55.876 +and stay organized and find your way around + +00:10:55.877 --> 00:10:58.539 +without structures. You can practice this early + +00:10:58.540 --> 00:11:00.599 +and design structures deliberately, + +00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.984 +but it's also okay to ignore this for a while and wing it. + +00:11:03.985 --> 00:11:05.746 +So it's not marked essential, + +00:11:05.747 --> 00:11:08.939 +although it may hurt you sooner than later. + +00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:10.891 +The habit to start in the Zettelkasten? + +00:11:10.892 --> 00:11:13.793 +Well, do the work you need to do in a place + +00:11:13.794 --> 00:11:15.479 +that can pay back dividends + +00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:16.715 +on the effort you put in. + +00:11:16.716 --> 00:11:19.257 +That's powerful, but also not essential. + +00:11:19.258 --> 00:11:21.619 +You could just as well continue to write and think + +00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:23.460 +and scribble somewhere else, + +00:11:23.461 --> 00:11:27.423 +and then do the Zettelkasten importing stuff later. + +00:11:27.424 --> 00:11:28.439 +Start with a link. + +00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:30.245 +That's really useful practice, + +00:11:30.246 --> 00:11:33.206 +but more like a lifehack and not an essential habit. + +00:11:33.207 --> 00:11:35.347 +So you can also create new files from scratch + +00:11:35.348 --> 00:11:38.049 +for ideas that come up as they come up + +00:11:38.050 --> 00:11:39.610 +and then try to connect them later. + +00:11:39.611 --> 00:11:42.731 +Well, that's better than not writing at all, right? + +00:11:42.732 --> 00:11:44.747 +So if you look at this, you may ask yourself, + +00:11:44.748 --> 00:11:48.319 +why is this create structure thing a mechanic and not a habit? + +00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:50.876 +What's the difference? It seems kind of random. + +00:11:50.877 --> 00:11:53.918 +Well, do create structures as an imperative + +00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:55.279 +is a good habit, yes. + +00:11:55.280 --> 00:11:57.981 +Structures facilitate growth of the Zettelkasten + +00:11:57.982 --> 00:11:59.562 +and help you discover useful patterns + +00:11:59.563 --> 00:12:00.679 +and the things you care about. + +00:12:00.680 --> 00:12:03.444 +Patterns that work for you personally, + +00:12:03.445 --> 00:12:04.724 +which make navigation easier + +00:12:04.725 --> 00:12:07.605 +because they fit your personal expectations + +00:12:07.606 --> 00:12:10.586 +for what is and what is not. + +00:12:10.587 --> 00:12:13.847 +That's something for you to do. That's a process. + +00:12:13.848 --> 00:12:18.148 +But from the perspective of the Zettelkasten as a system, + +00:12:18.149 --> 00:12:20.609 +that's a mechanic or rather dynamic, + +00:12:20.610 --> 00:12:23.149 +the Zettelkasten grows organically. + +00:12:23.150 --> 00:12:25.310 +Thanks to your constant intervention and usage of course. + +00:12:25.311 --> 00:12:27.631 +That's how time passes in your Zettelkasten. + +00:12:27.632 --> 00:12:32.272 +That's how a process of transformation enters the system. + +00:12:32.273 --> 00:12:34.800 +The transformation affects the network. + +00:12:34.801 --> 00:12:36.255 +Every new or updated note, + +00:12:36.256 --> 00:12:38.557 +every new connection changes the network. + +00:12:38.558 --> 00:12:40.718 +The existing network then imposes demands + +00:12:40.719 --> 00:12:43.679 +for new stuff to fit in, slowly solidifying + +00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:47.363 +how things are organized to be perceived as orderly. + +00:12:47.364 --> 00:12:49.084 +This is calcifying. + +00:12:49.085 --> 00:12:52.326 +That's emergent creation of structure from use. + +00:12:52.327 --> 00:12:56.268 +Structure here is expectation for what could come next. + +00:12:56.269 --> 00:12:58.649 +On top of this interplay of emergent structure + +00:12:58.650 --> 00:13:00.190 +in your notes and processes + +00:13:00.191 --> 00:13:01.871 +that operate these constraints, + +00:13:01.872 --> 00:13:04.372 +you can design and influence and architect + +00:13:04.373 --> 00:13:06.873 +and have explicit structures and patterns, + +00:13:06.874 --> 00:13:09.633 +and therefore you can influence what is expected, + +00:13:09.634 --> 00:13:11.836 +what is unexpected and what fits + +00:13:11.837 --> 00:13:14.257 +and what needs to change to fit in. + +00:13:14.258 --> 00:13:18.139 +So the time you spend designing these things + +00:13:18.140 --> 00:13:20.300 +will influence how the Zettelkasten + +00:13:20.301 --> 00:13:22.033 +will behave in the future. + +NOTE Facilitate Growth + +00:13:22.034 --> 00:13:24.061 +To prepare for growth + +00:13:24.062 --> 00:13:27.533 +you will probably encounter thresholds along your journey. + +00:13:27.534 --> 00:13:29.267 +Like 1-10 notes, well, + +00:13:29.268 --> 00:13:31.300 +you can easily remember all of them. + +00:13:31.301 --> 00:13:34.333 +10-100, you will have forgotten some details, + +00:13:34.334 --> 00:13:37.067 +but will probably remember writing most of these notes + +00:13:37.068 --> 00:13:40.239 +in some way. 100-1000? + +00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.919 +Bad luck, you will have a hard time going through everything + +00:13:42.920 --> 00:13:46.439 +one by one to find what you have. You will have to rely on + +00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.087 +filtering results. For example, with a full text search, + +00:13:50.088 --> 00:13:53.492 +you will crave to use tags and keywords more + +00:13:53.493 --> 00:14:02.039 +to group notes into more manageable departments or collections. + +00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:05.879 +By this mark, search results produce way too many results. + +00:14:05.880 --> 00:14:07.967 +Popular tags become overcrowded, + +00:14:07.968 --> 00:14:10.069 +and you have the same problem you had in the last stage, + +00:14:10.070 --> 00:14:12.519 +but for each of these tags. + +00:14:12.520 --> 00:14:15.779 +So manual structures will take you through this. + +00:14:15.780 --> 00:14:18.919 +Anticipate growth pains by starting from structures. + +00:14:18.920 --> 00:14:22.119 +That's the recommendation here. Design your entry points + +00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:24.167 +into your current projects and research topics + +00:14:24.168 --> 00:14:28.159 +and interests as 'departments' of your Zettelkasten. + +00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:31.161 +Keep a list of, for example, 12 darlings, + +00:14:31.162 --> 00:14:34.124 +like Feynman did: a list of 12 things + +00:14:34.125 --> 00:14:35.485 +that you can check mechanically + +00:14:35.486 --> 00:14:36.926 +where you capture something new, + +00:14:36.927 --> 00:14:39.889 +and then you can see whether the newfound knowledge + +00:14:39.890 --> 00:14:46.139 +can also push one of your darling projects forward. + +NOTE Emacs demo + +00:14:46.140 --> 00:14:50.222 +Now, finally, let's get to the demonstration in Emacs. + +00:14:50.223 --> 00:14:52.334 +Here is a very minimal init file. + +00:14:52.335 --> 00:14:55.738 +I will share it with you in the show notes. + +00:14:55.739 --> 00:14:59.539 +And this is the Denote default configuration. + +00:14:59.540 --> 00:15:02.439 +Here I'm using the shortcut to create a new note + +00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:08.594 +immediately for this talk. And there you see. + +00:15:08.595 --> 00:15:10.496 +That's an empty new note. Here, + +00:15:10.497 --> 00:15:16.420 +sped up like two or three times the normal typing speed of me, + +00:15:16.421 --> 00:15:21.785 +is how I would process this very Emacs conference talk. + +00:15:21.786 --> 00:15:25.668 +The essential mechanics and habits, additional habits, + +00:15:25.669 --> 00:15:30.111 +mechanics, and then from there after I capture everything. + +00:15:30.112 --> 00:15:32.053 +Make sure that I have a reference. + +00:15:32.054 --> 00:15:36.136 +This is not a thought-out implementation in Emacs, + +00:15:36.137 --> 00:15:39.039 +so this is just plain text. Christian Tietze, + +00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:42.146 +Zettelkasten for Regular Emacs Hackers at the bottom. + +00:15:42.147 --> 00:15:46.585 +You can use reference management systems that you like, + +00:15:46.586 --> 00:15:49.233 +but I don't want to get into these details. + +00:15:49.234 --> 00:15:54.367 +Here I'm creating a note with the denote shortcut. + +00:15:54.368 --> 00:15:56.399 +Based on the selected text, + +00:15:56.400 --> 00:16:01.099 +I'm starting a link. This link is creating the note for me. + +00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:04.640 +It's also default Denote functionality + +00:16:04.641 --> 00:16:05.720 +and garbage in garbage out. + +00:16:05.721 --> 00:16:08.022 +I needed to edit the title because the selected text + +00:16:08.023 --> 00:16:10.043 +became the note title. Didn't want that. + +00:16:10.044 --> 00:16:13.335 +That was the abbreviation. + +00:16:13.336 --> 00:16:16.220 +Notice that the default configuration does not in fact + +00:16:16.221 --> 00:16:20.527 +include auto-fill-mode, so the lines get infinitely long. + +00:16:20.528 --> 00:16:23.653 +Looks a bit weird. Just garbage in, garbage out. + +00:16:23.654 --> 00:16:27.920 +Processing this from Wikipedia. + +00:16:27.921 --> 00:16:31.863 +So we have a detail note from this overview. + +00:16:31.864 --> 00:16:34.265 +So that's an overview with one link already. + +00:16:34.266 --> 00:16:38.668 +Starting from here, now I want to write more about my talk. + +00:16:38.669 --> 00:16:43.772 +And next we create structure, types of structures, etc. + +00:16:43.773 --> 00:16:46.835 +It creates a weird link, but I can edit this easily + +00:16:46.836 --> 00:16:51.922 +thanks to Emacs being so nice to work with. + +00:16:51.923 --> 00:16:55.323 +A couple of examples. I mentioned some of these + +00:16:55.324 --> 00:16:58.604 +in previous minutes of this conference talk, + +00:16:58.605 --> 00:17:00.584 +like position pair, one note for the pair, + +00:17:00.585 --> 00:17:03.921 +one note per pro and contra, table of contents, + +00:17:03.922 --> 00:17:06.405 +like lists of things you like, + +00:17:06.406 --> 00:17:10.607 +to talk about recreating a book's content, + +00:17:10.608 --> 00:17:14.308 +table of contents so you can process the book in detail, + +00:17:14.309 --> 00:17:16.839 +argument structures, I believe I mentioned these. + +00:17:16.840 --> 00:17:19.370 +Look at this up if you're not into arguments, + +00:17:19.371 --> 00:17:22.912 +but arguments are very well structured, usually. + +00:17:22.913 --> 00:17:26.133 +A table of things like two-dimensional table or grid. + +00:17:26.134 --> 00:17:28.334 +Graphics. You can also include graphics, images, + +00:17:28.335 --> 00:17:31.636 +and then write about these. And then there are metaphors. + +00:17:31.637 --> 00:17:33.797 +And into one metaphor that I'm presenting here, + +00:17:33.798 --> 00:17:37.538 +iceberg, black box, and then atom, molecule, and organism, + +00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:40.400 +I want to get into this. Atom, molecule, organism. + +00:17:40.401 --> 00:17:43.923 +That's a composition and recursion + +00:17:43.924 --> 00:17:47.799 +because I have Big Ideas there. Atom, smallest part; + +00:17:47.800 --> 00:17:49.567 +molecule, comprised of atoms; + +00:17:49.568 --> 00:17:51.968 +and organism is comprised of molecules. + +00:17:51.969 --> 00:17:56.432 +Different level of analysis. Because this is irreducible. + +00:17:56.433 --> 00:17:59.154 +In fact, if you have no clue about reducibility, + +00:17:59.155 --> 00:18:02.196 +irreducibility -- that doesn't mean much to you? -- + +00:18:02.197 --> 00:18:05.978 +but look this up. You can go very deep + +00:18:05.979 --> 00:18:10.617 +with this kind of stuff. It's basically that if you + +00:18:10.618 --> 00:18:12.522 +decompose organs into atoms, + +00:18:12.523 --> 00:18:14.125 +you cannot get back to the organs. + +00:18:14.126 --> 00:18:17.072 +You just have a bunch of atoms. There's information loss, + +00:18:17.073 --> 00:18:19.879 +more or less. + +00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:24.246 +Here you see that I create a new thing at the end + +00:18:24.247 --> 00:18:26.949 +so that I can write about Denote. The tool doesn't matter, + +00:18:26.950 --> 00:18:31.834 +but when you use Emacs, use Denote because, well, why? + +00:18:31.835 --> 00:18:35.457 +Let's get into this. Fix the link. + +00:18:35.458 --> 00:18:37.279 +These are good reasons to use Denote. + +00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:44.379 +Denote is very simple. Denote has a couple of sane defaults. + +00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:47.078 +That makes life easier. Backlinks. + +00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:51.140 +We will see a backlink view at the end. + +00:18:51.141 --> 00:18:52.397 +I have to create a couple of things. + +00:18:52.398 --> 00:18:55.964 +I'm copying the source code there, the Elisp source, + +00:18:55.965 --> 00:19:01.667 +so that you can see, hey, this is just an Org Mode file. + +00:19:01.668 --> 00:19:03.629 +You can style it to your liking + +00:19:03.630 --> 00:19:06.751 +and then you can even execute the code if you want. + +00:19:06.752 --> 00:19:13.294 +Very powerful. Create notes as links first to avoid orphans. + +00:19:13.295 --> 00:19:14.675 +Forward link again. + +00:19:14.676 --> 00:19:16.015 +At least I wanted to create a forward link. + +00:19:16.016 --> 00:19:17.036 +I pressed the wrong shortcut. + +00:19:17.037 --> 00:19:19.737 +But anyway, I can fix this easily. + +00:19:19.738 --> 00:19:23.479 +You see, there's no link. Dammit. + +00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:26.761 +Now I need to create the link after the fact. + +00:19:26.762 --> 00:19:33.279 +Here's a list of shortcuts. The denote keymap. + +00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:35.165 +It's a recommended practice by me, + +00:19:35.166 --> 00:19:36.766 +starting your note with a link. + +00:19:36.767 --> 00:19:40.639 +You've heard this all just a couple of minutes ago. + +00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:42.854 +It reduces orphans and supposedly teaches you + +00:19:42.855 --> 00:19:45.574 +about thinking in connections early. + +00:19:45.575 --> 00:19:53.099 +It's a good practice to practice. + +00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:55.938 +So with that note, trying to switch back. + +00:19:55.939 --> 00:20:00.119 +Denote note switching, that wasn't as smooth, + +00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:01.319 +but inserting links is. + +00:20:01.320 --> 00:20:10.179 +And there you go. Here's a backlink view. And that's it. + +00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:12.651 +In a somewhat self-documenting way, + +00:20:12.652 --> 00:20:14.867 +here you see a structure note + +00:20:14.868 --> 00:20:17.682 +which is an overview that represents the gist + +00:20:17.683 --> 00:20:19.563 +of this Emacs conference talk, + +00:20:19.564 --> 00:20:21.839 +with a couple of links to details. + +00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:24.107 +From these details, as you've seen, + +00:20:24.108 --> 00:20:27.891 +you can go into even more detail. That's all there is to it. + +00:20:27.892 --> 00:20:30.133 +Repeat this for infinity, + +00:20:30.134 --> 00:20:32.875 +and you get really really complex networks + +00:20:32.876 --> 00:20:35.858 +and can do a lot of amazing things in parallel + +00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:39.067 +without interference. + +NOTE Learn, Share, Grow + +00:20:39.068 --> 00:20:42.439 +I just want to stress that the Zettelkasten + +00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:47.032 +can help you to learn when you publish, when you share, + +00:20:47.033 --> 00:20:51.181 +and when you grow it and yourself in the process. + +00:20:51.182 --> 00:20:54.083 +Again, design the Zettelkasten to be used. + +00:20:54.084 --> 00:20:58.159 +Publish something, write a blog, share stuff with co-workers. + +00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:00.485 +That's powerful and that's so rewarding. + +00:21:00.486 --> 00:21:04.039 +This can in turn influence how you do it + +00:21:04.040 --> 00:21:06.033 +the next time in your Zettelkasten, + +00:21:06.034 --> 00:21:09.380 +because now you can anticipate these kinds of arguments, + +00:21:09.381 --> 00:21:11.979 +maybe I can do this early on, + +00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:15.133 +and then you're prepared even more for the future + +00:21:15.134 --> 00:21:17.479 +to share what you learn. + +00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:20.159 +You are also invited very warmly to our + +00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:23.319 +community of practice in the Zettelkasten forums. + +00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:26.155 +Just share your journey, write about your projects, + +00:21:26.156 --> 00:21:29.793 +ask questions. Everyone's welcome, newbie to pro. + +00:21:29.794 --> 00:21:32.674 +Just get in touch with people, talk about the processes, + +00:21:32.675 --> 00:21:35.361 +improve them, and eventually you'll figure out, well, + +00:21:35.362 --> 00:21:39.979 +reaching enlightenment in that regard may not be that hard after all, + +00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:42.953 +and then you're fine and good to go for the next projects + +00:21:42.954 --> 00:21:48.559 +that you tackle. Most importantly is to make this thing your own. + +00:21:48.560 --> 00:21:50.746 +The Zettelkasten, the method, the environment. + +00:21:50.747 --> 00:21:53.474 +Create a thinking environment for you. + +00:21:53.475 --> 00:21:56.877 +Create your own tools to think with. + +00:21:56.878 --> 00:21:59.378 +This goes back to the meme of Shuhari, + +00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:02.800 +which is basically imitate and then deviate and innovate. + +00:22:02.801 --> 00:22:07.123 +And this invitation here is to imitate what I just laid out. + +00:22:07.124 --> 00:22:10.586 +Imitate for a couple of years. One, two, three years. + +00:22:10.587 --> 00:22:12.927 +The time goes by faster [snaps fingers] than you think. + +00:22:12.928 --> 00:22:16.448 +And then figure out ways to deviate from the doctrine, + +00:22:16.449 --> 00:22:18.909 +to figure out ways to improve + +00:22:18.910 --> 00:22:22.030 +and change the processes to fit you better. + +00:22:22.031 --> 00:22:24.451 +But you need to try to manifest + +00:22:24.452 --> 00:22:26.652 +the best practices in your life first, + +00:22:26.653 --> 00:22:28.833 +for a while, to then figure out, well, + +00:22:28.834 --> 00:22:30.853 +they are not that best after all + +00:22:30.854 --> 00:22:33.054 +and I need to change some of them. + +00:22:33.055 --> 00:22:37.064 +But you wouldn't know if you didn't try. So do try. + +00:22:37.065 --> 00:22:38.639 +Yeah, and with that I want to thank you. + +00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:40.249 +Thank you so much for watching. That's it. + +00:22:40.250 --> 00:22:41.531 +That was the conference talk, + +00:22:41.532 --> 00:22:45.296 +my short introduction to the Zettelkasten mechanics and habits. + +NOTE Outro + +00:22:45.297 --> 00:22:46.678 +I want to thank you so much for watching + +00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:48.380 +and spending time with me on this topic, + +00:22:48.381 --> 00:22:50.143 +on these two topics actually, + +00:22:50.144 --> 00:22:52.546 +that are very near and dear to my heart. + +00:22:52.547 --> 00:22:55.399 +Do share questions, ask questions in the etherpad. + +00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:57.608 +And if you watch this after the conference + +00:22:57.609 --> 00:23:01.190 +and all the live participation is long over, + +00:23:01.191 --> 00:23:04.632 +step into the forums and ask around there. + +00:23:04.633 --> 00:23:09.234 +Thanks also to Sacha and team for organizing EmacsConf 2025, + +00:23:09.235 --> 00:23:11.595 +for having me. Well, I'm looking forward to hearing from + +00:23:11.596 --> 00:23:14.256 +every one of you. So that's it. + +00:23:14.257 --> 00:23:18.360 +Peace out and see you in the next one. diff --git a/2025/info/zettelkasten-after.md b/2025/info/zettelkasten-after.md index 6f49c206..d7556a30 100644 --- a/2025/info/zettelkasten-after.md +++ b/2025/info/zettelkasten-after.md @@ -1,6 +1,515 @@ <!-- Automatically generated by emacsconf-publish-after-page --> +<div class="transcript transcript-mainVideo"><a name="zettelkasten-mainVideo-transcript"></a><h1>Transcript</h1> + + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:01.400" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Hello there, fellow basement dwellers.""" start="00:00:01.400" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'm Christian and you are watching """" start="00:00:03.939" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Zettelkasten for Regular Emacs Hackers,"""" start="00:00:05.959" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""my Emacs Conference 2025 talk submission.""" start="00:00:08.520" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""In this presentation,""" start="00:00:12.921" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'll be showing you a couple of things""" start="00:00:14.001" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""about Zettelkasten, very basic mechanics and habits""" start="00:00:15.701" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that you can pick up and implement in Emacs,""" start="00:00:18.702" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the most malleable of all environments,""" start="00:00:21.623" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to make a thinking environment happen in your life""" start="00:00:24.443" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that stays with you potentially forever.""" start="00:00:27.824" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The subtitle "For Regular Emacs Hackers" implies at least""" start="00:00:32.435" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the possibility of irregular Emacs hackers""" start="00:00:36.056" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and regular Emacs non-hackers, so the target audience here""" start="00:00:38.357" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is people who are comfortable tweaking their setup""" start="00:00:42.499" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""when they run into issues and use Emacs to write,""" start="00:00:45.120" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""no matter if it's prose or code.""" start="00:00:47.981" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So that's regular Emacs hacking.""" start="00:00:49.981" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You don't need to be an irregular Emacs hacker,""" start="00:00:53.632" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for example, being a core maintainer or whatever.""" start="00:00:55.615" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You just need to be a normal user""" start="00:00:58.760" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""who also modifies the setup.""" start="00:01:01.244" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""However, you should probably not be an Emacs non-hacker.""" start="00:01:06.680" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Or maybe you shouldn't stay an Emacs non-hacker,""" start="00:01:10.302" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""someone who is not tweaking their setup ever.""" start="00:01:12.782" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So, if you just open your application""" start="00:01:16.003" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to write with a double click,""" start="00:01:18.821" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and it happens to be Emacs, this may not be for you,""" start="00:01:20.241" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but you ultimately be the judge there.""" start="00:01:23.284" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Advocating Freedoms""" start="00:01:25.534" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""It is my sacred duty to, of course,""" start="00:01:25.534" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""advocate all the essential freedoms during this presentation.""" start="00:01:28.745" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""These are the following.""" start="00:01:32.666" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You shall not be shackled by a proprietary tool.""" start="00:01:34.508" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""(You shall be shackled by Emacs. (Which is free software.))""" start="00:01:37.390" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You shall also not be shackled by an esoteric method""" start="00:01:40.792" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that turns out to be a grift""" start="00:01:44.115" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""where you need to visit annual workshops, walk on broken glass""" start="00:01:45.276" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and stuff to be a true ""knower"".""" start="00:01:47.898" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You shall be empowered to do great things""" start="00:01:50.400" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for the rest of your life after this session alone.""" start="00:01:52.881" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This is not a sales pitch.""" start="00:01:55.884" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Finally, you should also not be shackled""" start="00:01:58.871" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""by whichever sources of information you rely on in the future.""" start="00:02:00.652" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You shall be free to think and explore new ideas,""" start="00:02:05.040" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""ideally forever, in an environment you built to your liking,""" start="00:02:07.854" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""without the degrading web searches and the dead internet""" start="00:02:12.176" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""getting in your way. No libraries, no dead trees.""" start="00:02:15.797" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's you and your knowledge base""" start="00:02:18.858" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that can truly produce magnificent things.""" start="00:02:21.539" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""What Is This About?""" start="00:02:29.680" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""So what is this about? In the teaser text for this session,""" start="00:02:29.680" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I brought up that when people talk about Emacs""" start="00:02:33.587" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""pulling in everything that people do on their computer,""" start="00:02:36.149" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it's usually things they used other software for in the past.""" start="00:02:38.932" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Like email, chat, playing music, browsing the web,""" start="00:02:42.615" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""managing tasks, you know, stuff like that.""" start="00:02:46.058" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""We don't have a good blueprint for thinking environments though.""" start="00:02:48.820" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So it's not a trivial task,""" start="00:02:51.762" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""just port this or that to Emacs""" start="00:02:53.264" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then you'll be happy and productive.""" start="00:02:54.745" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That's different from doing your emails""" start="00:02:56.706" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""or task management or writing in Emacs,""" start="00:02:58.200" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""where we have a lot of experience with existing software""" start="00:03:00.329" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to adapt and deviate from, where we can essentially""" start="00:03:02.951" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""port the task to Emacs. We can practice to think,""" start="00:03:06.414" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""purposefully and productively, on complex things""" start="00:03:09.856" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""over long periods of time""" start="00:03:12.999" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""when we create bespoke environments that help with that.""" start="00:03:14.460" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The first assumption is this:""" start="00:03:19.060" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Writing is very important to form complex thought.""" start="00:03:20.468" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Without writing, you won't be able to cross""" start="00:03:24.059" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a certain complexity threshold.""" start="00:03:26.280" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Thinking in your head alone without any externalization""" start="00:03:28.761" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""makes you prone to loops, repetitions,""" start="00:03:31.922" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and worst of all: jumps.""" start="00:03:34.262" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Jumps that get you to a point,""" start="00:03:36.143" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but not backed by reason or argument.""" start="00:03:38.563" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So you and your future and others cannot follow.""" start="00:03:40.724" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Written words direct thought.""" start="00:03:46.502" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The linearization or sequence-making of thoughts""" start="00:03:48.363" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""frames your next idea. That's the same for reading,""" start="00:03:51.985" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which enables you to pick up existing ideas""" start="00:03:55.307" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and continue to write about them later.""" start="00:03:57.308" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So for "good thinking", writing, reading,""" start="00:04:00.250" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and writing is mandatory.""" start="00:04:02.811" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Emacs is good at showing text to read.""" start="00:04:05.073" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's good at processing keyboard inputs to write.""" start="00:04:07.194" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So let's go. Let's set up an environment within Emacs""" start="00:04:09.635" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to make this thinking thing happen.""" start="00:04:13.177" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'll walk you through some mechanics""" start="00:04:16.320" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""of the Zettelkasten machine and habits for you,""" start="00:04:18.060" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""dear thinker and regular Emacs hacker.""" start="00:04:20.882" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And for your reference, highlight these things""" start="00:04:22.901" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""as I present them in the bottom left corner of the screen.""" start="00:04:25.886" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So working with Zettelkasten as a thinking environment""" start="00:04:30.469" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""only requires very simple mechanics.""" start="00:04:33.191" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Write - Essential Mechanic""" start="00:04:36.534" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""First one is to write. I mentioned this.""" start="00:04:36.534" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It could be one large text file, could be many small ones.""" start="00:04:39.640" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""We use the power of Emacs and small files because Emacs is cool,""" start="00:04:42.489" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and individual files put boundaries around ideas""" start="00:04:46.360" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that force you to decide what goes where.""" start="00:04:49.355" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Most importantly though, write like you mean it.""" start="00:04:52.663" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The principle of "garbage in and garbage out" holds.""" start="00:04:55.687" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You don't need to use your novelist voice when taking notes,""" start="00:04:58.511" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but it also shouldn't be shorthand only,""" start="00:05:01.375" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""so that your future you has an easy time""" start="00:05:04.138" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""reading and digesting what you wrote.""" start="00:05:06.795" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Connect - Essential Mechanic""" start="00:05:09.601" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Next mechanic, which is also essential, is to connect.""" start="00:05:09.601" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""We think in associations.""" start="00:05:13.525" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Connect notes to capture the associations that come to mind""" start="00:05:15.000" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and that you want the reader, which is the future you,""" start="00:05:18.640" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to make. Traveling a path of connections""" start="00:05:20.917" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""indirectly via tags or keywords""" start="00:05:24.075" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and directly with links""" start="00:05:25.836" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""can feel like reading an essay you make up as you go.""" start="00:05:27.097" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That's where connections show their power.""" start="00:05:30.721" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Correct - Essential Habit""" start="00:05:34.268" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""The next essential habit is to read and correct""" start="00:05:34.268" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and reconnect as you go.""" start="00:05:38.261" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You spend time and effort at the writing stage,""" start="00:05:40.181" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you are the primary audience,""" start="00:05:42.312" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""so do your past self a favor and read what you wrote.""" start="00:05:43.793" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And then as you read it, make it better.""" start="00:05:46.896" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Make it better, continuously make things better""" start="00:05:50.479" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and capture new ideas as they come up as you read.""" start="00:05:52.341" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And things you can only now remember""" start="00:05:55.223" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""because you learned about things in the meantime.""" start="00:05:57.785" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You'll also get better at this whole thing with practice.""" start="00:06:00.928" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So improve old notes when you find them lacking in detail,""" start="00:06:03.430" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""their tone pretentious, their mere existence""" start="00:06:05.867" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""an insult to your intelligence.""" start="00:06:08.576" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Pay [knocks on table] attention [knocks again]""" start="00:06:10.896" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to pain points in using notes.""" start="00:06:11.736" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Yes, I knocked on my desk to emphasize.""" start="00:06:13.640" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And fix things on the fly.""" start="00:06:16.560" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""From this principle follows""" start="00:06:18.602" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a lot of common practices and tips.""" start="00:06:19.803" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This principle truly is essential.""" start="00:06:22.064" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Too long and you didn't read it?""" start="00:06:24.126" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Add a summary at the beginning.""" start="00:06:25.547" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You can't understand what you wrote a year ago?""" start="00:06:27.228" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template 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video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which we will come to later.""" start="00:06:46.734" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Design for Use - Habit""" start="00:06:49.434" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""The next habit, non-essential though,""" start="00:06:49.434" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is to create notes with intent to use them.""" start="00:06:52.072" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's one thing to write about facts, capture information,""" start="00:06:55.333" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but all this is just collecting stuff.""" start="00:06:58.134" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's another thing altogether to write about""" start="00:07:01.355" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a train of thought, about an argument you found compelling,""" start="00:07:03.616" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""about a model to understand the world, or yourself,""" start="00:07:06.557" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in a better way. So collect to remember,""" start="00:07:09.859" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but work in your Zettelkasten to think.""" start="00:07:12.900" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""What does that even mean, though?""" start="00:07:16.261" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Recreate how intriguing books""" start="00:07:18.222" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""lay out their premises and arguments, for example.""" start="00:07:19.823" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""First this, then that, also that supports the premise,""" start="00:07:21.804" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and so on. That's the structure of an argument.""" start="00:07:24.886" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You can recreate it in list form, as a graph,""" start="00:07:27.408" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you can draw and import the image, whatever.""" start="00:07:30.550" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The structure of that argument is one thing,""" start="00:07:33.501" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and the details, like the evidence for each claim,""" start="00:07:36.113" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""can be separate things.""" start="00:07:38.334" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""These can become their own sub-networks over time.""" start="00:07:40.000" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Create Structure - 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You will have to rely on""" start="00:13:42.920" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""filtering results. For example, with a full text search,""" start="00:13:46.440" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you will crave to use tags and keywords more""" start="00:13:50.088" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to group notes into more manageable departments or collections.""" start="00:13:53.493" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""By this mark, search results produce way too many results.""" start="00:14:02.040" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Popular tags become overcrowded,""" start="00:14:05.880" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and you have the same problem you had in the last stage,""" start="00:14:07.968" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but for each of these tags.""" start="00:14:10.070" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So manual structures will take you through this.""" start="00:14:12.520" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Anticipate growth pains by starting from structures.""" start="00:14:15.780" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That's the recommendation here. Design your entry points""" start="00:14:18.920" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""into your current projects and research topics""" start="00:14:22.120" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and interests as 'departments' of your Zettelkasten.""" start="00:14:24.168" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Keep a list of, for example, 12 darlings,""" start="00:14:28.160" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""like Feynman did: a list of 12 things""" start="00:14:31.162" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that you can check mechanically""" start="00:14:34.125" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""where you capture something new,""" start="00:14:35.486" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then you can see whether the newfound knowledge""" start="00:14:36.927" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""can also push one of your darling projects forward.""" start="00:14:39.890" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Emacs demo""" start="00:14:46.140" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Now, finally, let's get to the demonstration in Emacs.""" start="00:14:46.140" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Here is a very minimal init file.""" start="00:14:50.223" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I will share it with you in the show notes.""" start="00:14:52.335" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And this is the Denote default configuration.""" start="00:14:55.739" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Here I'm using the shortcut to create a new note""" start="00:14:59.540" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""immediately for this talk. And there you see.""" start="00:15:02.440" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That's an empty new note. Here,""" start="00:15:08.595" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""sped up like two or three times the normal typing speed of me,""" start="00:15:10.497" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is how I would process this very Emacs conference talk.""" start="00:15:16.421" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The essential mechanics and habits, additional habits,""" start="00:15:21.786" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""mechanics, and then from there after I capture everything.""" start="00:15:25.669" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Make sure that I have a reference.""" start="00:15:30.112" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This is not a thought-out implementation in Emacs,""" start="00:15:32.054" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""so this is just plain text. Christian Tietze,""" start="00:15:36.137" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Zettelkasten for Regular Emacs Hackers at the bottom.""" start="00:15:39.040" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You can use reference management systems that you like,""" start="00:15:42.147" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but I don't want to get into these details.""" start="00:15:46.586" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Here I'm creating a note with the denote shortcut.""" start="00:15:49.234" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Based on the selected text,""" start="00:15:54.368" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'm starting a link. This link is creating the note for me.""" start="00:15:56.400" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's also default Denote functionality""" start="00:16:01.100" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and garbage in garbage out.""" start="00:16:04.641" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I needed to edit the title because the selected text""" start="00:16:05.721" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""became the note title. Didn't want that.""" start="00:16:08.023" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That was the abbreviation.""" start="00:16:10.044" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Notice that the default configuration does not in fact""" start="00:16:13.336" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""include auto-fill-mode, so the lines get infinitely long.""" start="00:16:16.221" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Looks a bit weird. Just garbage in, garbage out.""" start="00:16:20.528" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Processing this from Wikipedia.""" start="00:16:23.654" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So we have a detail note from this overview.""" start="00:16:27.921" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So that's an overview with one link already.""" start="00:16:31.864" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Starting from here, now I want to write more about my talk.""" start="00:16:34.266" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And next we create structure, types of structures, etc.""" start="00:16:38.669" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It creates a weird link, but I can edit this easily""" start="00:16:43.773" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""thanks to Emacs being so nice to work with.""" start="00:16:46.836" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""A couple of examples. I mentioned some of these""" start="00:16:51.923" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in previous minutes of this conference talk,""" start="00:16:55.324" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""like position pair, one note for the pair,""" start="00:16:58.605" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""one note per pro and contra, table of contents,""" start="00:17:00.585" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""like lists of things you like,""" start="00:17:03.922" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to talk about recreating a book's content,""" start="00:17:06.406" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""table of contents so you can process the book in detail,""" start="00:17:10.608" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""argument structures, I believe I mentioned these.""" start="00:17:14.309" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Look at this up if you're not into arguments,""" start="00:17:16.840" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but arguments are very well structured, usually.""" start="00:17:19.371" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""A table of things like two-dimensional table or grid.""" start="00:17:22.913" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Graphics. You can also include graphics, images,""" start="00:17:26.134" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then write about these. And then there are metaphors.""" start="00:17:28.335" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And into one metaphor that I'm presenting here,""" start="00:17:31.637" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""iceberg, black box, and then atom, molecule, and organism,""" start="00:17:33.798" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I want to get into this. Atom, molecule, organism.""" start="00:17:37.539" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That's a composition and recursion""" start="00:17:40.401" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""because I have Big Ideas there. Atom, smallest part;""" start="00:17:43.924" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""molecule, comprised of atoms;""" start="00:17:47.800" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and organism is comprised of molecules.""" start="00:17:49.568" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Different level of analysis. Because this is irreducible.""" start="00:17:51.969" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""In fact, if you have no clue about reducibility,""" start="00:17:56.433" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""irreducibility -- that doesn't mean much to you? --""" start="00:17:59.155" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but look this up. You can go very deep""" start="00:18:02.197" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""with this kind of stuff. It's basically that if you""" start="00:18:05.979" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""decompose organs into atoms,""" start="00:18:10.618" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you cannot get back to the organs.""" start="00:18:12.523" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You just have a bunch of atoms. There's information loss,""" start="00:18:14.126" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""more or less.""" start="00:18:17.073" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Here you see that I create a new thing at the end""" start="00:18:19.880" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""so that I can write about Denote. The tool doesn't matter,""" start="00:18:24.247" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but when you use Emacs, use Denote because, well, why?""" start="00:18:26.950" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Let's get into this. Fix the link.""" start="00:18:31.835" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""These are good reasons to use Denote.""" start="00:18:35.458" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Denote is very simple. Denote has a couple of sane defaults.""" start="00:18:37.280" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That makes life easier. Backlinks.""" start="00:18:44.380" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""We will see a backlink view at the end.""" start="00:18:47.079" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I have to create a couple of things.""" start="00:18:51.141" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'm copying the source code there, the Elisp source,""" start="00:18:52.398" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""so that you can see, hey, this is just an Org Mode file.""" start="00:18:55.965" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You can style it to your liking""" start="00:19:01.668" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then you can even execute the code if you want.""" start="00:19:03.630" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Very powerful. Create notes as links first to avoid orphans.""" start="00:19:06.752" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Forward link again.""" start="00:19:13.295" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""At least I wanted to create a forward link.""" start="00:19:14.676" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I pressed the wrong shortcut.""" start="00:19:16.016" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""But anyway, I can fix this easily.""" start="00:19:17.037" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You see, there's no link. Dammit.""" start="00:19:19.738" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Now I need to create the link after the fact.""" start="00:19:23.480" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Here's a list of shortcuts. The denote keymap.""" start="00:19:26.762" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's a recommended practice by me,""" start="00:19:33.280" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""starting your note with a link.""" start="00:19:35.166" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You've heard this all just a couple of minutes ago.""" start="00:19:36.767" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It reduces orphans and supposedly teaches you""" start="00:19:40.640" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""about thinking in connections early.""" start="00:19:42.855" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's a good practice to practice.""" start="00:19:45.575" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So with that note, trying to switch back.""" start="00:19:53.100" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Denote note switching, that wasn't as smooth,""" start="00:19:55.939" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but inserting links is.""" start="00:20:00.120" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And there you go. Here's a backlink view. And that's it.""" start="00:20:01.320" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""In a somewhat self-documenting way,""" start="00:20:10.180" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""here you see a structure note""" start="00:20:12.652" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which is an overview that represents the gist""" start="00:20:14.868" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""of this Emacs conference talk,""" start="00:20:17.683" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""with a couple of links to details.""" start="00:20:19.564" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""From these details, as you've seen,""" start="00:20:21.840" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you can go into even more detail. That's all there is to it.""" start="00:20:24.108" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Repeat this for infinity,""" start="00:20:27.892" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and you get really really complex networks""" start="00:20:30.134" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and can do a lot of amazing things in parallel""" start="00:20:32.876" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""without interference.""" start="00:20:35.859" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Learn, Share, Grow""" start="00:20:39.068" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""I just want to stress that the Zettelkasten""" start="00:20:39.068" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""can help you to learn when you publish, when you share,""" start="00:20:42.440" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and when you grow it and yourself in the process.""" start="00:20:47.033" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Again, design the Zettelkasten to be used.""" start="00:20:51.182" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Publish something, write a blog, share stuff with co-workers.""" start="00:20:54.084" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That's powerful and that's so rewarding.""" start="00:20:58.160" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This can in turn influence how you do it""" start="00:21:00.486" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the next time in your Zettelkasten,""" start="00:21:04.040" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""because now you can anticipate these kinds of arguments,""" start="00:21:06.034" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""maybe I can do this early on,""" start="00:21:09.381" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then you're prepared even more for the future""" start="00:21:11.980" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to share what you learn.""" start="00:21:15.134" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You are also invited very warmly to our""" start="00:21:17.480" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""community of practice in the Zettelkasten forums.""" start="00:21:20.160" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Just share your journey, write about your projects,""" start="00:21:23.320" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""ask questions. Everyone's welcome, newbie to pro.""" start="00:21:26.156" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Just get in touch with people, talk about the processes,""" start="00:21:29.794" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""improve them, and eventually you'll figure out, well,""" start="00:21:32.675" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""reaching enlightenment in that regard may not be that hard after all,""" start="00:21:35.362" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then you're fine and good to go for the next projects""" start="00:21:39.980" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that you tackle. Most importantly is to make this thing your own.""" start="00:21:42.954" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The Zettelkasten, the method, the environment.""" start="00:21:48.560" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Create a thinking environment for you.""" start="00:21:50.747" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Create your own tools to think with.""" start="00:21:53.475" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This goes back to the meme of Shuhari,""" start="00:21:56.878" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which is basically imitate and then deviate and innovate.""" start="00:21:59.379" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And this invitation here is to imitate what I just laid out.""" start="00:22:02.801" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Imitate for a couple of years. One, two, three years.""" start="00:22:07.124" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The time goes by faster [snaps fingers] than you think.""" start="00:22:10.587" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And then figure out ways to deviate from the doctrine,""" start="00:22:12.928" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to figure out ways to improve""" start="00:22:16.449" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and change the processes to fit you better.""" start="00:22:18.910" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""But you need to try to manifest""" start="00:22:22.031" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the best practices in your life first,""" start="00:22:24.452" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for a while, to then figure out, well,""" start="00:22:26.653" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""they are not that best after all""" start="00:22:28.834" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and I need to change some of them.""" start="00:22:30.854" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""But you wouldn't know if you didn't try. So do try.""" start="00:22:33.055" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Yeah, and with that I want to thank you.""" start="00:22:37.065" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Thank you so much for watching. That's it.""" start="00:22:38.640" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""That was the conference talk,""" start="00:22:40.250" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""my short introduction to the Zettelkasten mechanics and habits.""" start="00:22:41.532" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Outro""" start="00:22:45.297" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""I want to thank you so much for watching""" start="00:22:45.297" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and spending time with me on this topic,""" start="00:22:46.679" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""on these two topics actually,""" start="00:22:48.381" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that are very near and dear to my heart.""" start="00:22:50.144" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Do share questions, ask questions in the etherpad.""" start="00:22:52.547" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And if you watch this after the conference""" start="00:22:55.400" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and all the live participation is long over,""" start="00:22:57.609" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""step into the forums and ask around there.""" start="00:23:01.191" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Thanks also to Sacha and team for organizing EmacsConf 2025,""" start="00:23:04.633" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for having me. Well, I'm looking forward to hearing from""" start="00:23:09.235" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""every one of you. So that's it.""" start="00:23:11.596" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Peace out and see you in the next one.""" start="00:23:14.257" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]] + +</div> + +Captioner: sachac + Questions or comments? Please e-mail [hi@christiantietze.de](mailto:hi@christiantietze.de?subject=Comment%20for%20EmacsConf%202023%20zettelkasten%3A%20Zettelkasten%20for%20regular%20Emacs%20hackers) diff --git a/2025/info/zettelkasten-before.md b/2025/info/zettelkasten-before.md index a639d2a6..749d0ac7 100644 --- a/2025/info/zettelkasten-before.md +++ b/2025/info/zettelkasten-before.md @@ -8,12 +8,29 @@ The following image shows where the talk is in the schedule for Sun 2025-12-07. Format: 24-min talk ; Q&A: BigBlueButton conference room <https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/current/bbb-zettelkasten.html> Etherpad: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2025-zettelkasten> Etherpad: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2025-zettelkasten> Discuss on IRC: [#emacsconf-gen](https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf,emacsconf-gen) -Status: Ready to stream +Status: Now playing on the conference livestream <div>Times in different time zones:</div><div class="times" start="2025-12-07T18:00:00Z" end="2025-12-07T18:25:00Z"><div class="conf-time">Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~1:00 PM - 1:25 PM EST (US/Eastern)</div><div class="others"><div>which is the same as:</div>Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~12:00 PM - 12:25 PM CST (US/Central)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~11:00 AM - 11:25 AM MST (US/Mountain)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~10:00 AM - 10:25 AM PST (US/Pacific)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~6:00 PM - 6:25 PM UTC <br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~7:00 PM - 7:25 PM CET (Europe/Paris)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~8:00 PM - 8:25 PM EET (Europe/Athens)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~11:30 PM - 11:55 PM IST (Asia/Kolkata)<br />Monday, Dec 8 2025, ~2:00 AM - 2:25 AM +08 (Asia/Singapore)<br />Monday, Dec 8 2025, ~3:00 AM - 3:25 AM JST (Asia/Tokyo)</div></div><div><strong><a href="/2025/watch/gen/">Find out how to watch and participate</a></strong></div> +<div class="vid mainVideo"><video controls preload="none" id="mainVideo-zettelkasten"><source src="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--main.webm" />captions="""<track label="English" kind="captions" srclang="en" src="/2025/captions/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--main.vtt" default />"""<track kind="chapters" label="Chapters" src="/2025/captions/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--main--chapters.vtt" /><p><em>Your browser does not support the video tag. Please download the video instead.</em></p></video>[[!template id="chapters" vidid="mainVideo-zettelkasten" data=""" +00:01.400 Introduction +01:25.534 Advocating Freedoms +02:29.680 What Is This About? +04:36.534 Write - Essential Mechanic +05:09.601 Connect - Essential Mechanic +05:34.268 Correct - Essential Habit +06:49.434 Design for Use - Habit +07:43.920 Create Structure - Mechanic +08:47.968 Start in the Zettelkasten - Mechanic +09:32.401 Start with a Link - Mechanic +09:54.568 Recap +13:22.034 Facilitate Growth +14:46.140 Emacs demo +20:39.068 Learn, Share, Grow +22:45.297 Outro +"""]]<div></div>Duration: 23:18 minutes<div class="files resources"><ul><li><a href="https://pad.emacsconf.org/2025-zettelkasten">Open Etherpad</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/current/bbb-zettelkasten.html">Open public Q&A</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--intro.vtt">Download --intro.vtt</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--intro.webm">Download --intro.webm</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--main--chapters.vtt">Download --main--chapters.vtt</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--main.opus">Download --main.opus (20MB)</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--main.vtt">Download --main.vtt</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--main.webm">Download --main.webm (41MB)</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-zettelkasten--zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers--christian-tietze--script.org">Download --script.org</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/wE8vCWyr1Eo">View on Youtube</a></li></ul></div></div> # Description <!-- End of emacsconf-publish-before-page -->
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