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<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 &quot;""" start="00:00:03.939" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Zettelkasten for Regular Emacs Hackers,&quot;""" 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 &quot;For Regular Emacs Hackers&quot; 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 &quot;&quot;knower&quot;&quot;.""" 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 &quot;good thinking&quot;, 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 &quot;garbage in and garbage out&quot; 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 text="""Do your best to rewrite it in your own words.""" start="00:06:30.090" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It only gets worse if you wait longer.""" start="00:06:32.512" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Can't find anything in the mess?""" start="00:06:35.100" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Collect links to what you could find""" start="00:06:37.116" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in a new &quot;meta&quot; note so next time,""" start="00:06:39.138" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you have a navigational help.""" start="00:06:41.660" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This practice will form the basis""" start="00:06:43.241" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for structure notes, maps, and overviews,""" start="00:06:44.862" 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 - Mechanic""" start="00:07:43.920" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""To facilitate all that,""" start="00:07:43.920" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you will be needing to create structures.""" start="00:07:45.471" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You've connected notes, so links already leave trails""" start="00:07:47.932" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to traverse between your notes.""" start="00:07:50.613" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Structures can emerge from these with a sheer volume,""" start="00:07:52.520" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but they also can be designed by you to be""" start="00:07:55.930" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""navigational hubs of similar shape and form over time.""" start="00:07:58.617" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Patterns like that reduce confusion""" start="00:08:02.259" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and improve feeling at home""" start="00:08:04.241" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and finding your way around, so that's worth investing in.""" start="00:08:05.801" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""For example, use outlines for complex topics.""" start="00:08:09.223" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Tables of contents of a book, for example,""" start="00:08:13.405" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that you love and processed in great detail.""" start="00:08:15.248" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Just recreate the table of contents,""" start="00:08:17.320" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the nested structure of it, in your notes,""" start="00:08:19.493" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then you have something to hang your future thoughts onto.""" start="00:08:23.038" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Another example is a pro/contra table or list""" start="00:08:28.197" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to discuss opposing facets and perspective of a thing.""" start="00:08:31.518" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Another example would be models or metaphors""" start="00:08:35.479" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like the iceberg model""" start="00:08:37.831" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""where you point out something has a hidden depth to it""" start="00:08:39.061" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or the metaphor of a tree to model a thing""" start="00:08:42.182" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as a branching and growing idea.""" start="00:08:44.382" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Start in the Zettelkasten - Mechanic""" start="00:08:47.968" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Another habit which is also not essential""" start="00:08:47.968" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is to start in your Zettelkasten.""" start="00:08:50.435" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Starting in your Zettelkasten removes the cost of deciding""" start="00:08:52.455" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""what goes in there and what doesn't.""" start="00:08:55.256" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It gets you moving and up to speed""" start="00:08:57.517" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the method and the tool much easier.""" start="00:08:59.637" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Importing stuff later into the Zettelkasten""" start="00:09:03.278" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""can feel like a chore,""" start="00:09:05.079" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but starting the work you need to do anyway in it?""" start="00:09:06.199" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That reduces the mental hurdle.""" start="00:09:09.260" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As a regular Emacs hacker,""" start="00:09:11.561" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you'll eventually develop your own tools""" start="00:09:12.922" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to make initial exploration smoother over time,""" start="00:09:14.583" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like do you start in a particular place""" start="00:09:17.304" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or just create a new note from scratch somewhere.""" start="00:09:19.545" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You won't know this until you experience this stuff""" start="00:09:22.520" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for a while and try different things.""" start="00:09:25.027" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So don't worry and be open for change.""" start="00:09:26.868" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Start with a Link - Mechanic""" start="00:09:32.401" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""The final habit, also non-essential, is to start with a link""" start="00:09:32.401" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and not with the creation of a new file.""" start="00:09:36.370" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Start with a link, create the file later.""" start="00:09:38.452" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This avoids orphaned notes.""" start="00:09:40.513" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Orphaned notes are those no others are linking to.""" start="00:09:42.474" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""To these you can only get with a full-text search""" start="00:09:45.897" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or maybe by accident when you browse your notes,""" start="00:09:48.458" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but there is no orderly way to get to them.""" start="00:09:51.300" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Recap""" start="00:09:54.568" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""To recap: Write. Don't be sloppy.""" start="00:09:54.568" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Put in effort early to get faster at this.""" start="00:09:58.534" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is essential, because without putting effort""" start="00:10:00.601" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""into writing, you won't have anything to use.""" start="00:10:04.160" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Connect and leave trails to navigate.""" start="00:10:08.134" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That can tell a story when you traverse the trail later.""" start="00:10:10.501" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is essential because without connection,""" start="00:10:13.620" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you will not get anywhere.""" start="00:10:16.541" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Correct and improve things as you go.""" start="00:10:18.601" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The last essential thing: well,""" start="00:10:20.301" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""don't worry about perfection, and then,""" start="00:10:21.840" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""be gentle to your past self.""" start="00:10:24.142" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Adapt to what you learn along the way.""" start="00:10:25.803" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's essential, because without this attitude,""" start="00:10:27.977" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you can easily get stuck in analysis paralysis,""" start="00:10:31.125" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like where do I need to put this,""" start="00:10:33.746" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or what would be the perfect way to phrase this.""" start="00:10:35.040" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Design for use. This helps both finding your voice,""" start="00:10:37.368" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and to have criteria for selecting""" start="00:10:40.734" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""what to spend time and effort on in the first place.""" start="00:10:42.820" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It takes into account the opportunity cost""" start="00:10:45.234" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of high quality work from writing and connecting.""" start="00:10:47.350" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Create structures. You won't be able to scale""" start="00:10:50.251" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and stay organized and find your way around""" start="00:10:53.334" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""without structures. You can practice this early""" start="00:10:55.877" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and design structures deliberately,""" start="00:10:58.540" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it's also okay to ignore this for a while and wing it.""" start="00:11:00.600" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So it's not marked essential,""" start="00:11:03.985" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""although it may hurt you sooner than later.""" start="00:11:05.747" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The habit to start in the Zettelkasten?""" start="00:11:08.940" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, do the work you need to do in a place""" start="00:11:10.892" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that can pay back dividends""" start="00:11:13.794" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on the effort you put in.""" start="00:11:15.480" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's powerful, but also not essential.""" start="00:11:16.716" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You could just as well continue to write and think""" start="00:11:19.258" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and scribble somewhere else,""" start="00:11:21.620" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then do the Zettelkasten importing stuff later.""" start="00:11:23.461" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Start with a link.""" start="00:11:27.424" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's really useful practice,""" start="00:11:28.440" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but more like a lifehack and not an essential habit.""" start="00:11:30.246" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So you can also create new files from scratch""" start="00:11:33.207" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for ideas that come up as they come up""" start="00:11:35.348" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then try to connect them later.""" start="00:11:38.050" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, that's better than not writing at all, right?""" start="00:11:39.611" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So if you look at this, you may ask yourself,""" start="00:11:42.732" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""why is this create structure thing a mechanic and not a habit?""" start="00:11:44.748" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What's the difference? It seems kind of random.""" start="00:11:48.320" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, do create structures as an imperative""" start="00:11:50.877" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is a good habit, yes.""" start="00:11:53.919" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Structures facilitate growth of the Zettelkasten""" start="00:11:55.280" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and help you discover useful patterns""" start="00:11:57.982" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and the things you care about.""" start="00:11:59.563" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Patterns that work for you personally,""" start="00:12:00.680" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which make navigation easier""" start="00:12:03.445" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because they fit your personal expectations""" start="00:12:04.725" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for what is and what is not.""" start="00:12:07.606" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's something for you to do. That's a process.""" start="00:12:10.587" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But from the perspective of the Zettelkasten as a system,""" start="00:12:13.848" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that's a mechanic or rather dynamic,""" start="00:12:18.149" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the Zettelkasten grows organically.""" start="00:12:20.610" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Thanks to your constant intervention and usage of course.""" start="00:12:23.150" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's how time passes in your Zettelkasten.""" start="00:12:25.311" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's how a process of transformation enters the system.""" start="00:12:27.632" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The transformation affects the network.""" start="00:12:32.273" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Every new or updated note,""" start="00:12:34.801" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""every new connection changes the network.""" start="00:12:36.256" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The existing network then imposes demands""" start="00:12:38.558" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for new stuff to fit in, slowly solidifying""" start="00:12:40.719" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how things are organized to be perceived as orderly.""" start="00:12:43.680" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is calcifying.""" start="00:12:47.364" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's emergent creation of structure from use.""" start="00:12:49.085" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Structure here is expectation for what could come next.""" start="00:12:52.327" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""On top of this interplay of emergent structure""" start="00:12:56.269" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in your notes and processes""" start="00:12:58.650" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that operate these constraints,""" start="00:13:00.191" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you can design and influence and architect""" start="00:13:01.872" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and have explicit structures and patterns,""" start="00:13:04.373" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and therefore you can influence what is expected,""" start="00:13:06.874" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""what is unexpected and what fits""" start="00:13:09.634" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and what needs to change to fit in.""" start="00:13:11.837" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So the time you spend designing these things""" start="00:13:14.258" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will influence how the Zettelkasten""" start="00:13:18.140" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will behave in the future.""" start="00:13:20.301" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Facilitate Growth""" start="00:13:22.034" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""To prepare for growth""" start="00:13:22.034" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you will probably encounter thresholds along your journey.""" start="00:13:24.062" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Like 1-10 notes, well,""" start="00:13:27.534" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you can easily remember all of them.""" start="00:13:29.268" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""10-100, you will have forgotten some details,""" start="00:13:31.301" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but will probably remember writing most of these notes""" start="00:13:34.334" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in some way. 100-1000?""" start="00:13:37.068" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Bad luck, you will have a hard time going through everything""" start="00:13:40.240" video="mainVideo-zettelkasten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""one by one to find what you have. 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"]]

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