A Zettelkasten is a method of note-taking pioneered by Conrad Gessner and famously used by Niklas Luhmann.1 The concept revolves around gathering atomic notes in a slip box (or a digital equivalent), each uniquely described by an ID. These IDs can then be used as referrals or bi-directional links between notes. In its simplest form, a Zettelkasten is a graph where the nodes are notes and the connections are links. The appeal of this process is that connections between knowledge - often never found elsewhere - appear dynamically, allowing for a deeper connection with the topic at hand.
IDs
The IDs used to identify your notes can be whatever you prefer, as long as they are unique. The preferred method for a physical Zettelkasten is to use numbers based on the date and time (e.g. 202003202350
). For software-based Zettelkasten, one could just use the title of the note or a randomly generated ID (like the one in the URL of this page).
This is a spoiler
Here is h3
Much content, such wow
Something smart
- Some smart guy, 1929
Here is a list:
- Element 1
- Element 2
- Element 3 with $\sin(x)$ math inside.
Here is a numbered list as well:
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What the hell?
This was a very long list element, phew
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This second element even includes a dropdown
More stuff
- Woa, here is a sublist
- That is pretty cool, isn’t it?
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Last element just for good measure
Here I’ve also included some code
// This is some sample code
// Click here and start typing.
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
let x = 2 + 2;
println!("2 + 2 = {}", x);
}
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, March 16). Zettelkasten. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten