önke Ahrens’s book How to Take Smart Notes – One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers Source: Differentiating online variations of the Commonplace Book: Digital Gardens, Wikis, Zettlekasten, Waste Books, Florilegia, and Second Brains
Author: Cathie
Commonplace books
Historically commonplace books are one of the oldest and most influential structures in the note taking, writing, and thinking space. They have generally been physical books written by hand that contain notes which are categorized by headings (or in a modern context categories or tags. Source: Differentiating online variations of the Commonplace Book: Digital Gardens, […]
Why do we take notes?
People are “taught” (maybe told is the better verb) to take notes in school, but they’re never told why, what to do with them, or how to leverage them for maximum efficiency. Perhaps the idea has been so heavily imbued into our culture we’ve honestly forgotten the basic parts and reasoning behind it? Source: Differentiating […]
Help:: Getting Started / Day One
Most people find that using Wikity to bookmark is a good place to start. The following video shows how you can bookmark with Wikity. Note that in the video the bookmark says ‘Bkmrk’ but in recent versions says ‘Wik-it’. The editor has also been upgraded
Settings:: Publishing
These settings are used by Wikity to determine privacy (openness) and publishing schedule. Please note that putting “Open” to “No” is an experimental feature, providing “good enough” privacy but not great privacy. —-Settings—- OPEN: Yes RSS DELAY: 5 days
