Andy Matuschak

Andy was one of the most influential figures to me when I was setting up the talahardin.

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Evergreen note-taking system

Here is the workflow of andy matuschak's reimagining of zettelkasten for the Internet age.

• Andy picks prompts and incomplete notes from his writing inbox.
• Develop the note into an Evergreen notes.
  • Example of Evergreen notes in stages of development:
    • Stubs implicitly defined through backlinks (Note: I do not yet understand this at the moment. See: https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Taxonomy_of_note_types)
    • Simple definitions for terms from the literature
    • Precise, narrow declarative notes
    • Higher-level APIs
      • Notes abstracting over many other notes
      • Personal definition of terms
  • Develop a good title
    • Use complete phrases as note titles to maintain concept-orientation.
    • Use questions as note titles to pressure you to get to the core of the matter. But the goal is to drop the question mark eventually
  • Link note to other Evergreen notes
    • While writing the note, you will create new phrases that will become new notes. Create a page for these notes then include them in your Writing Inbox.

To do

• Write this note as a brief description of Andy’s system. Do not use it as the reference for your own system.

References

Matuschak, A. (n.d.). Taxonomy of note types. Andyʼs Working Notes. Retrieved September 18, 2021, from https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Taxonomy_of_note_types

Matuschak, A. (n.d.). Prefer note titles with complete phrases to sharpen claims. Andyʼs Working Notes. Retrieved November 14, 2021, from https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z3KmNj3oKKSTJfqdfSEBzTQiCVGoC4GfK3rYW