Plus, separating capture and curation from content creation, and lessons from a physical Zettelkasten — This week — Should capture and curation live in a space separate from content production? (Matt Giaro, Chuck Frey) Lessons from a physical Zettelkasten (Herbert Lui) Why I’ve removed the plain text Bible from my Obsidian vault A cool to do list holder (Ali Abdaal and Shawn Blanc use it) Productivity Tips and Inspiration

And start creating wonderful things with your collection of notes — Yesterday I watched and sketchnoted this 20-minute video about personal knowledge management (PKM). Sam Matla is a business coach, writer, entrepreneur, and a very insightful fellow! Less than ten seconds into the video I could see he has a deep, personal understanding of why some of us continually work ON…

Plus, Logseq and Obsidian’s spatial canvases compared, and another PKM newsletter I think you’ll like — This week — It’s okay to take a (short) break from doing your dishes — and clearing your inbox TFT Hacker’s thoughts on Logseq and Obsidian’s spatial canvas offerings Omnivore vs. Reader: is paid really that much better than free? Why my brain dumps feel so much better on paper…

Paired with the Rocketbook app, it’s analog + plain text heaven! — What’s the best way to use paper with a digital productivity system? That’s the question I’ve been trying to answer for the past month. My research led me to the Rocketbook, which seems to have some remarkably dedicated fans, so I checked it out. It’s a fantastic concept, I was…

What’s superfluous in one Markdown editor can be a big help in another — I’ve just added some under-the-hood navigation to my super minimalist Obsidian daily note template. From everything but the kitchen sink to nothing but the date, my daily note now links to the previous day, current day, week, month, and yearly plan. But you wouldn’t know it from first glance. It’s…

Plus, The bravery of destroying childhood journals, and corralling the wild inboxes of my life — Today I’ll be talking about — How one brave individual torched their childhood journals, and felt better for it The Hyphenation plugin Using Glasp and AI to summarise long podcasts Taming the wild inboxes of my life Planning my month in three different locations Productivity Inspiration This article by Kai X Fenix…

List links to any app, Shortcut, or file in your vault, right next to your bookmarks — Arc, a Chrome alternative, is the first browser I’ve used where the learning curve surprised me. It feels more like an app than a browser, which is, I think, what the developers at The Browser Company intend. The biggest surprise of all was discovering by accident that with the help…

Plus, Why I’m loving writing (and re-writing) my tasks, and an in-browser collaboration-friendly Markdown editor — Today I’ll be talking about — How creating content maps by hand can help you take a mental picture that you won’t get with an auto-generated graph The five questions I ask myself when writing out a task by hand starts to feel arduous A free in-browser Markdown editor ideal…