Recently I read Sönke Ahrens’s book How to Take Smart Notes. It is about notetaking using the Zettelkasten method. The gist of the method is that you note each idea on a separate card. Then you organize the cards into a hierarchy and interlink them using a clever numbering system. This interlinking allows you to generate new ideas. Nowadays you can use a computer program to do the same, of course. The book is thin on how the method actually works and focuses on why you should use it. I’v...
