• Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. A bicycle for the mind
2. Low-effort production for a distracted world
3. Caveats about this book
4. What is a Zettelkasten? A slip? A zettel? A note?
5. What is a Zettelkasten for?
6. Misconceptions corrected
   1. Note-taking does not take the pleasure away from reading
   2. Note-taking is not mindlessly writing down everything you read
   3. Note-taking is not boring
   4. Google is not a substitute for notes
7. Digital or paper?
   • Digital notes are better for...
   • Paper notes are better for...
   • Caveats
8. Which app(s) to use? (Whichever you want.)
   • The joys of plain-text
   • What about syncing?
   • Markdown
   • WikiLinks(or Freelink)
9. Anatomy of a Zettelkasten
   • The journey of a note
   • Fleeting Notes
   • Literature Notes
   • Permanent Notes
   • A note about re-writing vs. copying/pasting notes
   • What's not worth writing?
   • Do you need dynamic updates?
10. How to Read
    • Read
    • Export the highlights
    • Highlight the highlights
    • Condense the highlights into a literature note
    • Break literature notes into permanent notes
    • Not all steps, not all books
11. How to name your files
    1. Phrases
    2. Unique ID number
    3. Folgezettel
    4. Some Combination of the above
12. Choosing keywords/tags
    1. Specific and unique keywords
    2. Linking vs. tagging vs. both
13. Comfortable rituals for upkeep
    1. Comfortable contexts
    2. Matching activity with context
14. Turning your notes into completed work
    1. Tag Indexes
    2. Stitching it all together
15. Metadata
16. Begin
17. Specific tools