(2015-03-28) Tietze You Dont Need A Wiki Being Content With Your Software

Christian Tietze: You Don't Need a Wiki – Being Content with Your Software • Zettelkasten Method. Manfred favors WikiLink note connections because they are so darn fast to create if you know the title of the note you want to link to. That’s a situation I don’t ever find myself in. 2011-10-18-KuehnConnectedtextThePersonalWikiSystem

To emulate what a link does, taking me to another note, that is, I copy the note identifier and search for it. This takes me to the target note. Please pay attention to the fact that I rely on the search of my software to jump to link targets

Note connections are the very core feature of a working Zettelkasten. Without links, you don’t get to experience the value of “fortuitous connections”.

Wiki-style Links Have an Advantage That Doesn’t Matter: Quick Note Creation

The Zettelkasten workflow utilizes a bottom-up approach: you find cool stuff and add it to your archive. Doing it the way a Wiki encourages doesn’t fit most Zettelkasten use cases.

Sascha and I can use any plain text editor, any full-text search, and any file synchronization mechanism. We can even get read access our archives from other computers via Dropbox’s web interface.

Considering the field of software development I venture in, I need to enter seemingly unrelated info fast. There’s tons of interesting material on the web. Most connections between notes about programming are indirect via tags. In my notes about topics from humanities and philosophy, direct links between notes are way more common. nvALT’s excellent note creating feature helps me stay on top of the game in both cases.