Note Taking

Progressive Summarization

Distill on demand: bold, highlight, summarize when you reuse the note - not on save.

RSS is research without Twitter - subscribe, batch read, clip what resonates.

The slip-box was physical cards and links - history separates myth from method.

Slow productivity pushes back on busy-as-virtue - fewer projects, more finished work.

Spaced repetition schedules reviews before you forget - for facts you need cold, not wiki pages.

SRS apps implement spaced repetition - keep Anki beside the wiki, not inside it.

Archive isn't delete - move finished work out of active PARA so today's projects breathe.

Collecting articles feels like progress - tie saves to express deadlines or cut them.

Explain notes like you're teaching someone - gaps in explanation show gaps in understanding.

Zettelkasten: one idea per note, dense links, write from the network.