PKM

Associative Linking

Folders sort. Links think. Associative linking lets notes meet without remembering every filename.

Atomic design for notes: one idea per file, combinable later - borrowed from Brad Frost's UI method.

Atomic notes hold one idea each - written to stand alone and link freely, not as mini blog posts.

Personal API means structured notes future-you and your tools can read - not OAuth and microservices.

A Second Brain holds ideas outside your head - starting with capture, not willpower.

I bullet journal for rapid logging on paper - tasks, events, notes, migrated weekly. No pretty spreads.

Capture is where PKM lives or dies - one trusted inbox, save what resonates, not everything you see.

Teams need shared knowledge with clear owners and norms - separate from a solo thinking garden.

Context-aware capture records why you saved something - project, mood, question - while it's still obvious.

Creative blocks aren't solved by more capture - one small ship action usually unsticks me.