PKM

Maps of Content

A MOC is a curated index of notes on a topic - a table of contents you write by hand.

Mental models are shortcuts for thinking - I keep a short list that survived real use.

Tags, categories, dates, aliases - metadata should help you find notes, not become taxonomy hell.

Mind maps are the messy first pass - export to atomic notes after, not instead.

Mobile capture: share sheet to inbox - save the spark before you scroll away.

Newsletters are RSS with delivery guilt - filter to a label, batch read weekly.

Researchers need source notes and synthesis notes - never merge the two.

PKM organization is enough structure to find things - not a perfect folder tree.

PARA sorts notes by life responsibility - Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive.

Notes rot without review - calendar weekly and quarterly passes for inbox, projects, evergreens.