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Context-Aware Capture

Context-Aware Capture

A link without context is a mystery six weeks later. I try to capture why I saved something - project, mood, question - while it's still obvious.

Creative Blocks

Creative Blocks

I have thousands of notes and still stare at a blank page sometimes. Creative blocks aren't solved by more capture - here's what actually unsticks me.

Creative Output

Creative Output

Notes are inventory. Output is the point - blog posts, sermons, code, dinner experiments. Here's how I push from archive to shipped.

Curation as Creation

Curation as Creation

Selecting, ordering, and framing notes is creative work. I stopped treating curation as housekeeping.

Digital Garden

Digital Garden

My digital garden is a personal site where notes grow in public - linked, imperfect, alive.

Digital Serendipity

Digital Serendipity

Serendipity isn't random luck for me - it's building a system where old notes surprise me at the right time.

Evergreen Notes

Evergreen Notes

I write evergreen notes to stay useful - timeless phrasing, clear claims, updated when reality changes.

GTD vs PARA

GTD vs PARA

GTD runs my tasks. PARA runs my notes. They're cousins, not competitors - here's how I use both without doubling admin.

Maps of Content

Maps of Content

A MOC is a curated index of notes on a topic - not a folder list, a table of contents I write by hand.

Newsletter Filtering

Newsletter Filtering

Newsletters are RSS with delivery guilt. I filter them to a label, batch read weekly, clip what resonates.

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