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Personal knowledge management

Personal knowledge management (PKM) refers to the collection of processes that a person uses to gather, classify, store, search, retrieve, and share knowledge. The goal is to facilitate learning, recall, and the generation of new ideas.^[index.md]

Tooling and Ecosystem

Effective PKM often relies on software tools to organize information. Common applications in this space support linking thoughts, managing structured data, and integrating references^[index.md]:

  • [[Obsidian]]: A popular tool for PKM, characterized by its use of markdown files and focus on Zettelkasten-style linking^[index.md].
  • [[Notion]]: A versatile workspace that combines note-taking with database functionality for organizing knowledge^[index.md].
  • [[Logseq]]: An outliner-based tool that supports bi-directional linking and graph views^[index.md].

PKM encompasses various methodologies and workflows for handling information:

  • Zettelkasten: A method of note-taking and personal knowledge management that emphasizes atomic notes and linking.
  • Atomic note principle: The practice of recording only one idea per note to ensure flexibility and reusability^[zettelkasten.md].
  • Documentation Workflow: The systematic process of creating and maintaining documentation, often utilizing templates for efficiency^[readme-templates.md].
  • Evolutionary note preservation: The principle of keeping old notes and linking them to new iterations to document the evolution of thought^[zettelkasten.md].

Sources

  • index.md