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Posted by Christian Tietze
Apr 30, 2014 at 08:24 PM
Hi,
I think I need your experience to find out which software can be a good part of a Zettelkasten workflow. And I think I can offer something interesting in return: a platform. On that platform, we can collect information and cross-reference resources on the web to create a useful resource to anyone interested in a Zettelkasten-style knowledge management.
I have added the two apps I have already reviewed to the Zettelkasten.de tools section to get us started. See for yourself:
http://www.zettelkasten.de/tools/
Once you drop me an e-mail, I’ll gladly add a link to your personal software reviews and usage reports to the collection.
I find it hard to really compare software by some set of abstract criteria. It’s easy for me to select software based on compliance to the basic Zettelkasten requirements, but this won’t help anybody who is searching a good fit to her case. Instead, I think that detailed and personal write-ups of a user’s experience provide deeper insight, and that this really helps to illustrate how to use an application.
This is totally a work-in-progress. I’d love to hear your opinion.
—Christian
Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 30, 2014 at 10:38 PM
Christian Tietze wrote:
>Once you drop me an e-mail, I’ll gladly add a link to your personal
>software reviews and usage reports to the collection.
Hi Christian,
It’s a very interesting project, I wish you the best of luck with it. Unfortunately I’m too busy at the moment to be writing a complete review of my current Zettelkasten software (ConnectedText), but I’m happy to offer you pointers and suggestions, if you decide to review it.
I’ve only just adopted the Zettelkasten method a few months ago, and I can’t even claim to be an authentic user of it. But just earlier today I tried to summarise the process of creating a Zettelkasten-type note in CT (sorry, didn’t have time for screenshots):
http://drandus.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/taking-reading-notes-with-connectedtext/
Posted by Christian Tietze
May 3, 2014 at 07:03 AM
Thanks! Screenshots of course would be nice. I’m going to add your CT posts to the collection anyway to get people started. I also think MK of takingnotenow has interesting posts on the topic. The hardest part will be to decide which posts add value for someone trying to implement a Zettelkasten with the application.
Posted by Dr Andus
May 3, 2014 at 10:32 AM
Christian Tietze wrote:
>Screenshots of course would be nice.
Sorry about that. My current database is confidential and I don’t have time right now to make a fake database just for the screenshots.
But I can recommend Steve Zeoli’s post, which does illustrate some of CT’s capabilities for a Zettelkasten:
Posted by Paul Korm
May 3, 2014 at 04:50 PM
I like Christian’s project—it is very ambitious, but is already demonstrating its value. Thank you for your work, Christian!
I mentioned somewhere (perhaps here, but I cannot find it) that the zettlekasten project is similar to what Brett Terpstra did a year or more ago with a community-sourced roundup of key features for “iText Editors”. Brett created a Google spreadsheet configured to capture information about apps that fit his scope, and opened access to let readers of his blog make entries describing software they knew about. It wasn’t a “review” process, but it did create a resource with more feature information about more apps than a single author could have compiled in a reasonable period.
Here’s the project: http://brettterpstra.com/ios-text-editors/