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Tags, Nested tags, Links/backlinks, Folders- What do you use? (Also, MOC's or Maps of Content pages)
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Posted by Luhmann
Dec 18, 2021 at 08:06 PM
I explain my Logseq workflow here:
https://discuss.logseq.com/t/my-logseq-workflow/2278
Posted by steveylang
Dec 27, 2021 at 09:01 PM
Thank you everybody for the detailed and thoughtful replies.
Everyone’s work and thus specific needs are different, so it is interesting to see what approaches work for different people.
Amontillado, steve-rogers, Dr. Andus: For me, tags as status/state works well, and better than as a primary organizational method. can see how proficient use of tags would allow one to easily whittle down a large database to just 1 or 2 relevant notes. I never got really comfortable doing this myself, as I was afraid of losing information through the cracks by missing/misnamed tags, etc. But I can now see how a good tag implementation by the app would prevent that.
Right now links and backlinks as primary organizational method is working well for me. I find it easier to organize new notes by just adding a link (which then shows up as a backlink on my subject page), than say dragging and dropping a new note into a folder. My subject pages then contain a working mix of tasks, running notes, links to sub pages, and a list of back links that I can work through or sort as needed (basically the MOC concept I mentioned in my original post.) I guess what I like about this organizational method vs. just folders is there’s more contextual information about each project, not just a list of folder contents. And once I started using MOC pages, I no longer needed folders.
Luhmann- I really like the special page types you have classified in your system, and will begin using tags to implements some of these myself. I haven’t tried Logseq yet because there there is no mobile app, but I just found out that there is an iOS Alpha and will give the desktop app a shot.
Unlike Dr. Andus, I don’t trust myself to use different apps simultaneously, and find keeping tasks, projects, stored info in a single app minimizes friction. But again, that really will depend on your particular work.
Cheers all!