Steve: Hi, how are you?
Brian: Fine. You're are looking great.
Steve: Can you explain in easy words how to take notes?
Brian: For a certain subject, or in general?
Steve: In general, because in the past my efficiency was too low.
Brian: A common mistake in note taking is, that the users are trying to reinvent the Luhmann system.
Steve: Are you talking about Folgezettel?
Brian: Not only but also about the Luhmann id.
Steve: It looks like a mess
Brian: Yes, the nodes are sorted in a linear way which makes it hard to find something.
Steve: What can you recommend instead?
Brian: First thing to do is to create folders.
Brian: ... and then the id is removed because the outliner software handles the hierarchy by itself.
Steve: In the new note book it is much easier to write something because there is a clear structure available.
Brian: Exactly, The user can add new information in the existing folders or he can create new folders if he needs more space.
Steve: Can the software handle larger amount of information?
Brian: Sure, there is no limitation for the file size, it is possible to create notes which have 10 MB and more It is even possible to archive longer prose texts.
Steve: What is about search?
Brian: This feature is realized very well in the outliner program. The user types in a term and then he gets a list of all the hits.
Steve: Thanks for the explanation. I will implement the principle as soon as possible in my own note taking system.
Brian: This is recommended. Bye.