Best practice for note taking

 

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.