Steve: I would like to learn to create notes more efficient.
Benjamin: That's great, and i can tell you how.
Steve: Are you working with the Luhmann system?
Benjamin: Not exactly, I'm using my own principle
Steve: Tell me more about it.
Benjamin: It is hard to explain, but you can take a look. Here is a shoebox.
Steve: I see, there are hundreds of index cards in the box. How do you find something in the box?
Benjamin: I don't.
Steve: But, isn't it the idea of a note taking system that older information can be retrieved?
Benjamin: In the Luhmann system this is the case, but my shoebox is working the other way around.
Steve: Ok, let us make an example, which notes do you have about the LaTeX typesetting language.
Benjamin: LaTeX has at it's first letter an L. Unfortunately, i have no index ...
Steve: Luhmann was using in addition a thematic tree which is working with alphanumberical numbers. So perhaps we search in the cmputer section?
Benjamin: Ops, i have no sections and no IDs. There is no section about computers.
Steve: What?
Benjamin: Sorry, but the notes have no order at all, but i know there are some information about the TeX software in the box, but i doesn't know where exactly.
Steve: And how do you find it?
Benjamin: I will take the note number one from the box, scan the content and put it on a stack. Then i will take the next note from the box scan it and so on.
Steve: This will take endless amount of time.
Benjamin. No problem there is no need to hurry up. And perhaps we will find something else which looks interesting.
Steve: Thanks for the explanation.
Benjamin: See you later.