How “The 10x Writing Speed Blueprint” Changed How I Think About Notetaking
Smartnotes 10x your idea to publication speed
I’m a sucker for a good online course. Todd Brison is teaching the concept of Smart Notes in Roam to Tim Denning in this course. It’s closed now. It doesn’t always open up, but when it does sign up quick.
The basis for the course is using a Zettlekasten by Niklas Luhmann. He was a very productive scientist who published 600 of articles and 50 books. He was a prolific writer of scientific literature that few people have duplicated. How did he do it?
Luhmann created the Zettlekasten. What is it? It is a database of notes. Each note an idea. Luhmann spoke of his Zettelkasten as his “partner”.
Each idea is a separate note. This is important. It isn’t a collection of notes. What makes the system unique is that each note has its own ID number and key words that link to other notes. You can use a simple numbering system such as N1, N2, N3. Or you can use year-month-day-time or whatever you like, but it needs to be unique. The idea is to take smart notes while you learn. Whether you are reading, listening to podcasts, or reading medium articles. That way you are only thinking once.
