I keep returning to this idea of "working with the garage open" and what that means for my work.
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It's hard to know what of my research I should share and what I should save... for publication etc.
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Not to mention all the stuff that just needs a lot more fleshing out or percolating. I resonate with the push to make Roams and zkns public but I also don't think it's the notes themselves that have value but the process of noting/synthesizing/connecting them.
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That said the utility and popularity of notes provide a strong counterpoint. But I imagine there's quite a bit of filtering between his own inbox and his note public note system too.
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So grateful for the way @andy_matuschak works with the door open, and has inspired me to do the same
This post is SO similar to our vision for @RoamResearch, especially with respect to making Spaced Repetition a first class operation for knowledge work
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Still the positive feedback of sharing and getting something out there- even in pieces, even rough- is undeniable. It feels like I did something. It feels like I have something to offer. With my head down in the archives I easily forget this.
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Teaching helps. Students are the best.
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Blogging is an idea. But I often get distracted by the blog as "product"- another thing to polish, produce, and market. That work can distract from the work the blog is meant to be in service of. I get wrapped up in the identity of the blog.
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Digital gardens are better idea. More friendly, more share friendly. More work in progress. Every time I get started on one of these I get distracted by where I'm going to put the garden or how it's going to run.
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Inevitably I start parsing infinite digressions about what notes go where and why. I can't make all my notes public, so which ones? why? should I format them a separate way? What kinds of checks balances should I set up to check for new notes and revise etc.
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I have over 12,000 interconnected zetteln (notes) in a folder on my computer. I have a mild panic attack every time I've tried to "publish" 1 or 2 on a blog.
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I had this problem for a while too. I’ve managed to mostly resolve it through obscurity. There are thousands of notes online, but people only link to useful and prominent ones. Then I blacklisted a few tags whose notes should remain private.
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I do love how there is no search in your notes so you can only get to other notes through a link. I like how it forces the reader to make active decisions to continue (instead of passive scroll or page turn), but I hadn’t considered the privacy capability of this approach!
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