The Opposite Collector’s Fallacy

Or: Maintaing a Zettelkasten for Personal Growth ‘Processing, not collecting’ has become one of the mantra’s of the Zettelkasten community. And for good reason: this is exactly what building a Zettelkasten is all about. Building a Zettelkasten for personal growth however I soon found the dichotomy to be too limited. I felt that Zettel shouldn’t

Comparing apps for Zettelkasten

Trying to figure out which app to use for my Zettelkasten, I got lost in all the options, so I decided to make a little overview to help me decide I included Bear, Obsidian, Roam, SublimeZK, Zettlr, TheArchive, FS Notes, NValt, iA Writer and Ulysses. Of those Obsidian, Roam, SublimeZK, Zettlr also work on Windows

Using Standard Notes as a Personal Knowledge Base

After some initial struggles, I’ve decided to stick with Standard Notes for my personal text archive. That means peace of mind, knowing that I can access my notes anywhere and that whatever I write down will stay private, but it also means working with its limitations. Many of those limitations concern the possibilities for organizing