Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Find more zettelkasten content from me on Medium 📝 (sign up at my referral link and part of your membership cost will go to me!): medium.com/@morganeua/membership
Do you find knowledge management software on the computer a bit intimidating? Do you trust physical storage more than the digital type? Do you just love arts and crafts and need a knowledge management system that appeals to that part of you? Maybe knowledge sticks better when you can see it spatially laid out? Whatever the reason you prefer pen and paper to computer-based note-taking systems - zettelkasten has you covered! This is how knowledge management has been done for years and it could work for you, too!
I do not personally have a physical zettelkasten. I host mine in the software Obsidian, you can learn more about it here: youtu.be/L9SLlxaEEXY
@scottscheper does have a physical zettelkasten and makes videos about it here on YouTube, so you could check those out, like this one I featured in the video: youtu.be/3oqxWdtvqlk
And thank you to @RileyEffective for the video of the slip box!
✨TIMESTAMPS✨
0:00 - Why a zettelkasten?
2:57 - What you'll need
4:22 - Guiding principles of notetaking
9:10 - Layout of the box
10:05 - Layout of a permanent note
10:35 - Labelling notes
11:13 - Writing a note
12:47 - Bibliographic notes
14:56 - Naming sections / emerging topics
15:25 - Adding new notes with unique identifiers
17:07 - Hub notes
18:46 - Using the zettelkasten to write / make projects
20:40 - Connecting bibliographic notes
21:30 - Make it fun!
21:55 - Follow me on Medium for more
#zettelkasten #notetaking #knowledgemanagement
Find more zettelkasten content from me on Medium 📝 (sign up at my referral link and part of your membership cost will go to me!): medium.com/@morganeua/membership
Do you find knowledge management software on the computer a bit intimidating? Do you trust physical storage more than the digital type? Do you just love arts and crafts and need a knowledge management system that appeals to that part of you? Maybe knowledge sticks better when you can see it spatially laid out? Whatever the reason you prefer pen and paper to computer-based note-taking systems - zettelkasten has you covered! This is how knowledge management has been done for years and it could work for you, too!
I do not personally have a physical zettelkasten. I host mine in the software Obsidian, you can learn more about it here: youtu.be/L9SLlxaEEXY
@scottscheper does have a physical zettelkasten and makes videos about it here on YouTube, so you could check those out, like this one I featured in the video: youtu.be/3oqxWdtvqlk
And thank you to @RileyEffective for the video of the slip box!
✨TIMESTAMPS✨
0:00 - Why a zettelkasten?
2:57 - What you'll need
4:22 - Guiding principles of notetaking
9:10 - Layout of the box
10:05 - Layout of a permanent note
10:35 - Labelling notes
11:13 - Writing a note
12:47 - Bibliographic notes
14:56 - Naming sections / emerging topics
15:25 - Adding new notes with unique identifiers
17:07 - Hub notes
18:46 - Using the zettelkasten to write / make projects
20:40 - Connecting bibliographic notes
21:30 - Make it fun!
21:55 - Follow me on Medium for more
#zettelkasten #notetaking #knowledgemanagement
