Personal Knowledge Base Features

• Index cards
  • http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com/2007/12/luhmanns-zettelkasten.html
  • https://zettelkasten.de/posts/zettelkasten-improves-thinking-writing/
• Text based
  • Emacs org-mode
  • Sublime Zk
  • ConnectedText
  • nvALT
  • standardnotes.org
  • simplenote.com
  • bulletjournal.com
  • auratikum.de
  • nakedknowledge.com
• Mindmaps
  • workflowy.com
  • thebrain.com
  • cmap
• Evernote, DEVONthink, and Google Docs
• Pinboards
  • http://are.na
  • http://pinterest.com
  • https://kippt.com
• Social bookmarking
  • pinboard.in
  • dropmark.com
• Living docs or collaborative bins
  • etherpad.org OSS
  • piratepad.net Broken
  • hackpad.com
  • socrates.io MIT
  • snippi.com
  • penflip.com Closed Source
  • quip.com Closed Source
• Other
  • Prompt book
• Resources
  • https://gitlab.com/toupeira/reactive-wiki-idea
  • https://strengejacke.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/luhmanns-arbeitsweise-im-elektronischen-zettelkasten/

 

 

Features:

• “human knowledge is cumulative” implement this idea by encouraging users to make public posts, then other users could search through them and fork them, this will be very good (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9912920)
• Non-proprietary (open source) file formats / standards
  • Based on a filesystem
  • ASCII based content, e.g. Markdown Support (https://github.com/unicate/markdownpages)
• Synchronization and Versioning between devices using Git
• Plugin Support
  • Note livecycle events to hook in plugins
  • https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Plugin-UI-architecture
• Remote Storage using Git
• Collaboration
• Capture
  • Bookmarklet
  • Keyboard shortcut like nvALT
• Note
  • Types (Concept)
    • Desk Notes used as entry points
    • Content Notes
    • Structure Notes (zettelkasten-hubs)
  • Structure
    • Title and Content
    • Tags
• Inbox for new and scheduled items
• Content Classification
  • Similar Notes
  • First level notes (actively imported and store notes)
    • Folder structure (like on OS)
    • Tags
  • Second level notes (background notes from channels like RSS, notes from neighbors)
    • Permanent Searches (aka Smart Folders)
• Memorization using Super Memo
• Entry points
  • Full-text Search
  • Index of tags
• User Interface
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Web UI
    • Themes
  • CLI (https://gist.github.com/anonymous/b751aee935dd7892e049)
• Hyperlinks
  • Table of Contents Notes (zettelkasten-hubs)
  • Transclusion to support multiple storage principle
• Privacy
  • Self hosted (https://github.com/alanszlosek/tracker
• Encryption
  • autocrypt.org
• Import
  • Feeds
  • Channels from Users
• Export

[0] Discussion on FAQT https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9911942
[1] Designing a PKB https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8270759
[2] A list of services https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9912570
[3] Designing a PKB http://www.acuriousmix.com/2014/09/03/designing-a-personal-knowledgebase/
[4] http://www.acuriousmix.com/2014/09/03/designing-a-personal-knowledgebase/#comment-1575169922
[5] Zettelkasten https://forum.zettelkasten.de/
[6] Migrate from Zettelkasten to Plain Text https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luedeckes-zettelkasten-erik-pfeiffer/
[7] Johannes Schmidt: Der Zettelkasten als Zweitgedächtnis Niklas Luhmanns https://vimeo.com/173128404