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Digital Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & Examples

Digital Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & Examples

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Are you an academic, author, blogger, or anyone else who wants to make writing a breeze?


The Zettelkasten method is the perfect way to harness the power of technology to remember what you read and boost creativity. Invented in the 16th century, and practiced to its fullest extent by a German sociologist who wrote seventy books and hundreds of articles, the Zettelkasten method is exploding in popularity. Writers of all types are discovering that digital tools make the method more powerful than ever, turning your digital life into an "external brain," or "bicycle for the mind."


In Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & Examples, blogger and nonfiction author David Kadavy shares a first-principles approach on how to adapt the Zettelkasten method to simple digital tools of your choice.


  • How to structure your Zettelkasten? Kadavy borrows an element of the Getting Things Done framework to make sure nothing you want to read falls through the cracks.
  • Naming convention pros/cons. Should you adopt the classic "Folgezettel" technique, or do digital tools make it irrelevant for your workflow?
  • Reading workflow. The exact steps to follow to turn what you read into detailed notes you can mix and match to produce writing.
  • Staying comfortable. Build a workflow to maintain your Zettelkasten without being chained to your computer.
  • Examples, examples, examples. See real examples of notes that illustrate concepts, so you can build a Zettelkasten that fits your workflow and tools.


Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & Examples is short, to the point, with no fluff, so it won't keep you from what you want - to build your Zettelkasten!



Author: David Kadavy
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Kadavy, Inc.
Published: 05/31/2021
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d
ISBN: 9780578928098
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