Use the “block-references” feature, which you can discover in the / command, or when you type ((
In Roam, every workflowy type bullet point is a card—and you can embed them elsewhere—or like to them with an alias (that’s a sort of hidden workflow that mostly power users use rn, probably need to improve)
In the original location, you see the number of other places you’ve referenced that card (back links), and clicking that button shows you all those locations
This makes it easy to build “trails” of ideas across documents
In the Zettelkasten process, when you have an idea, you first write it down, then think about where to place it, then think about what other ideas it connects to and link those up.
In Roam, you’d probably just start writing the idea down on the day that you wrote it—maybe nested under a some links/tags that relate to the general idea (or use links inline) so you can find it again later.
If you’re using Roam for Zettelkasting, next step is to look through your notes and find other ideas that you might want to link to those blocks.
It’s still not super seamless, but a hell of a lot faster than paper index cards, especially as your zettelkasten grows
A couple things I’d suggest
Use the “block-references” feature, which you can discover in the / command, or when you type ((
In Roam, every workflowy type bullet point is a card—and you can embed them elsewhere—or like to them with an alias (that’s a sort of hidden workflow that mostly power users use rn, probably need to improve)
In the original location, you see the number of other places you’ve referenced that card (back links), and clicking that button shows you all those locations
This makes it easy to build “trails” of ideas across documents
In the Zettelkasten process, when you have an idea, you first write it down, then think about where to place it, then think about what other ideas it connects to and link those up.
In Roam, you’d probably just start writing the idea down on the day that you wrote it—maybe nested under a some links/tags that relate to the general idea (or use links inline) so you can find it again later.
If you’re using Roam for Zettelkasting, next step is to look through your notes and find other ideas that you might want to link to those blocks.
It’s still not super seamless, but a hell of a lot faster than paper index cards, especially as your zettelkasten grows