Note-Taking

TagLast edit: Feb 6, 2021, 8:25 PM by Yoav Ravid

Taking notes is writing that’s primarily for yourself—whether for memory, or for study, or for reference, or to generate or develop ideas.

Related Pages: Zettelkasten, Scholarship & Learning, Spaced Repetition

The Zettelkasten Method

abramdemskiSep 20, 2019, 1:15 PM

219 points

90 comments42 min readLW link 3 reviews

[Question] What’s your favorite notetaking system?

ElizabethSep 30, 2019, 6:18 AM

32 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

How to take smart notes (Ahrens, 2017)

Yuxi_LiuJul 23, 2019, 3:34 PM

70 points

12 comments6 min readLW link

BBE W1: HMCM and Notetaking Systems

SpiracularJun 9, 2020, 7:20 PM

26 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Learning By Writing

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 22, 2022, 3:50 PM

150 points

25 comments10 min readLW link 3 reviews

(www.cold-takes.com)

Write

alkjashJan 29, 2018, 2:11 AM

43 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Conversational canyons

Henrik KarlssonJan 4, 2023, 6:55 PM

59 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Zibbaldone With It All

RandominiAug 28, 2020, 11:37 AM

24 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

[CORE] Concepts for Understanding the World

SquirrelInHellJul 16, 2016, 10:53 AM

4 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

How I use Google Forms in my Workflow

Harri BesceliJul 26, 2020, 12:17 PM

34 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

making notes—an instrumental rationality process.

EloSep 5, 2015, 10:51 PM

25 points

20 comments7 min readLW link

How do you take notes?

ChristianKlJun 22, 2014, 10:45 AM

19 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How would you take math notes to make the most of them?

EvzenMar 15, 2020, 6:18 AM

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Capturing Ideas

abramdemskiSep 9, 2020, 9:20 PM

74 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

my note system

bhauthMay 15, 2024, 12:20 AM

22 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Write to Think

Michael SamoilovJan 12, 2023, 12:33 AM

10 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

How to develop a photographic memory 2/3

PhilosophicalSoulDec 30, 2023, 8:18 PM

27 points

7 comments12 min readLW link

How to develop a photographic memory 3/3

PhilosophicalSoulFeb 8, 2024, 9:22 AM

6 points

2 comments18 min readLW link

Embed your second brain in your first brain

dkl9Feb 22, 2024, 9:46 PM

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

What comes after Roam’s renaissance?

Itay DreyfusMay 12, 2024, 8:51 AM

14 points

23 comments11 min readLW link

(productidentity.co)

Preparing to land on Jezero Crater, Mars: Notes from NASEM livestream

YitzFeb 17, 2021, 7:35 PM

3 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How refined is your art of note-taking?

DirectedEvolutionMay 19, 2021, 10:12 PM

23 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

A Starter-kit for Rationality Space

Jesse HooglandSep 1, 2022, 1:04 PM

43 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(github.com)

How to develop a photographic memory 1/3

PhilosophicalSoulDec 28, 2023, 1:26 PM

34 points

6 comments14 min readLW link

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