My role involves writing, editing, and content engineering.
And questions-answerer and problem-solver among other unwritten roles in the job description 😉
⚠️ some caveats ⚠️
Very highly opinionated information.
Steal ideas and adapt to your context.
What works for me may or may not work for you.
Some questions for you
❔ what does knowledge mean to you?
❔ Have you experienced moments when you felt that you had something skirt along the edges of your mind but you could not recall what it was?
❔ Have you had moments of serendipity?
a day in a writer’s life
As writers, we deal with information in every part of our day.
How many sources of information are you exposed to throughout a normal work day?
And how many times did you find yourself searching for a key piece of information?
what is PKM?
📖 Definitions
Knowledge Management (KM)
Knowledge Management is the process of capturing, distributing, and effectively using knowledge.
Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
Personal Knowledge Management is a process of collecting information that a person uses to gather, classify, store, search, retrieve and share knowledge in their daily activities and the way in which these processes support work activities.
How many sources of knowledge are you exposed to throughout a normal work day?
Tools for Thought
A structured system in place to organize your thoughts, notes, and files
👉 analog tools
👉 digital tools
👉 knowledge frameworks 🆕
Analog Tools
Digital Tools
Evernote
TiddlyWiki
OneNote
Keep
Notion
Roam
Obsidian
Other Text Tools
Knowledge Frameworks
Alternative Terms
Digital Gardens
Second Brains
Zettelkastens
Frameworks
PARA method
LYT Kit method
Johnny Decimal method
🆕 Useful when you want to organise things
Obsidian
what is Obsidian?
Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
Think of it as a personal knowledge base or your second brain.