I think the author's first principle contradicts the article: it says that "good notes should behave like memory." But actual human memory is *not* immutable, not even close; memories are changed somewhat every time we recall them. So it seems to me that a system that actually matched memory would update over time, but also retain some traces of previous versions.
On the topic of "time is essential to how we remember," at least for me it depends on the *type* of information. If it is naturally autobiographical, or there was a particularly salient moment at which I learned the information, or it happened during a particular project or class, sure. When the thoughts are more abstract and developing over time, I absolutely cannot remember a thing about the time I had them or added to them, nor is that information particularly relevant. As I recall, Ted Nelson talked about adding a time dimension to hypertext, where you could easily go back and forth between different versions and see exactly what has changed in a graphical manner. Google Docs and Git both kind of do this, but I don't think they've figured out all the possibilities here...you still have to go into a separate system to browse through the different versions, and it's hard to see several at the same time. The diff between versions is also probably not the best visualization -- perhaps for instance a stream of different additions (as in the *inc* idea the author mentions!) would be better for many types of notes. So overall, this would seem like a more productive direction to me -- you can see the latest state of the art, or you can quickly and easily look at previous "versions", whatever makes the most sense. I do think TiddlyWiki's tools in this area are currently somewhat impoverished. On Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 2:18:48 PM UTC-5 Si wrote: > I just came across this post: https://thesephist.com/posts/inc/, and it > challenges a lot of my own views on effective note-taking practices, so I > thought it was worth sharing here. > > The author advocates for a kind of chronological system, where as a rule > notes are never updated after they are made, meaning that they retain a > fixed position in time. It kind of reminded me of Soren's random thoughts: > https://randomthoughts.sorenbjornstad.com/ > > Anyway this approach seems completely counter to my current approach to > note-taking, where I want my notes to represent ideas that I am building > over time with little regard to where or when they originally came from. > > I'm not particularly convinced, but I'm curious if anyone here has any > thoughts? Do you see any advantages to this approach? Disadvantages? Do you > think it could gel with the zettelkasten philosophy, or are they polar > opposites? > > Just interested in hearing other peoples thoughts. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/61ffa220-c49c-42ec-91c2-86d0cdd069d7n%40googlegroups.com.
