The goal is not to store other people's information and quotes, but to collect your own ideas and thoughts. So that you can then do something with them. Write a book, a paper, make a project, etc.
The point is not to collect as many notes as possible. But to increase the value of existing ideas, arguments and discussions
In recent years, the Zettelkasten methodology has become increasingly popular among those who strive for effective knowledge management and the creation of new ideas. However, it is important to understand that Zettelkasten is not just an information storage system, but a tool for external thinking that helps transform knowledge into an active workspace.
People who have started working with Zettelkasten often view it as an archive or database for storing excerpts from books and articles. They break the information into separate cards and link them together with hyperlinks, creating a kind of personal Wikipedia. However, the essence of Zettelkasten is not in archiving knowledge, but in creating a system that helps to structure and develop your own thoughts.
The notes with thoughts are absolutely individual and reflect what this or that information means specifically for you, for your activities, for your life. Regular reference to Zettelkasten forms the habit of perceiving incoming information more thoughtfully and proactively, asking questions and coming up with an application for new knowledge. This, and not just note-taking, allows you not to forget what you have read. Such work increases the number of insights and original ideas.
To create an effective workspace, Conoted has implemented Groups - a tool that allows you to structure and organize your notes by specific topics or projects.
Groups in Conoted can be compared to indexes in the Zettelkasten methodology. If in Zettelkasten indexes help to organize and connect disparate thoughts and ideas, then in Conoted Groups perform the same role, but at a more modern level. They allow you to organize all your notes related to a certain topic or project into one whole.
What do Groups provide?
- Organize information: Groups help organize notes on a certain topic so that they do not get lost among many other notes. This makes it easier to access information and allows you to better understand how your ideas are related.
- Collaboration: Groups can become a platform for collective discussion and development of ideas. You can add other users to groups to collaborate on a project, share your thoughts and notes, and comment on each other's work.
- Project approach: Each Group in Conoted is, in fact, a separate project. You can use Groups to organize your study tasks, work projects, or personal research. This allows you to focus on a specific task and see the whole picture of the project in one place.
As a result, thanks to the implementation of Groups, Conoted allows you to create not just an archive of notes, but a real workspace, where every idea and every thought finds its place and is connected into a single project. This makes working with information more productive and meaningful.
