2 posts tagged with "Personal Knowledge Management"

I have been using a version of the PARA method for a few years now. It is what has worked better for my brain than other methods. This post is aimed generally at anyone interested in note taking methods, and specifically at a co-worker who asked about the note taking method I use like a month ago. (Sorry for the delay, $COWORKER. Hopefully this is still useful.) There are plenty of articles and videos that go over the method, so I could just share one of those. Unfortunately, many of them cover only the main folders, and skip the information that explains how it actually works in practice. I will try to fill in some of those gaps.

This post is for software developers who don't currently think much about their notes. You may take notes, but don't think of it as a "note taking system", and have probably never heard the term "Personal Knowledge Management".

I have 3 goals with this post

1. Convince you that you should start a note taking system
2. Explain why I recommend Obsidian specifically for that purpose
3. Provide some tips to help you get started creating your system in Obsidian