Thought Tank features to build well documented and connected thought

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To support Applications in which the Zettelkasten is superior to other approaches we added the following feature during for the different phases of your thoughts lifecycle:

While tha above has been Thought Tank‘s support on the Route of information from the text read into the zettelkasten, you also want to find your notes later.

ThoughtTank creates a methodological framework that supports the construction of interconnected knowledge. This is done through feature selection and specific instructions for creating notes.

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Applications in which the Zettelkasten is superior to other approaches

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concept-map mindmap note-taking outlining
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Zettelkasten-based approaches close the gap between (digital) notebooks and visual systems (mind map, concept map, outlining tools) for presenting linked information.

Capture your thoughts whereever you are

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capture floating-notes flow inbox
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In ThoughtTank, inbox sources give users an overview of places where they might have collected new ideas in the past. You should integrate these into your Zettelkasten.

Predefined structure for capturing a thought

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how structure view what why
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Thought Tank captures the aspects WHY, HOW and WHAT of a thought separately. Depending on the view on a thought, the system presents these aspects differently.

Quickly get to the core of a thought

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summary what
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For this purpose the author describes in the summary WHAT the thought means for the user or a discussed topic.

As connections between notes create most value, connecting should be as convenient as possible

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connecting linking
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Thought Tank offers a editor-friendly, stable, markdown compliant and url-readable way of linking notes.

Transformation of implicit into explicit relationships between notes generate knowledge

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knowledge-generation linking related-notes
By identifying related notes that are not explicitly linked, ThoughtTank encourages you to explicitly link these notes. Making relationships explicit generates new knowledge.

More efficiency and productivity through process support

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flow process productivity
ThoughtTank analyses your notes and gives concrete advice on how you can further develop or improve your notes in the next step.

Manage the flow of notes for continuous curration of the Zettelkasten

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capture flow process
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We use Flow tags to mark different processing states of notes and support the capture and editing process.

Route of information from the text read into the zettelkasten

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capture memory process reading workflow
Reading writing
A separate and established reading workflow supports the systematic and efficient Anchoring of information in long-term memory and might be a Process support in place of self-discipline.

Separation of independent logical units

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tag topic
Thought Tank uses topics to create largely independent contexts.

Unambiguousness of links

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atomacity linking unambiguousness
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Links are only unambiguous if each note contains exactly one idea or thought (atomacity).

Notes Linking this Note

As connections between notes create most value, connecting should be as convenient as possible

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connecting linking
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Thought Tank offers a editor-friendly, stable, markdown compliant and url-readable way of linking notes.

Process support in place of self-discipline

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Luhmann’s self-discipline in the care of a zettelkasten is replaced by ThoughtTank in parts by guidelines, method and process support.

Possibly related Notes

Process support in place of self-discipline

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process self-disciplin
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Luhmann’s self-discipline in the care of a zettelkasten is replaced by ThoughtTank in parts by guidelines, method and process support.

Not only collect information, but link it

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insight linking
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A zettelkasten brings advantages for those who gain new knowledge and insights from connecting information.

Anchoring of information in long-term memory

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memory reading writing
Reading writing
The creation of notes and the linking in the zettelkasten support the storing of information in the long-term memory.

Documentation of larger, coherent thoughts: the entrypoints

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entrypoint index topic
Index notes are entry points into a topic. They offer a linear structure with which one can study a topic. We tag these notes as entrypoint.

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This is my father day entry. The first entry that should be detected as a diary entry.

What makes ThoughtTank special

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Our Values

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value
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Your thoughts are yours.

Our Vision

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discussion-partner vision
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We make your own mind the smartest discussion partner for your thoughts.

Importance of a note is proportional to the number of notes that reference it

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importance linking
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Link a new note from existing notes when creating it.

Context-independent understandable notes

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context independency
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Enter a note in such a way that it is understandable in itself and that the information it contains depends at most on the explicit links and not on an implicit context.