Topic: Thought Tank

Description and List of Notes

Thought Tank is an implementation of the Zettelkasten. This topic holds all ideas on implementing it.

Entry Points with Topic "Thought Tank"

Notes tagged as entrypoint.

Thought Tank features to build well documented and connected thought

Thought Tank

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

What makes ThoughtTank special

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value vision

entrypoint

Further Notes with Topic "Thought Tank"

2020-05-21

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

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.

Applications in which the Zettelkasten is superior to other approaches

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concept-map mindmap note-taking outlining

value-prop

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

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

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connecting linking

value-prop

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

Capture your thoughts whereever you are

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capture floating-notes flow inbox

writing

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.

Context-independent understandable notes

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context independency

note-property

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.

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.

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

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importance linking

note-property

Link a new note from existing notes when creating it.

Manage the flow of notes for continuous curration of the Zettelkasten

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capture flow process

note-property

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

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.

Not only collect information, but link it

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insight linking

zettelkasten

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

Our Values

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value

value-prop

Your thoughts are yours.

Our Vision

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discussion-partner vision

value-prop

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

Predefined structure for capturing a thought

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how structure view what why

value-prop writing

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.

Process support in place of self-discipline

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process self-disciplin

luhmann

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

Quickly get to the core of a thought

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summary what

writing

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

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.

Supporting the identification of related thoughts

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keyword related-notes tag

Based on keywords, Thought Tank suggests related notes. Use keywords to mark the essential concepts that you deal with in a note.

Tag

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tag topic

With tags you can structure your note box further, for example to create subtopics or cross the Separation of independent logical units introduced by topics.

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.

Unambiguousness of links

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atomacity linking unambiguousness

note-property

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