Using a zettelkasten: My zettelkasten setup explained and how I work with the zettelkasten

How my zettelkasten setup works and how I create zettels. A zettelkasten is a way to organise your knowledge by braeking it down into atomic chunks and linking them together. But to work it needs to be embedded within a suitable workflow. I use Daniel Luedecke's Zkn3 software to manage my zettels and ABC-active, CaWas, CaGas and other knowledge games for active reading and listening.

0:00 Introduction: Zettelkastens and why I want to set up my own
2:19 Selecting a platform
3:58 How I use reading notes
7:59 How I use hub notes
9:48 How I integrate the zettelkasten with my other knowledge work

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[bf-thinking]

What is your experience with the zettelkasten? How do you integrate it into your workflow?

[TJ_USA]

Best explanation of this on the internet by a mile. Many thanks.

[angelicamartins]

Your video saved me. I'm trying to learn Luhmann's method, but I was having trouble understanding the Zettelkasten software. I'll see more of your videos. Congrats on your work.

[ClaudioPascual]

I just discovered your channel and I find it very interesting. Keep it up!

[varuneshkumra]

Great job...Very informative and elaborately explained the ZettelKasten method

[winterycoder]

I've been looking for Zettelkasten's practice videos for a few months now. Because I have been practicing for a few months, I have been having some questions in my mind.
Although more than a year has passed since the release of this video, I think it is the best Zettlekasten demonstration video I have seen for researchers. There are no redundant words and it contains a lot of valid information.

Many of the other demo videos are not from an academic research perspective or look fine but don't convey more effective information.

To anyone else who sees this video review, believe me, I have read a dozen zettlekasten related blog posts and videos and have been practicing zettelkasten for about three months. This author's video includes all the points needed to make it just the best.

The one point that I think is most important: there is no perfect platform, and, the paper zettlekasten has its own unique advantages. Do not overindulge in trying the tool, write it up.

Also, I have a question for the author: what are the rules for naming the IDs of your cards? I observed that it seems that it is not just the date, but the year plus the number corresponding to the subject?

[乐文玉]

Very useful content! It's helping me a lot on developing my own ZK! Congratulations!

[KirbyFerguson]

Very clear, practical walk through. Thanks so much.

[walidaddas]

I watched both videos recommended by you Sir, thank you very much, both are useful and informative.

[ajaykumaranbazhagan]

Great Video. Thanks for walking through your setup, it was very useful.

[goligabooks]

Thank you for this helpful video. I'm in the beginning stages of developing my zettelkasten so it is helpful to see this. In the video you mentioned your zettelkasten is still in its infancy. I would be curious to see a follow-up video that discusses how you developed your methodology over time. And effective you have found this to be over time.

[ProductivePM]

Thank you, I really appreciate your explanation and your use of { } for ideas to be completed. Thank you!

[imagomundiful]

Exactly the answers to the last questions i had before getting started. You destroyed my procrastination plan 😅

[tonkjon]

Thank you for the explanation I was a little bit lost on how used the zettelkasten., zkn3 is one of the most complete tool, is open source and free, also is in Linux :).

[LordEdricus]

Thank you for an interestinv video. Keep up the good work.

[hdubbs]

Ich bin sowas von überfordert mit dem Zettelkasten-System. Es scheint verwaltungstechnisch sehr aufwändig zu sein und ich will es “perfekt” machen, obwohl das Überarbeiten von Notizen einer der Kernideen von dem System ist…
Dieses Video war sehr hilfreich aber. Immer noch finde ich die verteilten Zetteln etwas unangenehm, aber ich werde es einfach probieren. Vielen Dank!

[Saast]

2:20 im trying for the long game to do a hybrid. Paper for the feeling and flexibility and digital for the automation. Im thinking about al little Printer for my digital and somthing like a little scanner for my analog, we will see. Its Futuremusic

[haiblubbblubb]

Gelangen deine ABC Listen oder Kawas auch in den Zettelkasten?

[ariahemin]

I have a question: when luhman was taking source/litreture notes did we do:
A. Write one idea from the source in one notes
Or
B. Made one note for the source then put in that note multiple idea.

I have this question because what i see a lot of YouTubers doing they make one page for the source and put in there all the notes in there, but I think" is there a possibility where you can have one note per idea so multiple notes from one source"

I hope you know what i am talking about, if you don't i think i can clarify a bit just ask me.

[beebsblue]

Another very useful video! I wish we were taught this at medical school. I would have been so much more efficient 😄