A PKM is a tool (like this one!) to help manage your nodes and knowledge. storing AND processing; just storing is just PIM not PKM PKM = PIM (personal info management) + GTD + knowledge management goal: narrowing “flood” and focus on useful areas move from passive => active consumption create, not just regurgitate PKM and Context store info based on context Strategy What are you trying to organize what are the inputs? email? lectures?: “reference” type emails lecture notes tasks? what are you trying to make? test? essays? a time blocking schedule studying for tests (i.e. for linear, etc.) what does your process look like? mishmash of topic based notes and content based notes what parts of it would you like to improve? article capture workflow: how to process random readings topic wise? knowledge capture: how to come across new content and capture them somewhere? todo/notes integration: task management and note taking currently lives separately, how to unify them? zettlekasten how to take smart notes: arens progressive summarization progressive summarization is a technique in note taking that Tiago Forte developed to summarize text: layer 0: reading layer 1: copy/pasted parts from the reading layer 2: bold relevant parts layer 3: highlight bold parts to get crux of ideas layer 4: mini summary layer 5: remix (add links, etc.) capture read rewrite and summarize engage by adding questions, thoughts, opinions, etc. connect old and new ideas think about the context of usage, not the topic how to think better reduce cognitive overload “offload info”—put it on paper test yourself often: listening and understanding are not the same keep things simple: one task at a time keep an open mind + “collective” new perspectives and mental models new cycle capture curate cultivate connect create