Si,
There are some arguments for this approach, starting with the ability to
research how things evolved, but I agree it is somewhat trivial with
computers.
Some quick thoughts
- tiddlywiki could support this starting with the core plugin *Save
Trail*: Automatically download modified tiddlers
- there is no reason not to combine this method - perhaps we call it the
"log method" with other methods
- Making use of the differences tools could even be more powerful, you
could replay the content of a tiddler over multiple versions.
I am not convinced either with this method, but I see the potential for
this in a hybrid method.
- Chronologies are important, journals and log methods are very useful
- The advantage of chronologies is if all your devices are synchronized
you can associate one with another
- For example if you have a GPS trail - time and place and you have
photos and the time taken, you can recover where the photo was taken.
- What occurs before or after another is sometimes valuable information.
- Cause and effect is something we often want to discover, unless you
can separate these in time it is not always possible the cause.
- eg; observe a symptom, if you did not take the medication before
the symptom then the medication did not cause it.
It relates to something I have expressed before and that is providing use
analytics back to the user so they can observe their own usage and
behaviours, that is the maximum information you can obtain from the same
collection of data can include its time based evolution. You may discover
your most productive days, or time of day, you may discover when you are
most likely to make errors, which buttons you use the most - there is
virtually no limit.
I could imagine some ideas triggered by this thread evolving into an
interesting solution. It would be great to be able to return here in months
to see what the "progenitor" was. It may be a way to discover new
opportunities.
Thanks for raising this important knowledge management question.
Tones
On Friday, 16 July 2021 at 05:18:48 UTC+10 Si wrote:
> I just came across this post: https://thesephist.com/posts/inc/, and it
> challenges a lot of my own views on effective note-taking practices, so I
> thought it was worth sharing here.
>
> The author advocates for a kind of chronological system, where as a rule
> notes are never updated after they are made, meaning that they retain a
> fixed position in time. It kind of reminded me of Soren's random thoughts:
> https://randomthoughts.sorenbjornstad.com/
>
> Anyway this approach seems completely counter to my current approach to
> note-taking, where I want my notes to represent ideas that I am building
> over time with little regard to where or when they originally came from.
>
> I'm not particularly convinced, but I'm curious if anyone here has any
> thoughts? Do you see any advantages to this approach? Disadvantages? Do you
> think it could gel with the zettelkasten philosophy, or are they polar
> opposites?
>
> Just interested in hearing other peoples thoughts.
>
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