Update: I left a few tiddlers out of the BLT tag pill for dragging to your file ( *https://giffmex.org/experiments/.blt.template.html#BLT%20usage%20and%20installation*). It is now updated as of 10:15am EST, so you can refresh your browser and you will see there are 6 tiddlers to import, not 3.
On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 8:49:03 AM UTC-6 David Gifford wrote: > @Si > > 1-100 seems like overkill. Wouldn't 1-5 be sufficient to rank your > motivation for reading a work? > > Your workflow follows good practices for reading in order to write. Very > similar to what many have been suggesting, for example, Ramses Blog on his > notetaking process, Tiago Forte's progressive summarization, Anne-Laure > LeCunff's from collector to creator, etc. > > My process is different because I take notes in order to have a well of > interconnected ideas to refer to when I eventually write a sermon on a > passage or topic. This is slightly different from taking notes for content > when your job is to produce constant new content. > > For references to the source, I use the comptext plugin, which does > autocomplete of links after typing [[ . So you can filter then add the > source after the note. Then I type the page #, then I use @ as an alias so > that long titles to the source don't distract visually from the note. > [[@|This is a long title of a book (Author last name)]] looks like @. > > If you use the BLT setup I described to Lin OneTwo above, you will be able > to see links, backlinks and tags next to your tiddler. The only issue is > that because you use Streams, the backlinks are not to the topic tiddler or > source tiddler, but to the node tiddler, e.g., Roadmap/20200610185807828 > <https://saqimtiaz.github.io/sq-tw/temp/streams-0.2-preview.html#Roadmap%2F20200610185807828>. > > Streams 0.2 preview uses a breadcrumb menu, though, so if you go to the > node tiddler, you can navigate up to the parent tiddler. > On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:34:06 AM UTC-6 si wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> Its great seeing how other people use TW, I would love to see more posts >> like yours (or video demos). >> >> My workflow for reading is probably closer to the one that Soren shows in >> his demo. Very similar to the Zettlecasten/'How to take Smart Notes' >> approach. >> >> I add tiddlers for books and articles that I want to read, along with a >> 'priority' field with a value from 1-100. This acts as subjective >> indication of how worthwhile it will be to spend time on that particular >> source. >> >> Then I generate a big list of sources, sorted by priority. When I want to >> read something I glance at the list and pick anything from the list that I >> am attracted to in that moment. Since the list is sorted by priority I am >> mostly going to be seeing stuff of high value, but I allow myself to scroll >> down if there is nothing of interest. >> >> When I am reading I capture 'fleeting notes' and flashcards. I make these >> notes using Streams <https://saqimtiaz.github.io/streams/> on the >> tiddler for whatever source I am reading. While reading I am also trying to >> identify the main ideas within the source. When I notice a main idea I >> create a new tiddler for it (an 'Evergreen note'). This tiddler doesn't >> need to have any text at this point. >> >> Once I have made fleeting notes, I want to figure out what main idea is >> built from them. Streams is really helpful here. I can drag and drop the >> nodes to try and make sense of them and build a coherent structure. >> Eventually they will be dragged into the relevant Evergreen note (in some >> ways this is similar to what Soren was doing when he excised portions of >> his book notes into their own tiddler). I might later rewrite these notes >> and collapse them into their parent tiddler using the Streams to Text >> plugin >> <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/vYqDup5qAAs/m/T9ssODGqAgAJ>. >> >> This process does not happen linearly. Because I am making flashcards, I >> can read just a part of a source then return to it months later without any >> problem. I am also moving fleeting notes to evergreen notes throughout the >> process - not just waiting until I have finished the source. I have begun >> to think of this as part of the whole process of reading. >> >> The main problem I have with this workflow is retaining references to the >> original source. Once the notes get moved to their permanent home, the >> original context is lost. This is of secondary importance, but it would be >> nice to be able to retain a link back to the original source of the >> information. (Anyone have any tips on how to approach this?) >> >> Anyway there's a few other parts to this workflow but that's the gist of >> what I do. >> On Thursday, 1 April 2021 at 15:07:37 UTC+1 David Gifford wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> One benefit of watching Soren's video on TiddlyWiki was seeing his >>> workflow, which was so different from mine. I would be interested in >>> hearing what workflows people have for doing things in TiddlyWiki, and any >>> tweaks they use to fine tune those workflows. >>> >>> I will share two, to get the conversation started: >>> >>> 1. I clone editor toolbar buttons to create new buttons that I use to >>> insert things, like a link to the tiddler for the source I am reading >>> currently, e.g., [[@|AntiFragile (Taleb)]]. I do the same to wrap things >>> like <span class=""> and </span>. That way when when I am taking notes on a >>> book, I paste the source after my note and add the page number. Or when I >>> am adding CSS like indentation, font color, etc, I wrap with the span class >>> and type the class I am applying. An app like PhraseExpress is another way >>> to do this, and I have experimented with it. >>> >>> 2. I now have a setup I call BLT that shows backlinks, links and tags in >>> the sidebar, which makes it easy to navigate to related content, even while >>> in editing mode, and easy to read related content in the sidebar while not >>> losing my place in the current tiddler. So I am taking notes on a book in >>> the story river in edit mode, but have a list of all the links, backlinks >>> and tags off to the side to read right there or open to edit. I took some >>> notes with this setup over the last couple of days, and wow, I like it a >>> lot. >>> >>> What are some of your workflows? Mine are about note-taking, but maybe >>> yours are about other uses of TiddlyWiki? I would really love to learn from >>> all you pros here. Blessings. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/3c05e30e-86a4-4d72-adb6-87ed077e9422n%40googlegroups.com.
