Please credit Sönke Ahrens and his 2017 book _How to Take Smart Notes_ for this system.

The credit goes to Luhmann. Ahrens wrote a book about Luhmann's system, but Ahrens' book was more about the practical side of study habits and the nature of knowledge as much as it was about the practical side of actually using a zettelkasten.

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kstrauser 12 hours ago | parent [-]

I bought Ahrens's book to learn how to take smart notes. It should've been called Why to Take Smart Notes. The book was more about how good and lifechanging it is to use Zettelkasten, which was a bummer because I was already interested enough in the idea to buy a book about it. I was looking for more of a how-to.

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complex1314 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A few chapters in, this is a great how-to book: A System for Writing (Bob Doto)

https://writing.bobdoto.computer/zettelkasten/

	▲	taurusnoises 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Glad you're enjoying it! Thanks for the mention. Hmu with any questions.

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bryanhogan 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I wrote a bit about using Obsidian with bottom-up / smart notes.

My Obsidian Vault setup: https://bryanhogan.com/blog/obsidian-vault

All posts about Obsidian: https://bryanhogan.com/tags/obsidian

Maybe this helps?

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kstrauser 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I'll check it out, thanks!

Edit: Upon a quick scan, this looks more like what I learned as "Linking Your Thinking", which resonates way more with me than a strict Zettelkasten format where you try to arrange notes linearly to match some artificial constraint.

And I think that's a good thing, just not how Ahrens described Zettelkasten.

	▲	bryanhogan 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes that is fair, I adjusted and simplified the system for my usage. I didn't include any of the note "phases" / transitions, so e.g. no fleeting notes.