Personal Knowledge Management

Personal knowledge management is the intersection between personal information management (e.g., how you remind yourself to complete tasks) and knowledge management (free flow of information within an organisation). It’s about collecting, understanding, and connecting new information with an emphasis on the latter two.

There are few formal PKM systems (but see Zettelkasten) and most people make their own flavour. Mindmaps, notebooks, journaling techniques etc are all forms of PKM.

• Collector’s fallacy
• Second brain
• PARA system
• Evergreen Notes
• A PKM should foster the creation and linking of atomic notes
• Design your notes to have value long-term
  • Notes can incubate in a PKM and be discovered later
    • BUT The bottleneck of creative work is not idea generation but execution
  • The value of a linked database of notes builds up over time
    • Those with a personal knowledge database will be able to tailor AI-tools to fit their needs
• If you view your PKM as a garden, you realize maintenance is important
• Friction in a note-taking system isnt necessarily bad
• The medium you use to consume information directs the way you view the world
  • Diversity in information input will help you generate new ideas

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NessLabs - How to take smart notes My PKM Story The Sweet Setup intro on PKM Notes Against Note-Taking Systems How to Take Smart Notes