self-organizing garden
One thing that is attractive about mind-gardens, zettlekasten, and related tools: to an extent, they self-organize.
Does it fight entropy? Maybe!
I've noticed over years of writing and constantly changing my process that my writing is just, well, who knows where. Some is in org, some in txt files in various dropbox folders. I'm pretty sure I could sum it up with 3 or 4 top-level directories...
A problem I have when I want to write something is, where do I put it. This is frustrating because that question is just a waste! I should just write in google docs or word like everyone else - writing was easier before I learned to code, before I got into org-mode.
I'm pretty committed to turning that battle around - org-roam and the mind garden dive I've been on for almost a year is my latest effort. Hopefully it's not just the latest hotness!
Some ideas to decrease scattered idea/writing entropy
> Automate index files for keywords/tags
Creating per-tag files that get updated automatically when more tags are introduced would be fun.
Could also suggest/auto-add tags when certain words/topics are mentioned, or when certain files are linked to.
> Suggest links to create
e.g. this word could maybe link to this other doc, b/c a similar phrase did the
same over 'here'
> 'soft' links
It'd also be cool to provide another link-type, one that is completely transparent - just 'soft' links that are based on suggestions/text analysis.
Backlinks
My writing is scattered! I feel like I've created things, but over the years, it's difficult to see anything when looking back. What have I done? What ideas are in progress? What is there to build on?
I'm hoping this garden can be self-organizing, and I can start to pull all my old stuff into here.
Things to capture in here:
- Poems
- Short Stories
- Comic Scripts
- Code 'design'/'architecture'/'planning' docs
- Principles
- Any and every random thought or note
- Techy, TIL/tutorial Blog posts
- Daily misc blog posts
- years of journals and prompts
- Character ideas
- Settings/places
- Video game concepts
- Personal stories
- Life stories
- Pocketed articles and related thoughts
- Movie/Book/Music reviews/thoughts/take-aways
What doesn't go in the garden?
- Code (that goes in repos)