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1/ To everyone who practices (())-style #roamfu

Here are some techniques from conaw

I'll add more in this thread ongoing.

When grappling with journal articles, answers could be chapters away. (()) is a way of bringing them closer. With a click, you are back to the source.
2/ Here's how I'm implementing @andy_matuschak's "Understanding requires effortful engagement". I started collecting questions that interrogate ideas. I block reference the appropriate questions under ideas.
3/ Tip: the difference between typing (()) then autocompleting, vs dragging a block, is that the latter will bring all the children under that block.
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1/26 Roam-Fu III: Beyond the Empire

In a few months, I predict we'll start seeing Zettelkasten masterpieces, but ATM the best ZK I've seen is not in Roam. It is [[@andy_matuschak]]'s notes.andymatuschak.org

This is what I learned from the master of computer-assisted thinking.
2/ His evergreen notes are solid. But, more importantly, we should look at what the notes have produced. First, what does [[@andy_matuschak]] want to accomplish? He is pretty clear:
3/ I'm still in the middle of this work of his with [[@michael_nielsen]]. Based on what I've read, I'm already convinced that I should study his process. When you taste an unbelievably delicious dish, you need to know the recipe numinous.productions/ttft/
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1/ ACADEMIC #ROAMFU AND #TWITTERFU

PART I: My plan for using @RoamResearch for a thesis
PART II: Using Twitter as an inter-brain zettelkasten
2/
PART I. I'm officially start doing my thesis in 15 months. I'll do my future self a favor by creating evergreen notes from the papers I've read the past year and the upcoming year. You're welcome!
3/ First step is a process for transferring your highlights from PDFs to Roam. @ShuOmi3 demonstrates a process in this video using Zotero and an add-on called ZotFile
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1/ THE FABRICATION OF SERENDIPITY

My highlights from

"Niklas Luhmann’s Card Index" by Johannes F.K. Schmidt sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/8…

In which Luhmann dreamt of @RoamResearch
2/ "According to Luhmann the collection is a “combination of disorder and order, of clustering and unpredictable combinations emerging from ad hoc selection.”"
3/ "What this compilation immediately illustrates is that it is not a system of order in the sense of an established taxonomy but a historical product of Luhmann’s reading and research interests especially in the 1960s."
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1/ This is my Roam-Fu, and it is Different from Yours

(thread edition for now, since I won't write this until I have written at least 5 zettelkasten-organic long-form pieces, but I want to share and get feedback from #roamcult on my process [#roamfu from hereon] so here we go)
Outline
2. If Luhmann invented the #Zettelkasten today
3. Senseis
4. My current (())-based Roam-fu
5. Closing
2. If Luhmann invented the #Zettelkasten today, it would be app-based rather than paper-based. Software has too many advantages.
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