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.
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.
4/ If you reuse questions frequently (eg, for journaling), you could use a template with the block references (eg, TextExpander). I use a mac app called Paste.
5/ If you Zettelkasten, a key step is to create "speculative outlines." I call them "protodrafts" and use (()) to create them.
6/ If you want to do 5/, your zettels need to be blocks instead of pages.
7/ When you encounter abbreviations while reading technical papers, note them as blocks along with their unfurling. If you forget them days or chapters after, you can simply use (()) to literally recall (re-call!) what they mean.
8/ Another way to quickly pull up frequently used questions.
The advantages of /4 above though is that you can write between the questions, and you can update your question template without affecting the context of previous journal entries.
The advantages of /4 above though is that you can write between the questions, and you can update your question template without affecting the context of previous journal entries.
9/ If you write emails with templated sections but with a level of customization (eg, hiring, sales pitches, follow-ups, cold outreach), template paragraphs or even sentences can be pulled in using (())
10/ In taking notes from meetings, repeating ideas could be referenced as blocks. This gives you a count of how frequent specific ideas are discussed. And clicking on that frequency count beside the reference brings you to related notes.
11/ Here's an example of writing using (())
12/ When I add pending TODOs today, I block reference them. If I look at the original, I see how many times I delayed it or how many days it took.
13/ I had some interesting serendipities using (()). But this could be way to make it more deliberate.
@Conaw sorting (()) autocomplete by recency is useful. But random promotes serendipity. Perhaps top half could be by recency and bottom half random?
@Conaw sorting (()) autocomplete by recency is useful. But random promotes serendipity. Perhaps top half could be by recency and bottom half random?
14/ I use [[]] for referencing books and authors (backlinks show how heavily referenced they are). But (()) is another interesting option.
