The Zettelkasten Method is a note-taking system that encourages users to link together related ideas and concepts through atomic notes. This method can be helpful for organizing your thoughts and ideas, and it can also be used to generate new ideas. While it was originally developed by Niklas Luhmann in the 1950s, digital zettelkasten tools such as Roam Research and Obsidian.md have popularized the method in recent years.
This website's structure is heavily inspired by my Zettelkasten practice.
This drive to build extends to my personal philosophy on knowledge and learning. I'm a firm believer that our tools shape our thinking, and I'm fascinated by systems like Zettelkasten and the design of Tools for Thought. This interest has led me to build personal projects, including an AI-powered assistant that helps me navigate and draw connections within my own extensive digital notes. For me, the act of building is a form of thinking, and the process of writing is a way to clarify and generate new ideas.
As AI gets better at mastering public knowledge, what becomes increasingly valuable is private knowledge—your notes, your thinking, your accumulated experience—becomes the differentiator, it also becomes the key to personalization. I've been taking daily notes on everything in my life for over three years using a Zettelkasten method. That's over 1 million tokens worth of thinking, connections, and accumulated understanding about me.