Note taking for initial learning and disorganized/related tasks

Question

I am trying to figure out a solution to taking quick notes that may be disorganized and/or incorrect while learning some new technical material.I thought I saw a post here recently that could be used for searching old notes and viewing a graph of connected notes. I cannot find it.Many things I do are set-up once, but never revisited or changed for long periods of time. Then, I have to re-google and learn again. Often with out-dated documentation.For instance, I am currently working towards a cluster setup for containers and various apps. I do not have a particular end-goal. I am trying to expand my knowledge and and will be rebuilding as I break things.Since I am learning, I am copy/pasting a lot and have many disjointed tasks as I progress. Many of the guides/tutorials have out-dated information which I then have to note again.I would like to jot down notes/commands and then come back to organize into actual procedures once I have things implemented properly.An example that came today was the need to add a secondary interface to Ubuntu for a VLAN. I may never revisit this for years, but will need to repeat it sometime.It would be nice to be able to reference this VLAN procedure/notes and in-line them to a task note that was initially unrelated. I may have forgotten that I ever made the notes in the first place and then duplicate it again.Right now, I am not building documentation, but noting things I am not sure are even correct yet that may end up as documentation.Almost like I need a tagging/searchable/dated system but I don't know what the tags would be yet.

runjake · Accepted Answer

I use Obsidian. I make my notes atomic, and if I want to centralize notes, I treat the master note as a table of contents to the atomic notes.I use tags, and I use the map that shows an SVG visual of how the notes are connected.

anon2020dot00 · Answer

Well said and relatable. Often, there are lots of stuff to learn during work is which is then forgotten and needs to be re-learned again and again. It's a wasteful cycle.Aside from the traditional note-taking apps, some ideas would be using something like Otter.AI or Voiceliner app for quick voice memos to capture thoughts on the important stuff to note. Or use something like OBS to record a computer work session so can then later refer to it (but this is still just an idea that I haven't actually used or refined that much)

makersmasher · Answer

https://hackernoon.com/how-i-use-zettelkasten-and-obsidian-t...This is probably similar to the link you can't find. The system is zettelkasten the implementation is in obsidian, but anything (ie pen and note cards) could be used.

methusala8 · Answer

Dendron works well for technical material especially as it built on top of VS code. All the things you need to lookup is just a shortcut away.

boolean · Answer

I highly recommend Logseq (outliner) or Obsidian. Both are free, support markdown text files, have mobile apps.

Note taking for initial learning and disorganized/related tasks

I use Obsidian. I make my notes atomic, and if I want to centralize notes, I treat the master note as a table of contents to the atomic notes.
I use tags, and I use the map that shows an SVG visual of how the notes are connected.

https://hackernoon.com/how-i-use-zettelkasten-and-obsidian-t...
This is probably similar to the link you can't find. The system is zettelkasten the implementation is in obsidian, but anything (ie pen and note cards) could be used.

Dendron works well for technical material especially as it built on top of VS code. All the things you need to lookup is just a shortcut away.

I highly recommend Logseq (outliner) or Obsidian. Both are free, support markdown text files, have mobile apps.