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| title | slug | date | tags | |||||
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| Note-taking routine | /note-taking-routine/ | 2024-03-01 |
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I keep my notes in a repository called Eólas. Eólas (awlus) is an Irish word meaning knowledge or information, especially knowledge gained by experience or practice.
I have designed it as a technical knowledge management system or "second-brain" comprising notes from my autodidactic study of software engineering and computer science.
It is a Zettelkasten work in progress. It previously had a hierarchical structure made up of topic-based subdirectories however I have recently converted this into a single flat directory structure organised by tags. I'm in the process of partitioning longer notes into smaller informational units.
I use the zk CLI package to help with indexing and task automation alongside its zk-nvim Neovim wrapper (my main editor). I occassionally utilise Obsidian alongside Neovim for when I want to view my notes as a knowledge graph or read them alongside their rich content (images, videos etc).
Commands
On my local machine I have aliased several commands to help me manage the knowledge base:
| Alias | Command | Output |
|---|---|---|
z |
cd $HOME/repos/eolas |
Access Zettelkasten |
zn |
zk new --title ... |
Create new entry from template |
<leader> zk |
:ZkNotes |
Access Zettelkasten from anywhere within nvim |
<leader> zi |
:ZkIndex |
Index Zettelkasten within nvim |
<leader> zt |
:ZkTags |
View tags via Telescope within nvim |
<leader> ztt |
:ObsidianTags |
View tags in a Vim buffer via within nvim using obsidian-nvim |
<leader> zl |
:ZkLinks |
View links in current entry via Telescope within nvim, using obsidian-nvim |
<leader> zb |
:ZkBacklinks |
View backlinks to current entry via Telescope within nvim, using obsidian-nvim |
Frontmatter
When I run the zn command this generates a new Zettelkasten entry with the
following frontmatter template:
---
id: o8yzcrtv
title: test
tags: []
created: Saturday, February 17, 2024 | 17:44
---
Scripts
The scripts directory contains several Bash and Python scripts I use for general housekeeping, such as formatting image URLs, removing unused assets, and autosaving.
Autosave
I use a
bash script
to create autosave functionality via Git. This script runs every 15 minutes via
a cron timer. It tidies up the directory (removes unused images, ensures all
file names use underscores rather than spaces and hyphens etc) and commits and
pushes to GitHub.
Usage
I want to be able to access my notes instantly whatever I am working on so I typically have them open, alongside my knowledge graph and GPT-4 client in a secret Hyprland window overlay (pictured above).