An analog note taking system that emphasizes connections between atomic ideas. First introduced by Niklas Luhmann.

Related:

• Richard Hamming talked about the value of connecting disparate ideas to think creatively about problems.
• Andy Matuschak uses a similar system and makes it available publicly on his website.
• Luhmann’s essay on learning how to read talks about the demands on the reader to learn from ‘theoretical texts’ by uncovering what is important and connecting it to existing information.

See also:

• Communicating with slip boxes Translated essay from Luhmann
• Zettelkasten, Emacs, and Creative Thinking - essay on how I implemented Zettelkasten for notes.alexkehayias.com
• Zettelkasten community
• org-roam

It seems like we should have better options for a full fledged, on-demand dev environment, that lives in the cloud, available from any internet connection, and you only pay for what you need. Why don’t we see more remote development environments?