Smart notes capture single ideas, promoting reflection and discovery of new insights.
Devlinthink facilitates coherent thinking and easy access to relevant information through AI-powered connections and robust file management.
Deep dives
The concept of smart notes
Smart notes, based on the Zettelkasten approach, are individual notes that capture a single idea and are linked to other notes. They promote reflection, development, and discovery of new insights.
The benefits of using Devlinthink
Devlinthink, a note-taking tool, offers powerful features like AI-powered connections between notes, robust file management, and portability. It allows users to organize and connect ideas, facilitating coherent thinking and easy access to relevant information.
Tagging and purposeful use of Devlinthink
Purposeful tagging is important in Devlinthink, adding relevant tags to notes when they are related to a specific project or idea. Avoiding excessive associational tagging ensures clarity and meaningful organization within the note-taking system.
Kourosh Dini is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and productivity expert. He is the author of an excellent book on how to take smart notes using DEVONthink, a personal information management tool. In this conversation, we discuss smart note-taking and how DEVONthink can help us work more effectively.