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Xamanismo Coletivo<p>"When I first started using <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> tools, I believed I was solving a problem of forgetting. Later, I believed I was solving a problem of integration. Eventually, I realized I had created a new problem: deferral. The more my system grew, the more I deferred the work of thought to some future self who would sort, tag, distill, and extract the gold.<br>That self never arrived."<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span></p><p>Many good points here. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tana</span></a> keeps helping me make good use of past notes (personal writing from the past), but it never felt as a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted-my-second-brain" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted</span><span class="invisible">-my-second-brain</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Unlike most people, I'm incredibly unsentimental about my notes. So, when <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> wrote that she deleted her second brain I nodded in understanding. I used to do just that with my worklogs.</p><p>A second brain isn't a shrine. It's just a utility. A tool. I don't even think my thoughts are especially, well, noteworthy.</p><p>If you want to delete a second brain and start anew, you totally can!</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ObsidianMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObsidianMD</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a></p><p><a href="http://elizabethtai.com/2025/06/29/i-support-deleting-your-second-brain/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">elizabethtai.com/2025/06/29/i-</span><span class="invisible">support-deleting-your-second-brain/</span></a></p>
jbz<p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://micro.blog/activitypub/Joanwestenberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Joanwestenberg</span></a></span> </p><p>「 When I first started using PKM tools, I believed I was solving a problem of forgetting. Later, I believed I was solving a problem of integration. Eventually, I realized I had created a new problem: deferral. The more my system grew, the more I deferred the work of thought to some future self who would sort, tag, distill, and extract the gold 」</p><p><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted-my-second-brain" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted</span><span class="invisible">-my-second-brain</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/minimalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minimalism</span></a></p>
Vae Miséricorde<p>okay - got my theme, daily notes template and loads of sub folders already - it’s a start! :susuwatari: :no_think_vibe_only:</p><p><a href="https://social.lol/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a></p>
Kevin C. Tofel<p>Finally tackling the web app to create and save notes or thoughts throughout the day to my <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a> housed in a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> repo.</p><p>Was able to reuse code from a simple GitHub CMS project I started last year.</p><p>Currently, new notes are going to the December folder for my Journal entries, but I can easily change that. Will probably create a separate "Inbox" or "Notes" folder once it's fully functional.</p>
Kevin C. Tofel<p>Trying out a new <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a> setup using an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/11ty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>11ty</span></a> site template. A place for daily journaling and offloading useful, searchable information through experiences. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a></p>
Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:<p>For notes, I know that: </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ctietze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ctietze</span></a></span> uses Timebased ones.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pkm.social/@bobdoto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bobdoto</span></a></span> uses alphanumeric ones.</p><p>What about other <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/zettelkasten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zettelkasten</span></a> users ? </p><p><a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a></p>
Roni Laukkarinen<p>208 notes kept.<br>1060 notes handled.<br>1345 left to go.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Notes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Notes</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>The human body is home to trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorganisms in our gut microbiome. Recent research shows that these microbes have a significant impact on our nutrition, metabolism, immune system development, and even mental health. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GutHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GutHealth</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MicrobiomeMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrobiomeMatters</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/explorations-of-the-mind/202406/the-role-gut-bacteria-play-in-health-and-disease" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ex</span><span class="invisible">plorations-of-the-mind/202406/the-role-gut-bacteria-play-in-health-and-disease</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LinuxAndYarn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LinuxAndYarn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@SmudgeTheInsultCat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SmudgeTheInsultCat</span></a></span> </p><p>FWIW, this is the use case and value of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> and a motivation to build a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/commonplacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commonplacebook</span></a> in the style of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/zettelkasten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zettelkasten</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/KnowThyself" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowThyself</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>How do you know what you think?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/zettelkasten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zettelkasten</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.superversive.co/blog/knowledge-management" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">superversive.co/blog/knowledge</span><span class="invisible">-management</span></a></p>
Jorge Arango<p>Friends, now that my book launch is near, I’m looking for podcasts where I might give interviews about note-taking and other tools for thinking.</p><p>What are some good interview-based shows I should reach out to? (Even better if you can connect me with the person who runs the show.)</p><p>Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toolsforthought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toolsforthought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a></p>
Crafty ツ 🍁<p>So I'm gearing up to do a lot of <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> &amp; after being in <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> for the past year I've resurrected my Notion as my hub.</p><p>The last couple of days I've been neck-deep in making databases &amp; capture systems so that my process is easily accessible and functional (aka <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/PARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PARA</span></a> method).</p><p>ANYWAY - I'm quite chuffed with myself because I named my system Pinky (the capture) and The Brain (the second brain...get it?...get it?)</p><p>The analogy is just so perfect :blobfoxcrylaugh:</p>
Jorge Arango<p>ICYMI: Later this year, Karl Fast and I are teaching a personal knowledge management workshop. We'll show you how to use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> to get your information under control. More details coming soon, but for now you can sign up to the wait list here: <a href="https://tally.so/r/mVjWpE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tally.so/r/mVjWpE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToolsForThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToolsForThought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Today is the day I realized I had a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/commonplacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commonplacebook</span></a>, I just wasn’t using it right.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/zettelkasten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zettelkasten</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a></p>
Ryan Welsh<p>Better late on an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> than never. I’m no good at them. </p><p>40-year-old dude who still can’t believe he’s not in his early 30’s anymore. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatDad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatDad</span></a>. Doing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeManagement</span></a> for a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> company, focusing on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KCS</span></a>. Obsessed with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a> stuff; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a>’s my jam. Missing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> time. Interested in starting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hydroponics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydroponics</span></a>. </p><p>I don’t post a lot: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Introverted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introverted</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> wallflower who’s alright at replying, shit at starting a conversation. </p><p>Well met.</p>
Jorge Arango<p>The latest episode of my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> features a conversation with Aidan Helfant about personal knowledge management for learning. Aidan is a student at Cornell, and he’s mindfully using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> for his studies — and sharing his approach to help other students succeed. 🙌 </p><p><a href="https://theinformed.life/2023/07/30/episode-119-aidan-helfant/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theinformed.life/2023/07/30/ep</span><span class="invisible">isode-119-aidan-helfant/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToolsForThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToolsForThought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a></p>
Jorge Arango<p>Descript's AI transcribes "zettelkasten" as "settle cost in" — perhaps it's actually sentient? 😜</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToolsForThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToolsForThought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a></p>
Jorge Arango<p>Walkthrough of a concept by Robert Haisfield for resurfacing ideas in your knowledge garden via LLM-generated questions. Intriguingly, the AI is prompting the user instead of the other way 'round. <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=9edLOMad7Cc&amp;feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9edLOMad7C</span><span class="invisible">c&amp;feature=share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToolsForThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToolsForThought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondBrain</span></a></p>
Shubham Ramdeo<p>Hi 👋</p><p>I want to share what I have learned from 5 years of notetaking and help you save your time in your journey of building a knowledge management and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> system</p><p>THIS IS MY MIND CAPTURED SO FAR 🤯</p><p>It's a graph of my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secondbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secondbrain</span></a> generated using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obsidianmd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidianmd</span></a> (I use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notion</span></a> too)</p><p>I am currently doing a mixup of PARA + GTD + ZETTELKASTEN + (you name it)! </p><p>I use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/keybase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keybase</span></a> to sync it, keep a version history using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a></p><p>👉 Please <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/askmeanything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askmeanything</span></a> ! 🤓</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>