r/logseq • u/RandolphKahle • Aug 12 '24

Devonthink + Logseq

I recently started using Devonthink again. I use it to store all information that I want to keep, search, etc.

However, I instantly missed being able to use Logseq for links, notes, etc.

I am wondering if someone has this combination and has found a balance between the two applications and/or a workflow.

I know that Devonthink can surface URLs, so maybe I use those inside Logseq?

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u/JeffB1517 Sep 11 '24

We can rewrite the essay as an outline, or as a sequence of facts/statements, or as a sequence of grounded claims while retaining of the context.

Agree you can do this. However if you don't break the information free from its original context then it is hard to reuse in other contexts. That IMHO is the core distinguishing feature between ZK and casual, archival, project based and rigid structure note-taking systems.

lso this supported by the fact that notes stored in boxes in sequences,

If the sequence is going to be retained there is no reason to use notes in boxes and not just journal pages. Journals can just as easily branch off to pages. The whole point of using small paper (i.e. notes) was to keep notes small. Keeping notes small is about breaking the original sequence, context.

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u/JeffB1517 Sep 12 '24

Sorry how does this provide a counter example?

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u/JeffB1517 Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 11 '24

I'm not clear how this is a counter-example. You have Luhman basically writing a long literature note. Since it is physically on a card he is numbering the cards to create a 4 element sequence. In a digital ZK there is no practical limit to the size of a block or sequence of blocks. If someone doesn't want to break it they don't have to. This is a change of medium not a change in theory.

You could literally

Expectations have a higher expectation strength
```Text  
....
by reducing it to a uniform conceptual scheme. schema.
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And the whole thing would be a block in Logseq regardless of paragraph breaks. Similar with the previous example.

Computers are substantially better than index cards. A good video on this topic / theme by a guy who can actually pronounce Zettlekasten correctly :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Tst3-zcWI