Sounds like the Zettelkasten system!

Jul 5, 2020·1 min read

Zettelkasten — How One German Scholar Was So Freakishly Productive

Luhmann wrote over 70 books and more than 400 scholarly articles using the Zettelkasten notetaking method.

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There are apps that do this, and I tried out a freebie for a while.

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Zettelkasten — How One German Scholar Was So Freakishly Productive

Luhmann wrote over 70 books and more than 400 scholarly articles using the Zettelkasten notetaking method.

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