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Semantic Synchrony. An experiment in cognitive and sensory augmentation.

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Semantic Synchrony. An experiment in cognitive and sensory augmentation.

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Anybody who thinks reading and writing is powerful, and anybody who thinks sharing is powerful, ought to be excited about knowledge graphs. Knowledge graphs are powerful --…

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BLanen·Jul 15, 2018

There's this weird/ intersting program that was recommended to in a thread similar to this that maybe you should take a look at: https://github.com/synchrony/smsn The explenation and thought process behind it seems a bit esoteric though.

In Ask HN: Why do you keep a personal knowledge base?

Jeff_Brown·Mar 27, 2018

If the bug were entirely process, that might be true. But the bug is largely ignorance. Education, and even more simply communication, have a long way to go. Not to mention technological solutions like sharing a knowledge graph[1]. A genius Haskell programmer and good friend of mine in the south recently said something to the effect of "liberals should give up this effort to ban all guns". The news he watches had characterized liberals that way, and he believed them. I pointed out that almost nobody on the left is gunning for that outcome, as it were, the "bug" disappeared. [1] https://github.com/synchrony/smsn/wiki

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ismail·Mar 15, 2018

Have been iterating on a notes system as I also found no software gave me the complete solution. Here is my current system for notes that combines written notes with electronic back-up. So far the system below is working but still looking to improve further. Especially around pdf highlighting and notes for research papers. Would appreciate feedback/ideas. Note taking System: Principals: - Evernote is used as the electronic data base of notes - i classify/differentiate notes between ephemeral and long-term archival - only long term goes into Evernote 1. Journal for ideas etc. - Started keeping a notebook around 2015-2016. This is with me most of the time - Use a modified bullet journal format. http://bulletjournal.com/ - Have a daily log, monthly log. This is for ephemeral notes such as Meeting notes&Tasks - Modules: long-term log: Ideas

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, insights log, unanswered questions, problems go here Modules are dedicated pages around a specific topic. I usually dedicate two pages at a time. - separate modules When researching a specific topic, doing a course, reading a physical book etc. - These modules go right in whichever month It is. So e.g I may have a few days of March, then start a new module in between. - Index with page numbers goes in the front of the journal with start of each month and various topics. Once an item is listed on index any additional pages get listed next to original page. Example Index : Idea log - p14, P23 February 2018 - p18, p34 System theory - p27 March 2018 - p43 - The journal is purely functional. No fancy drawing etc. Try to keep it as minimal and functional as possible. Others use the bullet journal format for creative outlet. - Every 3 months or so, take pictures of the pages that are important and they go into Evernote. - Each “module” goes into a separate note. They are tagged by year, and topic - When the Journal is finished, an image of the index goes into Evernote - Evertnote will OCR the text. It is quite accurate and I am able to search based on words in my written notes - It takes about 30-45 mins to do an entire notebook (leaving out the emphereal notes) 2. Reading - Books - kindle: - Highlight important passages - at times make kindle notes - Export the highlights&notes into evernote 3. Reading - Books - physical: - Module in journal 4. Reading - Research Papers: - used Mendely but stopped using it. Found out they do not store highlights or notes with actual pdf. Their support is also terrible and was unable to access my notes with out resorting to poking around their data files for several months. Currently looking for something to highlight, make notes and manage references - have tested papers, readcube, zotero, highlights and have still not found the right solution - ideally it should be able to export to Evernote as well. Think highlights is the only app that supports this. 5. Workshops/Brain Storming sessions: For post-its: - Pictures with the post-it plus app. Import into evernote - Whiteboards etc. Picture into evernote 6. Understanding Concepts/knowledge graph - Use CMAP tools to do concept mapping. https://cmap.ihmc.us - right now the concept maps are saved on Dropbox - Will investigate a script to export the concept map structure and propositions to Evernote as well - Heard that SMSn is quite good as well. Have not had the time to investigate. https://github.com/synchrony/smsn/wiki

In Ask HN: What tools do you use to take learning notes and organise them?

Jeff_Brown·Feb 19, 2018

Be like Google! Build a graph! I use a free, open-source knowledge graph database[1] with an Emacs frontend. It resembles tree-based knowledge schemes like FreePlane or Org Mode, but things can have multiple parents, not just multiple children. It offers full-text search via Apache Lucene, which resembles regular expressions but also offers boolean operators. It also lets you selectively merge your knowledge base with other peoples' -- share what you want with who you want, without having to segment your experience of the data into separate files. (I am one of the developers.) [1] https://github.com/synchrony/smsn/wiki

In Ask HN: How do you manage “knowledge”

Jeff_Brown·Jan 18, 2018

We don't need to rely on Google. We can already build* our own knowledge graphs using open source software. https://github.com/synchrony/smsn/wiki We can even interconnect them -- selecting what's private, what's public, what's shared with some people but not others.

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