Zettelkasten/Patterns
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Daily Page Pattern
The Daily Page Pattern consists of creating a page named [[YYYYMMDD]] that collects all of the notes for a given day.
See Zettelkasten/Patterns/Daily Page Pattern for a detailed explanation of the pattern.
See 20160101 for an example of what a daily page looks like.
Monthly Template Pattern
The Monthly Pattern consists of a special month template, consisting of the month and year (like {{January2016}} for example) that contains links to all of the daily pages for that month.
See Zettelkasten/Patterns/Monthly Template Pattern for a detailed explanation of the pattern.
See {{January2016}} for an example of what a daily page looks like.
Page Organization Patterns
We use three patterns to help pages stay organized and keep from becoming scattered:
- Reserve top-level headers for meta-level page organization (different sections for different uses of the page)
- Take notes chronologically in a top-level Notes section
- Move information to sub-pages as it accumulates or requires more room
See Zettelkasten/Patterns/Page Organization for a detailed explanation of these patterns.
Todo Lists
We combine several of the above patterns when creating Zetteklasten pages for todo lists:
- Add top level sections for Overview, Planned Todo Items, In Progress Todo Items, Done Items, Notes, etc.
- Work your way backwards through the sections, starting with Notes, and ending with Overview
- Second-level sections: YYYYMMDD date stamp, so that notes and information are organized chronologically
- Third-level sections: tasks
- If a third-level subsection for a task starts to get complicated, start a subpage
See Todo/Foo for an example Todo list page.
Flags Pattern
We coined the term "Flag" for any kind of navigation box at the bottom of a page.
The purpose of Flags is to help create a central "table of contents" for topics, help inter-link pages, and make it easier to navigate among pages by clicking between links.
See Flags for a long list of all the different flags on this wiki.