I understand the fundamental importance of brevity and atomicity (I think). In my experience, however, notes are things the significance of which is context dependent. What precedes? What follows?Especially important when doing notes from books and long form text. This has led me to stray from atomicity in favor of longer, discursive notes. Any suggestions/advice about how to manage the tension between atomicity and context-driven significance?
Outline view and the use of containers make it very easy to organize ideas that follow a logical sequence. By proceeding in this way, and without necessarily adding alphanumeric numbering to your notes, you can even create a very suggestive overview, which may even spark some insights.
Thank you.
This has led me to stray from atomicity in favor of longer, discursive notes.
From what I understand, the principle of atomic notes offers several advantages: the simpler a note is, the more easily it can be developed; and the same note can be reworked in different contexts: a paragraph in one or more articles or in several books, for example. Therefore, I distinguish between so-called “atomic” notes, those intended to be kept indefinitely as they are, and structured notes, those logically ordered texts made up of several expanded atomic notes. Tinderbox, of course, manages both types of notes, either in a single file or in several files if it’s a very large one.
Merci!