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- Sep 2023
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bobdoto.computer bobdoto.computer
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It's the kind of friction needed to help note takers who tend to drown in capture bloat—always onboarding, never offloading.
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- Feb 2023
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writing.bobdoto.computer writing.bobdoto.computer
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Using an alphanumeric identification system for your notes is a workout. By having to situate new notes among previously imported ones, folgezettel forces at least one connection between ideas. It's mental calisthenics,8 acting as a check against capture bloat—that is, importing "all the things."
Those who practice analog note taking have a high level of friction which prevents them from over-collecting (or "capture bloat", importing "all the things", or "collector's fallacy") ideas, which may not rise to a certain level of value. Beyond this, the requirement to find at least one other note to link each idea to provides a smaller hurdle against these hoarding practices.
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