Keep a journal in a private one-person project.

Keep a journal in a private one-person project.

Diary Goodness

No title.

Just use the date as the title.

Assumption that it must be titled

There should be no such restrictions on the primary receptacle for writing out thoughts.

No title on your breath.

Should be able to write it out first and then title it

Forcing titles is not for writing out, but for organizing.

The writing phase and the organizing phase are one and the same.

This project is often referenced in regards to how to use Scrapbox

But I'm not sure that's an appropriate example.

Not how to use the Scrapbox tool, but how to see it as a tool for bottom-up structuring of values

What I wrote was not immediately published.

So I could write anything without worrying about what people would think.

I could clip sentences I liked without worrying about copyright.

I did a kind of thing where I read books and extracted sentences I liked.

On the other hand, he was also writing his thoughts in a public forum on the Web

It's been over 20 years.

Some of the blog posts from 10 years ago say, "I wouldn't write this now.

The filter for "what to write and what not to write" has changed over time.

What is worth writing about is "value."

By establishing a filter for "what to write" over a period of 10 years, there is no psychological resistance to writing what you decide is OK.

Those who don't are hesitant about whether or not they should write, and this puts the brakes on writing.

I think a good first step for someone new to personal wikis and information dissemination would be to keep a journal in a private one-person project.

Searchable compared to paper diaries.

One of the best things about Scrapbox is that you can make it a "link" simply by enclosing it in square brackets

You don't have to specify where this "link" leads, just do it like highlighting an important word.

One day you draw a marker and it changes color.

That "I've marked that keyword before."

You can discover past diaries in which I mentioned the keyword.

Interesting to read back.

You can write your thoughts about what you see connected in today's diary or on the keywords page.

Many people resist editing "past diary pages."

So it's good to have "another page with only the important parts extracted".

Keyword page is suitable for it.

This is how the dots are connected after the fact.

https://gyazo.com/a11b8ca340419141db0ba3a61a546631

It is better to have a single person project as well as a multi-person project

Even if a multi-person project is a "free to write" place, there should be a separate "free to write" place just for you

Even if it says you are free to do what you want, people implicitly read the rules from the air and subconsciously restrict what they write.

When thinking carefully, other people's stimuli can get in the way.

Sometimes I want other people's stimulation and sometimes I don't.

There is a difference in the mode of mind.

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