private garden

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A private (digital) garden is a (nerdy) "note-taking system". I use these terms interchangeably as catch-alls for popular knowledge and thought workflows that generally follow these 4 principles: There are many different names for the same types of system that I describe here, some more specific/ personalized (eg. Zettelkasten and evergreen notes) and some broader (eg. PKMS). Ultimately, I use garden terminology because I like it the most.

• private gardens have atomic notes
• private gardens use links between notes
• private gardens impose minimal structure
• private gardens are written for the future author first

my digital garden is also a zettelkasten and my digital garden is also a personal knowledge management system. I use private garden because digital gardening is a squishy concept, and it seems a natural extension to use the same terminology.

Although closely related, Private gardening is a note-taking system. Public gardening is an information-sharing philosophy.

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