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Today’s idea: The "Table of Contents project”
… As I was tidying my place this morning, I had a thought.
What if I simply had the“"skeleton” of each book I owned documented as a library within my Roam.
A list of books I own, and within each book page, a list of contents.
… As I was tidying my place this morning, I had a thought.
What if I simply had the“"skeleton” of each book I owned documented as a library within my Roam.
A list of books I own, and within each book page, a list of contents.
I like this!
1) It’s FAST and EASY. Copying a ToC into my Roam would take hardly any time at all. Convenience factor = HIGH.
2) It serves as a scaffolding of ideas. A base network to reference in other places.
I can then reference a chapter as it applied to something else…
1) It’s FAST and EASY. Copying a ToC into my Roam would take hardly any time at all. Convenience factor = HIGH.
2) It serves as a scaffolding of ideas. A base network to reference in other places.
I can then reference a chapter as it applied to something else…
I can elaborate with more thorough chapter summaries as I’m inspired to. I can spin off from the subject into my own inspired, but related ideas.
I can tag the chapters to start to create a network of related ideas from different places.
I can build connections between sources.
I can tag the chapters to start to create a network of related ideas from different places.
I can build connections between sources.
In a truly meta fashion — Kyle provided a great summary for “How to Read a Book”, which I was able to copy into my database.
The ideas above sorta describe documenting the [[systematic skimming]] step in that method. https://twitter.com/brandontoner/status/1309948999781281793
The ideas above sorta describe documenting the [[systematic skimming]] step in that method. https://twitter.com/brandontoner/status/1309948999781281793
