Propagation - The art of growing ideas
Knowledge management isn't just about capturing information—it's about transforming scattered thoughts into coherent insights. Propagation is where your digital garden truly begins to bear fruit, moving beyond the collector's fallacy to build a laboratory for your mind. Learn how MOCs, strategic linking, and creative continuity turn your knowledge system from a passive repository into an active thinking environment that amplifies your cognitive abilities.
Planting - Capturing information in your knowledge garden
Planting is the art of capturing information without knowing what you'll need. You face a fundamental challenge: you need to capture information to work with it, but you can't predict what will be valuable later. Your knowledge garden—essentially a digital commonplace book—must handle both structured information you organize deliberately and unstructured information you capture in the moment. The goal isn't perfect organization, but creating lightweight approaches that help you resurface materials when needed. From reference materials and source notes to free-form journaling and project work, effective planting builds the raw material for future insights while avoiding the trap of comprehensive capture that leads nowhere.
