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Digital Gardens and Note-taking

David Gane
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A part of me is playing with embedding another set of notes on this website, that references core concepts and ideas. It would be a little like Zettelkasten (or slip-box notes), which was developed by German sociologist Niklas Luhmann who used his note-taking system to publish around 70 books.

There are often passing references here in DDJ, that I want to develop into a more permanent note—something separate and not attached to the rest of the cruft that builds up on these pages. The idea would be then to link to specific notes in order to give a deeper dive on things and better define some of my ideas and interests.

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Co-writer of the Shepherd and Wolfe young adult mysteries, the internationally award-winning series, and teacher of storytelling and screenwriting.

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