Tag: Note-taking

• I Replaced My Second Brain (and PARA) With My Own Digital System

  

  It’s surely been a while, as 2026 is now approaching. Quite a bit of time has passed since I stopped using the whole BASB “Second Brain” system as conceived by Tiago Forte, almost two months to be more specific. However, that doesn’t exactly mean I stopped using Obsidian altogether. When it comes to meaningful note-taking…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  December 27, 2025

  PKM

  AI, Alternatives to a Second Brain, Analog and digital, BASB alternatives, Bullet Journal, How-To, Johnny Decimal system, Note Taking, Note-taking, Obsidian, PKM, Productivity, Second Brain, Second brain with bullet journal, technology, Tiago Forte, Writing

• Why I’m Giving Up on a Second Brain

  

  I never thought I’d type this, but here we are. It’s been a fun ride for the past few years, but I saw the writing on the wall a good while back when I felt compelled to restart my second brain in the first place. I really didn’t want to think it was over, and…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  November 8, 2025

  PKM

  Alternatives to a Second Brain, Antinet Zettelkasten, BASB alternatives, Building A Second Brain, Building A Second Brain Criticism, CODE, Giving up on having a Second Brain, Index cards, life, Niklas Luhmann, Note-taking, Notes, Notion, Obsidian, PARA, PKM, Productivity, Syncthing, Writing