Tag: Notes

• 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

• Pretty, Powerful, Productive: My Obsidian Power User Setup

  

  Personal Knowledge Management (or PKM) is such a useful and vital skill in today’s modern world, and I’m certainly not the first person to centralize the things I do want to track in one convenient, easy-to-navigate place. Of course, I don’t happen to focus everything into the second brain I’ve created (that’s why I also…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  April 17, 2023

  Linux, PKM, Productivity

  CODE, Community Plugins, Customization, Hotkeys, How-To, Keyboard Shortcuts, Linux, Notes, Notion, Obsidian, PARA, PKM, Plugins, Productivity, Ricing, Roam Research, Second Brain, Setup, Tutorial