Notetaking 101

Via a message in the TryHackMe discord

How to Take Notes Like a 1337 Hecker

With all of the concepts you learn, taking notes allows you to relearn and reference things faster, without making you remember everything all of the time

• It is important to note, haha note get it, that even with all of the solutions and new and flashy tools available for note taking, your own note taking should be very individualized and meet your needs.
• These resources should also be prefaced by saying that I am a heavily biased towards obsidian, therefore most of my resources are centered around Obsidian, but can be applied anywhere.
• The first step to effective note taking is to identify what you need and why you need it,

• From the LYT PKM Kit,

  You don't need any of this. Just make notes and start writing. Worry about structure later.

• Moving on from why and how to begin effectively taking notes lets talk about resources to get there.

• Note-Taking Platforms by Category (other than just an actual notebook)
  • Mind-Style Platforms
    • Trillium (https://github.com/zadam/trilium)
    • Obsidian (https://obsidian.md/)
    • Evernote (https://evernote.com/)
    • Roam (https://roamresearch.com/)
  • Automated/Synced Platforms
    • Jupyter
    • Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/)
  • Straight to the Point/Node-based Platforms
    • Notion (https://www.notion.so/onboarding)
    • One Note (https://www.onenote.com/hrd)
      • Unique platforms
    • Compendium Cards (like, actual, physical cards)
      • Syntaxes and Languages to take notes
  • LaTeX
  • Markdown
  • HTML
  • MathJax
  • Mermaid
  • Just straight up notes dawg Pandoc doesnt fit under this category but can be really helpful for conversion
• Personal Knowledge Management Resources
  • Zettelkasten
  • LYT - Link Your Thinking
  • Evernote
  • PARA
  • IMF
• Research and Academia Resources
  • Zotero
  • Research Rabbit