![]() ![]() If you’re interested in customizing the script or if you want to understand how it works, read on. Add an “App Shortcut”, use “Insert Zettel Header” as the menu title and select a keyboard shortcut (I use ⌘⌥⌃H). Go to your Keyboard system preferences pane and select the “Shortcuts” tab. You can assign a keyboard shortcut to this Service from your System Preferences to speed-up note creation even more. Then, you should be able to invoke the service from the menu by selecting nvALT > Services > Insert Zettel Header. Mac OS will then ask you to move the script in your ~/Library/Services folder. To install the Service, unzip the archive and open the included Service file. That’s what the script provides: generate a date-time based identifier, insert a title of your choice, and rename the note accordingly.īecause writing Zettel notes has to be as efficient as possible, I created an Automator Service to insert the date-based Zettel identifier into a new note:ĭownload the Zettel Header Service (Automator workflow) for nvALT (Mac). Let’s sketch a wireframe of a Zettel like this ( > denotes a placeholder): I think tags are important to form loosely connected clusters of notes. You could leave out a title since the identifier is sufficient to, well, identify each note. An American Life, New York and London and Toronto and Sydney: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks.Īccording to this example, a note gets a title, a global identifier, tags, and a list of references. Walter Isaacson (2004): Benjamin Franklin. * Sometimes try to write in verse instead * When the original content is forgotten, write an essay based on your notes and compare to the original (Like in the reading workflow for a Zettelkasten) * Take notes when reading on single scraps of paper. 201105160958 Improve the structure of essays by rewritingīenjamin Franklin improved his writing skill by re-writing other author's articles (Isaacson 2004, p. ![]()
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