on personal [context|knowledge] management

12 Jul 2025

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7 Jul 2025
fjpaz
arena solves this (/ solved both for me)

https://x.com/tylerangert/status/1942215490371256734
What I realized over the years about the PKM / tools for thought crowd was that a lot of people obsessively took notes because it was a form of anxiety management, not productivity (similar to many product management / “team oversight” tools). I had a similar experience when I was obsessed with browser history, being afraid of losing my progress on any particular learning topic. It’s very easy to think you’re being productive when you are mostly feeding your own neuroses.

https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/1942195823292391432
This article about deleting a "second brain" is very good. Totally aligns with my experience.

"My new system is, simply, no system at all. I write what I think. I delete what I don’t need. I don’t capture everything. I don’t try to."

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted-my-second-brain
Why I Erased 10,000 Notes, 7 Years of Ideas, and Every Thought I Tried to Save
x.com -> x.com
https://x.com/fjpaz_/status/1868696134669291670
if you have ever found overengineering to be the downfall of your forever-WIP notion/obsidian/any PKM system, then the answer to this question is (/ mine was) to set them aside for a few weeks or months, and in their stead to use only are.na

https://x.com/simonsarris/status/1868467255807217688
how can I learn to love arena?
https://x.com/fjpaz_/status/1896600367858946361

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fjpaz
the ~year I used rewind strongly exacerbated my experience of the issue Tyler describes

https://x.com/shpigford/status/1942214287298265385
Rewind.ai was the closest natural thing for me. I never felt like I needed to write much down because it was capturing ALLLLLL input/output and I could very easily just do a quick search.

Hate that they pivoted. 😭
12 Jul 2025
fjpaz
bsky.app <-> PKM is (can/may ultimately be) AI context management (if you let it)

https://bsky.app/profile/gordon.bsky.social/post/3ltqdoq6xbk2s
AI context management is PKM

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