Blog

Notes on PKM, productivity tools, and intentional work.

• Why build a Personal Knowledge Management System in an AI world?

  Explore why personal knowledge management remains irreplaceable even as AI delivers instant answers. Discover how serendipity, friction, and personalization in your knowledge base produce insights AI alone cannot replicate.

  9 May 2026

• Probing: Building feedback loops for your knowledge

  Create sustainable feedback loops that transform captured information into actionable insights. Learn the three types of probing - tracking, discovery, and reflection - that help you reconnect with forgotten notes and avoid common PKM traps for a knowledge system that actually improves thinking and productivity.

  2 May 2026

• Propagation: The art of growing ideas

  Transform scattered thoughts into coherent insights through strategic knowledge propagation. Learn how MOCs, linking strategies, and creative continuity turn your knowledge system from passive repository into active thinking environment that amplifies cognitive abilities and builds on previous work.

  25 Apr 2026

• Planting: Capturing information in your knowledge garden

  Learn how to capture information effectively in your personal knowledge management system. Discover the art of planting - building a digital commonplace book that handles both structured and unstructured information without over-organizing. This guide covers four types of information worth capturing, practical strategies for reducing friction, and how to avoid the collector's fallacy.

  18 Apr 2026

• Preparation: Building a foundation for sustainable knowledge work

  Master the art of preparing your knowledge management system before capturing information. Learn how to create structure that supports workflows without constraining thinking, including information types, linking strategies, and entry points for effortless knowledge retrieval.

  11 Apr 2026

• Purpose: Bringing intention to your Personal Knowledge Management practice (and life)

  Learn how purpose serves as your North Star in personal knowledge management, preventing digital hoarding and ensuring your knowledge work aligns with your authentic self. Discover practical approaches to defining your identity, vision, and core values for intentional learning.

  4 Apr 2026

• The 5 Pillars of Personal Knowledge Management

  Discover the 5Ps framework for transforming chaotic note-taking into intentional knowledge work. Learn how Purpose, Preparation, Planting, Propagation, and Probing create a systematic approach to digital gardening that builds clarity and calm rather than productivity burden.

  28 Mar 2026