I used to not use the local graph much. I like to keep it at depth 2 to see more connections, but I was seeing so much noise that it became unusable. Here’s how I solved the problem.
I identified the most important categories of notes. For me, they fall into two categories:
- Highest-Leverage Notes. I look at all my notes through the 80/20 filter. 20% percent are the most important, highest-leverage notes. I started tagging those notes (I use the tag #hl – highest-leverage).
- Onlyness Notes. Onlyness means that which you and only you can do. I started tagging those notes that fall in this category (I use the tag #onlyness). Onlyness notes are inspiring and remind me of what I should focus more on.
In the local graph, I created color groups for those two tags, and I filtered the local graph to see only the notes containing those tags:
tag:#hl OR tag:#onlyness
The result is beautiful and extremely useful. Every single node on the local graph is meaningful and powerful.
I’m posting it because I thought it might be useful to some people. (It would have been so useful for me when I started.) If you have any questions, I’m happy to answer them.
