273 - Why do we love to classifying and create a taxonomy of note types?
People love to come up with different “note types” such as: fleeting notes, literature notes, seedling notes, evergreen notes, etc… There are a million of them. I believe people are doing this because attaching a metaphor to the note helps them understand and remember the purpose of a note they are creating.
In the context of Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised we are classifying and comparing “note types” in order to come to a better understanding of notes and how we can engage with them in different ways to achieve different results.
Classifying Notes by To Dos
One form of classification is about tracking the different stages of development a note can go through. An idea we have can
- start off as just a phrase “note types”
- which can then become a title for a note with the idea expanded upon underneath
- which can then transform into a network of notes
- which can then be added to an outline for a book
- which can then be turned into a whole book on knowledge work or various note types
Doing so allows us to know which notes we want to work on further for them to become as useful as they can be to us
Classifying Notes by Purpose
Another way we classifying notes is by attaching a purpose of them. Calling a note “structure note” reminds us that the purpose of this note is to help us understand the relationship between a group of notes.
The above titled “story notes” reminds us the purpose of the note is to tell a story, which is important way that people communicate with each other.
This would probably be considered a Layer of Structure in ones zettelkasten.