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Summary: Some preliminary and early thoughts on Forester, a robust tool for scientists and mathematicians in developing and working with one's own Zettelkasten. Keywords: #blog #forester #sterling #zettelkasten #tool #thought #open #source #note #archive Jon Sterling. Forester. https://github.com/jonsterling/ocaml-forester In discussion with my friend and mentor, Dr. Evan Patterson, I was introduced to a tool created by Dr. Jon Sterling called Forester. These are some of my early thoughts on trying out Forester for my own research and workflow. In my mind, it feels to me that Forester really nailed how transclusions should work in a Zettelkasten type of workflow. In my mind, it is the perfect ambient environment for quickly building and stringing ideas together in coherent and yet atomic ways. Here's an example of it in action: Forester Transclusion: As one can see, the transclusion is snappy, encourages from its foundation the creation of small pieces of information as different files

Thoughts on Forester: A Scientist's Zettelkasten Top of Page Discussion Home Blog Archive Contact Hiring Open Projects Thoughts on Forester: A Scientist's Zettelkasten Date: May 17 2024 Summary: Some preliminary and early thoughts on Forester, a robust tool for scientists and mathematicians in developing and working with one's own Zettelkasten. Keywords: #blog #forester #sterling #zettelkasten #tool #thought #open #source #note #archive Bibliography Jon Sterling. Forester. https://github.com/jonsterling/ocaml-forester Table of Contents Motivation Transclusions Done Right Overall Impressions De

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