German
Zettel = slip of paper. (Like an index card.)
kasten = box
So notes on slips of paper stored in a box.
How this is supposed to work.
The idea is that each post represents one note. In the dirt world each note would be on one index card.
A note can be any length. Most are short but others will be longer.
There is no rulebook for this so I’m going to use:
Categories for broad topics: (ie. search engines, computers, social networks)
Tags will be more specific: (ie. Google, Amiga, Twitter)
At least that is how I’m going to try it at start. Between categories, tags and site search I should be able to find notes.
The second point of this is through categories and tags you will find relationships between things, concepts and ideas that you didn’t think were related. But for this to start happening you need a certain critical mass of notes.
In the meantime, you have your notes all in one place AND you can find them.