**Created**:: [[2022-06-13 Monday]] **Link**:: https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y **Duration**:: 15:54 ![Rethinking PKM Part 2: Links, Tags, and Filepaths](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y) # Summary In this video, the speaker discusses the distinctions among file names, folders, tags, and links within a personal knowledge management (PKM) system. He presents a Venn diagram to illustrate how these elements interconnect and their unique roles in organizing and retrieving information. The speaker emphasizes the importance of thoughtful structuring for long-term knowledge sustainability. # Key Takeaways - Use a file path to create a structured hierarchy that organizes notes effectively, as it serves as the long-term archive of your knowledge. - Tags can be leveraged to label notes, enhancing retrieval and organization by creating virtual spaces according to similarity or project relevance. - Links represent relationships between notes, offering contextual connections that facilitate exploration and discovery of related information. # Content Hey everyone. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=0) Since my last video, I've been pretty busy, and if you've been following me on Twitter, you’ve seen all the different things that I was doing. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=1) First of all, thank you for the feedback on the previous mind map. I added a couple of additional items to the mind map, and I think it's a bit more complete now. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=3) Then I went on to start creating an overview map of PKM processes, and this is version one of my PKM processes map, which received quite some feedback. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=10) Later on, I published PKM processes version two, and I'm now working on version three. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=18) I'm trying to make this graph a holistic overview of all the processes, tools, and techniques that I'm using in my PKM. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=21) I also went ahead and read an interesting book called "The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff." [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=50) There were two important learnings for me from this book; many interesting points stood out, but two particularly caught my attention. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=56) One was a fascinating number from research that indicates if you have more than 21 files in a folder, that is the magic number when you should create a subfolder. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=67) They measured that it takes about 2.2 seconds to take a step in our folder structure while it takes only 0.1 seconds to scan a file, which is where this magic number of 21 comes from. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=80) The other interesting learning from the book mentioned a study from 2016 that indicated that most people prefer to navigate to files instead of using search. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=101) It suggests that it takes more cognitive energy to type in a search term than to rely on our spatial memory to find files, which might be the underlying reason for this preference. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=118) I find that I also prefer to use Excalidraw instead of relying solely on search. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=145) In today's video, I'd like to explore the differences between filenames, folders, tags, and links to understand how they fit into my own PKM system. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=156) For this purpose, I'll be using a circle map and a Venn diagram as helpful tools for organizing these concepts. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=172) A circle map helps define concepts and contexts, while a Venn diagram allows for comparing and contrasting aspects within those concepts. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=174) Venn diagrams represent mathematical or logical sets pictorially, with common elements shown in the intersections of circles. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=210) To categorize different aspects, I'll share a few Venn diagrams. You can have two circles similar to the double bubble map, three circles, or even more, although five circles may start to become too busy. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=250) Getting back to our circle map, let’s place these items onto our Venn diagram. First, I’m talking about file paths instead of just folders, since file paths include a file name and a folder path. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=276) A well-structured file naming convention can contain valuable metadata such as version numbers, dates, and statuses. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=326) Links represent relationships between notes. If you extend links with metadata, they can help create an ontology for your notes within your knowledge graph. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=380) Tags, meanwhile, label your notes and allow for classification based on similarity or project relevance. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=401) Let’s go through some PKM activities. For tagging for action, the name itself suggests it is indeed an actionable tag. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=458) I could place it in the tag section since it could also serve as a descriptor in the file name. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=475) Reminders to resurface notes have more to do with linking, as they facilitate connections within relevant contexts. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=515) Grouping similar items and classification based on taxonomy could sit in the overlapping sections of the Venn diagram, representing a mix of file paths and tags. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=579) Labeling for inclusion in projects could correlate with both linking and filing items in specific project folders. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=637) Keywords typically connect well with tags and enhance the organization of notes. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=661) Adding context to notes can come from all three elements: file names, file paths, and tags. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=679) Connecting two notes is primarily the purpose of links since they define relationships clearly. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=720) Tracking the version of notes could be done through tags or filenames, depending on the specific process preferred. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=727) Tracking workflow status can be a bit ambiguous as it overlaps among all three categories but can primarily be associated with tags. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=759) The file path serves as the organization for information across platforms, ensuring long-term accessibility. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=818) Links and tags can evolve over time, but file paths provide a more lasting organizational structure, which is essential for knowledge sustainability. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=870) I hope you found today's video helpful. Let me know in the comments if you have other PKM activities you'd consider with tags, links, or file paths. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=913) Also, share your thoughts on my categorization. [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=919) Until next time, enjoy Excalidraw, enjoy PKM, and thank you! [* ](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=946) # YouTube Details ## YouTube Description In this video, I use a Venn Diagram to organize PKM activities based on my preference to use tags, links, or file paths to achieve those actions. I am currently in the process of reviewing and rethinking my PKM processes and will be sharing my findings in upcoming videos. To make these videos more helpful, I aim to demonstrate a different visual thinking tool in each video. Timestamps ----- [00:00](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=0) Intro - catchup on my PKM research from the past week [02:35](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=155) Context with the circle map [02:51](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=171) Recap Thinking maps [03:30](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=210) About Venn Diagrams [04:33](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=273) Define Filepath, Links, and Tags [07:32](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=452) Populate the Venn diagram with data [15:12](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=912) Closing thoughts ---- If you find my videos helpful, please say thanks by buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/zsolt If you want to connect, you can reach me (@zsviczian) in the Obsidian Members Group (OMG) on Discord or on Twitter. Links -------- Excalidraw Plugin: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin Obsidian: https://obsidian.md My blog: https://zsolt.blog Thinking Maps playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6mqgtMZ4NP2VJULuSi0D2-CgK30Hh_0F Referenced book & tweets: -------- The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Managing-Digital-Stuff-Press/dp/0262035170 The updated mindmap from part 1: https://twitter.com/zsviczian/status/1534603729449656321?s=20&t=1XcNytjtSyib0EKo5XnZ9A PKM Processes Part 1: https://twitter.com/zsviczian/status/1534629134902624256?s=20&t=1XcNytjtSyib0EKo5XnZ9A PKM Processes Part 2: https://twitter.com/zsviczian/status/1535674814173700097?s=20&t=1XcNytjtSyib0EKo5XnZ9A Create a subfolder if you have more than 21 items: https://twitter.com/zsviczian/status/1535986489204645889?s=20&t=1XcNytjtSyib0EKo5XnZ9A Navigation over search: https://twitter.com/zsviczian/status/1535990984668024838?s=20&t=1XcNytjtSyib0EKo5XnZ9A ## YouTube Transcript [hey everyone](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=0) [since my last video i've been pretty](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=1) [busy and if you've been following me on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=3) [twitter that you've seen all of the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=5) [different things that i was doing so](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=7) [first of all thank you for the feedback](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=10) [on the previous mind map i added couple](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=12) [of additional items to the mind map and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=15) [i think it's a bit more complete now](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=18) [then i went on to start to create an](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=21) [overview map of pkm processes and this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=24) [is version one of my pkm processes map](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=28) [which got quite some feedback and later](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=31) [on i published pkm processes version two](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=34) [i'm now working on version three and i'm](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=38) [trying to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=41) [make this graph a holistic overview of](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=42) [all the processes and tools and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=45) [techniques that i'm using in my pkn](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=47) [and then i also went ahead and read an](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=50) [interesting book the book is called the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=53) [science of managing our digital stuff](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=56) [and there were two](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=58) [important learnings for me from this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=60) [book there were many other interesting](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=62) [points but two points stood out](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=64) [one was an interesting number and the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=67) [research that shows that](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=70) [if you have more files in a folder than](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=72) [21 that is the magic number when you](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=75) [should create a subfolder](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=78) [and there is some](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=80) [measurement behind this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=83) [they measured that it takes us about 2.2](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=85) [seconds to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=87) [take a step in our folder structure](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=89) [while it takes us 0.1 second to scan a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=92) [file and that's where this magic number](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=95) [of 21 comes from](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=98) [the other interesting learning from the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=101) [book was that based on this study and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=103) [mind you this study comes from 2016 so](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=106) [the world has moved a little bit on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=109) [since though in my experience that move](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=112) [hasn't been so great](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=115) [most people prefer to navigate to files](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=118) [instead of using search and an](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=122) [interesting](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=124) [hypothesis presented in the book is it](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=125) [takes more cognitive energy to type in a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=129) [search term than to use our](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=131) [spatial memory to find](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=134) [to locate files that might be the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=137) [underlying reason why people prefer to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=140) [navigate instead of search and i find it](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=142) [myself as well i prefer to use xcoli](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=145) [brain for example instead of using](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=149) [search dope i do use search quite](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=151) [extensively in today's video](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=154) [i'd like to explore the difference](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=156) [between](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=159) [file names folders](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=160) [tags and links to understand how they](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=162) [could fit into my own pkm system and for](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=165) [this purpose i'm going to be using](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=169) [first of all i'm going to be using the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=172) [circle map and if you recall from my](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=174) [thinking maps series](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=176) [a circle map is there to or it helps you](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=178) [to define concepts and context it](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=181) [default develops a frame of reference](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=184) [and then i'm going to use something](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=187) [similar to the double bubble map and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=189) [again the double bubble map helps you to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=192) [compare and contrast things but this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=194) [time instead of using a doubled up](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=197) [bubble map i'm going to be using this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=199) [venn diagram to categorize these](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=202) [different aspects that you can find on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=204) [the circle map and for those of you who](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=207) [are not familiar with a venn diagram is](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=210) [representing mathematical or logical](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=214) [sets pictorially as circles](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=217) [within an enclosing rectangle the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=220) [rectangle means the universal set](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=223) [and then the common elements of the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=226) [different sets](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=228) [are represented in the intersections](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=230) [of the circles while elements that are](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=233) [unique to one or the other set are of](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=236) [course represented in the relevant](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=239) [circle](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=242) [and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=243) [venn diagrams are excellent to compare](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=244) [and contrast things and here on this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=247) [chart i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=250) [wanted to share a couple of different](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=252) [venn diagrams if you have two circles](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=253) [that is very similar to the double](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=256) [bubble map but you can have three](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=258) [circles as we are going to have today or](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=260) [you can have as many circles as you can](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=263) [fit](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=266) [i think this five circle venn diagram is](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=267) [already a bit too busy](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=270) [so getting back to our circle map let me](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=272) [take these items from the circle map and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=276) [let's put them on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=279) [our venn diagram so i'm going to move](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=281) [these items down here](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=283) [and i'm going to come to our venn](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=285) [diagram i think i'm just going to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=287) [organize all of these items here to the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=289) [right](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=292) [and i'm just going to distribute them](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=293) [vertically so it's easy to organize](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=295) [so before i go ahead and place these](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=299) [items on the venn diagram let's just](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=302) [quickly look at these definitions in the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=304) [corners so first of all](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=306) [i'm talking here about file paths](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=309) [instead of a folder](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=312) [and the reason for that is because the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=314) [file path contains a file name and a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=316) [folder path](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=320) [and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=321) [if](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=322) [you're clever about your file naming](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=323) [conventions then actually file names can](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=326) [be](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=328) [extremely detailed they can contain lots](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=329) [of information that otherwise you might](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=332) [achieve with tagging you can put version](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=335) [numbers there you can put dates you can](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=338) [put owners you can put the workflow](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=340) [status everything can go into](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=343) [a file name and similarly folder paths](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=345) [can have multiple levels of folders so](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=349) [it is really the folder placement so](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=352) [that's why i call this a file path and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=354) [overall file path are rigid](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=358) [and they are like a structure in a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=362) [library the shelves in a library](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=365) [and i look at file paths as the long](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=367) [term or hive structure of my notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=371) [then](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=376) [if i look at links for me links](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=377) [represent relationships between notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=380) [and if i extend the links with data few](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=383) [fields in obsidian or some other](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=387) [metadata in other tools](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=390) [then they can provide an ontology for](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=392) [your notes in your knowledge graph](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=395) [and then finally tags are used to label](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=397) [your notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=401) [and by labeling the notes you can create](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=402) [virtual spaces also you can prime your](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=405) [brain's pattern recognition system](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=408) [by putting a label on something](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=411) [it will](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=414) [occupy a different space in your mind](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=415) [and you will be better able to find](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=417) [similar items in your knowledge graph](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=420) [and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=423) [you can group](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=424) [notes based on different aspects of](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=426) [similarity for example they are all](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=428) [types](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=431) [of this or that or they are all relevant](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=432) [for my project xyz](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=435) [or](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=438) [they are all in status a b or c](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=439) [etc tanks can represent many different](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=442) [categories](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=447) [and you can use them to label your notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=449) [so getting back to these different pkm](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=452) [activities let's go](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=454) [one byte one so tagging for action i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=456) [think the name itself says](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=459) [it's it's actually a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=462) [tag item now i could place it here](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=465) [because i could say or well i could](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=467) [place it here for sure because tag for](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=469) [action i could also add in the file name](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=473) [a description i'm actually thinking to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=476) [place it here but i can also place it](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=479) [here because if i have a note that is](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=481) [for example my](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=485) [to-do list note](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=487) [and i link my other node that has the to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=488) [do item to that list then it could](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=492) [become a to do item i think it's a bit](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=495) [of a far-fetched approach it's not very](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=498) [practical i can see that i would use the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=500) [file name as a tag for action so i'm](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=503) [going to place tag for action](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=506) [in this part of my venn diagram](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=509) [remind to resurface notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=512) [i think that has](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=515) [probably nothing to do with file path](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=517) [because file path](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=519) [in my definition is about](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=521) [providing an archive](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=523) [i could link my notes to relevant](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=526) [context notes to help them resurface in](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=529) [certain situation or certain contexts](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=533) [for example i could also link my notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=536) [to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=538) [geographical locations or my daily notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=539) [or my future daily notes something like](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=543) [that](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=545) [and i could also use different](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=546) [tags uh for resurfacing notes in in](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=548) [certain situations for me by the way i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=552) [think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=555) [this reminder to resurface](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=555) [in the future is a bit more leaning](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=559) [towards the links part but i'm going to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=561) [place this here](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=564) [i i think it's between tags and links](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=566) [both of them can be used to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=569) [add a reminder to resurface the notes at](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=571) [a later point](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=574) [group similar items classify based on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=576) [taxonomy now i think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=579) [i'm going to put this here in the middle](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=582) [not only because it's a long piece of](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=584) [text but also](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=586) [because i think your folder structure by](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=588) [default is a grouping based on some sort](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=590) [of similarity](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=593) [tags are of course used to classify](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=595) [based on a taxonomy](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=598) [but also by linking](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=600) [to certain notes that creates a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=602) [classification](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=605) [by itself if you link for example your](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=607) [notes to a project instead of tagging it](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=610) [with a project](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=613) [that's not maybe the best example for a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=615) [taxonomy but you could link](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=618) [it to a taxonomy as well that you](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=621) [developed as notes i i think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=623) [this item](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=626) [could sit here in the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=627) [triple section of the venn diagram](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=629) [label for inclusion in projects as said](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=634) [i think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=637) [the labeling process could also mean](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=638) [that i link it to project well of course](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=640) [it also could mean that i move items to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=643) [the project folder like in the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=646) [pera](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=649) [approach by thiago](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=650) [so for that reason i'm actually going to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=653) [put this here in the triple section as](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=655) [well](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=657) [add keywords to a note i think that's](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=659) [that's mac here](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=661) [yes you could put keywords in the file](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=663) [name but i think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=666) [adding keywords to a note is a pretty](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=667) [specific action where you would use a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=671) [tag](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=674) [add context to notes i think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=676) [in a way i think all three can add](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=679) [context to the note based on the file](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=682) [name based on the file path based on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=684) [tags and also based on what you link](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=686) [your note to i'm thinking of context](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=688) [like](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=692) [where did i come across this information](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=692) [what am i going to use it for or what](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=695) [have i used it for what's the life cycle](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=697) [status of this information on what data](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=700) [did i come across where in the world i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=703) [was when i came across this information](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=706) [etc those are the different contexts](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=708) [that i would want to add](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=711) [to connect two notes and to define a](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=714) [relationship i think that is of course](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=717) [the whole purpose of having links so](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=720) [that is clearly right here](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=723) [to track the version of notes well i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=725) [think that is probably somewhere here i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=728) [would either use tags or most probably i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=731) [would use](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=734) [actually i would use file names to track](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=735) [the different version of notes so it](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=738) [might even be more down here but i can](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=740) [imagine a situation where i'm using tags](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=743) [to version my notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=746) [and and for that reason i'm going to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=748) [leave this in this section right here](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=750) [to track the workflow status of notes](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=754) [yes i'm a bit ambivalent about where to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=759) [place this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=763) [i think this is probably quite natural](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=764) [for tags](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=767) [of course](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=769) [you could also have folders for the](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=771) [purpose but i'm going to use](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=774) [track workflow status i'm going to put](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=776) [this here](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=778) [on the boundary](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=780) [um it spills over into](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=781) [the triple section um but](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=784) [but that's just because it doesn't fit](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=788) [let me make this smaller and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=791) [now](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=794) [you see i'm going to place this here i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=797) [think tracking workflow status again i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=799) [could use a naming convention to track](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=801) [the status and i frequently do so not in](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=804) [obsidian](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=806) [but at work on sharepoint i would](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=807) [actually track the workflow status of](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=810) [documents through a file name](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=812) [and to organize files](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=816) [platform independent so i i that's of](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=818) [course](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=821) [the purpose of a file path and i think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=822) [this is a very important point the file](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=824) [path](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=827) [the location where you place your files](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=828) [in your](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=830) [knowledge graph](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=832) [is going to be](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=834) [platform independent even if you stop](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=837) [using the tool that you've been using if](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=839) [you're using markdown files and if you](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=841) [have folders those folders will work on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=844) [linux on](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=847) [mac on windows on android on ios](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=848) [whatever as long as you're not using any](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=851) [funny characters those folders are going](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=855) [to be there for you](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=857) [many years into the future so that's i](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=860) [think also an important aspect when](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=862) [thinking about file paths and how to](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=865) [structure your information think of](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=867) [these as your really long term](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=870) [organizational structures file paths](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=874) [links can change or they actually evolve](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=877) [over time so do tags](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=880) [but tags give you a more](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=882) [flexible access to your notes because](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=884) [you can categorize](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=888) [on the fly](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=890) [links provide you relationships and file](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=891) [paths give you the long term or archive](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=894) [they give you the library of your](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=897) [knowledge that you can look back 10 20](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=900) [30 years from today and you can still](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=904) [find information in that logic that](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=906) [you've set up for](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=909) [yourself so i hope you found](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=910) [today's video helpful let me know in](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=913) [comments if you have other or if you can](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=916) [think of other pkm activities](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=919) [that you would do with tags links or](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=922) [file paths also let me know if you agree](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=924) [or disagree with my categorization let](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=927) [me know if you can think of something](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=930) [that would go here between links and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=932) [file paths because i miss that that's an](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=935) [empty space on my venn diagram](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=938) [and overall let me know what you think](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=940) [about these videos and](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=944) [until next time i hope you like this](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=946) [enjoy xcoli draw enjoy pkm thank you](https://youtu.be/VqhDFQzL-5Y?t=949)