Writing useful notes

All notes

Don’t just write things down; try to learn something. Avoid semi-colons.

Create notes that will be useful in the future.

Ignore the above and write with abandon (and brevity).

Anything you might have to lookup again is worthy of a note.

Semantic search is the blog’s main entry point. Keep that in mind without letting it become a constraint.

Technical notes

What did you do? Why did you do it? What’s the source of the information? Did it work? What are you unsure about?

Research notes

Link to the source material. Outline the points that are covered. How do they link to other ideas/subjects? What did you learn? Avoid synopsis (some balance is required here).

Publishing notes to the internet

Avoid political and cultural hot-takes. Otherwise, go for it.