Capture Is Storage, Connection Is Recall

Why your notes never come back to you.

• The trap: storage thinking
• most systems optimize capture
• folders, tags, more templates
• you collect, you do not recall
• an unfindable note is a warehouse

• The mechanism: retrieval runs on cues
• your brain and search fetch by cue
• a linked note has a second door
• an orphan note has one door only
• links are routes, not decoration

• The move: atomic and connected
• one idea per note, keep it atomic
• each new note links old notes
• relates to, extends, contradicts
• grows by connection, not volume

• Falsify: more capture is more learning
• find one idea two ways
• from a link: follow the thread
• from search: type keywords
• if only search works, you built a warehouse