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The Johnny Decimal system is a number-based file organization method that assigns a unique two-part decimal number to every folder — limiting you to 10
Maps of Content (MOCs) are special notes that serve as navigational hubs for related notes in a personal knowledge system — linking to a cluster of notes
The PARA method is Tiago Forte's four-category organizational system for all your digital information — Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive.
Progressive summarization is Tiago Forte's layered note-highlighting technique for distilling captured content to its most essential insights — bolding
SQ3R is a five-step active reading method — Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review — developed by Francis P.
Knowledge transfer is the deliberate process of moving knowledge from where it exists — an individual, team, or system — to where it is needed, in a form
The Zettelkasten method is a note-taking and knowledge management system that builds a network of atomic, interconnected notes — designed not just to
A browser extension is a small software add-on installed in a web browser that adds features or modifies behavior — blocking ads, saving passwords
A content calendar is a planning tool that schedules what content will be published, when, where, and by whom — turning a content strategy from vague
A context window is the maximum amount of text an AI language model can process in a single interaction — everything in the prompt, the conversation
A knowledge silo is a condition where knowledge, information, or expertise is isolated within a team, department, or individual — inaccessible to others
A large language model (LLM) is a neural network trained on massive amounts of text to predict and generate language.
A pillar page is a comprehensive, long-form web page that covers a broad topic in depth and links to multiple related cluster articles — the anchor of a
A postmortem (or post-incident review) is a structured analysis conducted after a significant incident, failure, or outage — documenting what happened
A runbook is a documented set of procedures for operating, maintaining, or troubleshooting a system or process — step-by-step instructions that allow any
A single source of truth (SSOT) is the practice of structuring data, information, or processes so that every team member, system, or process references
AI hallucination is when a language model generates confident, plausible-sounding text that is factually incorrect or fabricated — a citation that doesn't
An AI agent is an AI system that can perceive its environment, make decisions, use tools (web search, code execution, APIs), and take sequences of actions
An architecture decision record (ADR) is a short document capturing a significant architectural decision made during software development — what was
Analysis paralysis is the state of being unable to make a decision because of overthinking — gathering more information, running more comparisons, and
Asynchronous communication is communication that doesn't require both parties to be present at the same time — email, recorded video, Slack messages
Context switching is the act of shifting mental focus from one task or project to another — and the cognitive cost it incurs.
Decision fatigue is the deterioration in decision quality that results from making too many decisions over a period of time.
Documentation debt is the accumulated gap between the documentation a codebase, system, or process should have and what actually exists — including