Cornerstone notes are the term I use to describe Andy Matushak’s Evergreen Notes
Andy suggests evergreen notes are written to:
- evolve
- contribute
- accumulate, over time
- across projects.
Principles
A simple note adheres to the same principles defined for any note that finds its way into my Note-Making System:
- a note should be Atomic
- a note should be Concept Oriented
- the combination of an Atomic note and the fact that it is Concept Oriented means it becomes more than an Item of Knowledge – it begins to communicate Actionable Information and transforms into an Item of Information
- a note should be Densely Linked
- a note should be organised using Associative Ontologies rather than hierarchical taxonomies. This means will should grow organically, rather than to some pre-prescribed system
- as Knowledge Accretes, in due course you can synthesise what you know into a Cornerstone Note
Implementation
For a detailed description see of my implementation see Information Flow.