P.S. Our Notes Want to Move!

Ideas Sparked by Luhmann's Zettelkasten & An Announcement

Before we jump into ideas sparked by Luhmann’s Zettelkasten, I want to let you know that I will be experimenting with some changes to Noted’s structure this summer.

An Update on Noted’s Schedule:

Exactly a year ago, I introduced the P.S. as a way to encourage paid subscriptions while keeping the main content free. Originally, I imagined the P.S. would be a small addition of work for me. But, given the way I work, it’s turned into a second rather time consuming post. I can’t seem to help myself!

This summer (June—>August), I’m going to experiment with a different structure: I will paywall every other Monday post while I pause postscripts for the next three months.

I’m doing this for two reasons:

1. I’m working on a book proposal (yay!)—but this takes quite a lot of time and focus. I wish I was superhuman, but I can’t write the proposal and also publish two Noted posts a week.

2. I need to keep some sort of paywall in place because I rely on paid subscribers. As I wrote last year,

   As an English professor at a public community college, I teach 3-4 extra courses a year—in addition to 6-7 contractual courses—to supplement my salary and to make living in NYC more affordable. I spend 20-30+ hours on each Noted post—while I love the work, it is a lot of work. And, it’s not sustainable for me to keep up my current pace of writing if I am also juggling around 10 courses.

   So, I’m asking you, dear reader, to consider upgrading your subscription.

Because of paid subscribers, I’ve been able to teach fewer extra courses this year—thank you, thank you, thank you! I still need paid subscribers to sustain Noted. To encourage new subscriptions, for the next 10 days, you can subscribe for 20% off the normal price.

As always, if you can’t afford a paid subscription right now, just message me and I’ll comp you. No questions asked.

Will you upgrade your subscription?

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Okay…back to notes!

I love thinking about Luhmann and his Zettelkasten technique because it cracks open a whole series of knotty questions related to note-taking. At least, it does for me. So here are three ideas I’ve been thinking about in conversation with Luhmann and his paper slips. And, just for fun, I’ve created some cartoons to illustrate my ideas