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Bob Doto
Personal blog · writing.bobdoto.computerwritingproductivity
Bob Doto's personal blog at writing.bobdoto.computer covers writing and productivity. Since 2022, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 39 times, most often “Is “Conscious Capitalism” Still an Option? Was It Ever?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a how-to book on setting up the Zettelkasten method in Obsidian. One commenter, a few chapters in, calls it a great how-to book.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
UPDATE | 21 Oct, 2026 Posted an article based on research from my latest book (due out 2027, inshallah). This is from a chapter on communicating with a ...
Most-linked posts?
- Is “Conscious Capitalism” Still an Option? Was It Ever?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-09-01
- Correcting Some Common Misunderstandings About Permanent Zettelkasten Notes2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-10-12
- Keeping the Zettelkasten in Mind When Creating New Notes2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-07
- I just finished reading a book and took lots of notes. Now what?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-07-16
What Hacker News says?
A few chapters in, this is a great how-to book: A System for Writing (Bob Doto) https://writing.bobdoto.computer/zettelkasten/
Comment linking /zettelkasten/
on “A practical guide for setting up Zettelkasten method in Obsidian”Submitted I just finished reading a book and took lots of notes. Now what? as a story · 211 points
HN discussionSubmitted Zettelkasten, linking your thinking, and Nick Milo's search for ground as a story · 124 points
HN discussionSubmitted Zettelkasten 101 Series: What Is a Fleeting Note? as a story · 56 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Predicament of Bourgeois Anticapitalism as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Niklas Luhmann was OK with losing notes as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Zettelkasten Explodes Thought: Rhizomes, Intertextuality, & Ideative Pillaging as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Personal Project Management for the Burgeoning Homesteader as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to think about the term "bottom-up" in regards to zettelkasten and pkm as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't throw away those old notes: An argument for holding on to bad ideas as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I just finished reading a book and took lots of notes. Now what? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Proposed strategies for working with a collaborative zettelkasten as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Keeping the Zettelkasten in Mind When Creating New Notes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What to do if you've been caught biting someone else's work as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Correcting Some Common Misunderstandings About Permanent Zettelkasten Notes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Spirit of Productivity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is “Conscious Capitalism” Still an Option? Was It Ever? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is “Conscious Capitalism” Still an Option? Was It Ever? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Niklas Luhmann's Playful Appreciation of (Dys)Function as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I manage writing files without folders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atomic notes in a zettelkasten are for writing. You can otherwise drop them as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Obsidian Publish Should Not Cost $198 a Year to Use as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Quotes Are Not Notes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Use CLOGs to Organize my Files (sans folders) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using Horn's information types to craft better notes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Working with Ideas as Information as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Channeling spirit(s) to get things done (GTD) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Correcting Some Common Misunderstandings About Permanent Zettelkasten Notes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making new notes in light of others already captured as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using diaries and journals as source material for zettelkasten notes as a story · 1 points
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