[fathermarz]

I hoard links, research papers, blog posts as a reference. My human brain can make connections of the smallest detail of things I have read or seen before but I don’t always remember what. So if I am working on something I think, oh I have seen something like this before, I search in my tagged links. It rarely comes in handy, but when it does, it is a great feeling.

[item007]

Thanks for sharing—it seems you have an extraordinary brain!

I'm also very curious, what makes a retrieval moment “great” and how often it happens.If someone could help you increase the likelihood of it happening, would you find that valuable?

[fathermarz]

The greatness happens when:

1. I actually saved it in the one place I should save links

2. The thing that I remember seeing actually fits with my current train of thought or understanding

3. I tagged the link meaningfully.

I have tried a lot of twin brain, second mind, etc etc. but I find myself doing the same thing no matter what layer is on top of the link fetching.