Nicholas Lumen's original Zettelkasten system used physical slip boxes with index cards, each assigned a unique identifier and manually cross-referenced to other cards by writing out identifiers, which was laborious compared to modern digital systems that automatically create and visualize links.
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“he would write out his note on a little cue card and he would give it a unique identifier and then he would slot it in his box after a corresponding note and then he would literally write out connections”
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