The note-taking wiki

This wiki works the way Clair Mind works: every page is a note in one connected tree. Tap a node — or follow the orange links — and wander from the Zettelkasten method to the forgetting curve to the right app for you.

Direct connections

The wiki's notebooks — open one and follow a thread. New notes join every week.

Sub-pageNote-Taking Methods: The Complete Guide

Zettelkasten, atomic notes, Cornell, outlining — what each note-taking method is actually good for, and how to pick one without overthinking it.

Sub-pagePersonal Knowledge Management (PKM), Explained Simply

PKM is the practice of capturing, organising, connecting, and retrieving what you know. Here's the whole field in plain language — second brains, PARA, and what actually works.

Sub-pageHow to Take Notes: A Practical Guide

The principles that make notes useful — write in your own words, capture fast, review briefly — plus step-by-step guides for meetings, lectures, and everyday life.

Sub-pageMemory & Focus: Why We Forget, and What Helps

The forgetting curve, spaced repetition, and the science of attention — how memory actually works, and why writing things down changes what your mind can do.

Sub-pageNotes App Comparisons: An Honest Guide

Side-by-side comparisons of the major notes apps — Notion, Obsidian, Apple Notes, Evernote and more — judged on what actually matters, with no fake winners.

Sub-pageThe Best Notes Apps, by Use Case

The honest shortlist: the best notes app for quick capture, for teams, for linking ideas, for privacy — matched to your situation, not to a sponsor.

Every note

All 195 notes in the wiki, by notebook.

The note-taking wiki

Direct connections

Every note

Note-taking Methods

Personal Knowledge Management

How-to Guides

Memory & Focus

App Comparisons

Best Notes Apps