06/09/2022
Doctor Hofmann here ...
Some of you might know that I have been spending part of my sabbatical as a Fellow in the "Migration and Mobility in the Early Middle Ages" research group at the University of Tübingen. It's been amazing so far, but after two years of COVID, with no opportunities for research, my research skills are a bit rusty!
One of the things I have been doing is catching up to new software developments. Zotero (something anybody who has taken HIST 201 with me knows is my go-to bibliography and note management program) has had a major upgrade -- including an iOS app that syncs with your library AND allows you to mark up PDFs AND takes your mark-ups and turns them into separate notes!
While looking for documentation on the new version, I've been discovering all sorts of new tools, including the Zettelkasten system and a program called Obsidian, which allows you to create notes that link to each other in multiple ways, so that you can see how your ideas from studying and research connect to each other. The way it works also looks like it would be great for creative projects, like mapping out RPG campaigns or writing stories.
I will put links to some of those videos later, but today, I thought I would post a video that I am going to start including in my syllabuses for every course. I think it's a super helpful reminder for when and why to take notes, no matter what level you are at!
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