https://www.anymind.cc/blog Methods, opinions, and engineering notes on outlining, memory, and attention. en Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.anymind.cc/blog/how-to-outline-your-thinking https://www.anymind.cc/blog/how-to-outline-your-thinking Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Real outlining is a handful of tree moves — split, nest, promote, zoom, prune — applied until structure matches what you believe. A practical field guide. https://www.anymind.cc/blog/local-first-notes-why-offline-matters https://www.anymind.cc/blog/local-first-notes-why-offline-matters Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Local-first notes keep the primary copy on your device: instant edits, true offline, and data that outlives any vendor. Why architecture is a feature. https://www.anymind.cc/blog/turn-notes-into-flashcards-fsrs https://www.anymind.cc/blog/turn-notes-into-flashcards-fsrs Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT How FSRS scheduling works, why flashcard pipelines fail, and how to schedule reviews directly inside your outline with one slash command. https://www.anymind.cc/blog/capture-first-organize-later https://www.anymind.cc/blog/capture-first-organize-later Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Organizing at capture time taxes the thought itself. The inbox method splits the two jobs: capture in seconds, structure later in a deliberate triage pass. https://www.anymind.cc/blog/why-outlines-beat-card-notes https://www.anymind.cc/blog/why-outlines-beat-card-notes Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Folders, tags, and backlinks all promise to transcend hierarchy — and each quietly surrenders to it. Why the tree is still the most honest shape for notes. https://www.anymind.cc/blog/only-outliner-carried-me-through https://www.anymind.cc/blog/only-outliner-carried-me-through Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Card notes, Markdown, and backlinks all failed an ADHD mind mid-thesis. What finally worked was the plain discipline of an outliner. A personal argument.