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Prot Asks: Christian about indie dev, philosophy of experiences, Zettelkasten

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In this ~2.5-hour video, I talk to Christian Tietze about a wide range of topics, from his indie and freelancing programming, to topics of practical philosophy, and ultimately to note-taking with the Zettelkasten method. I have known Christian from the Emacs community, having interacted with him on several issue trackers (e.g. my modus-themes ). He also has a blog where he posts articles about Emacs. Throughout our chat, we make connections to matters of productivity, focus, and commitment. Christian has a young daughter and this is a fact that informs many of the issues we comment on. In terms of philosophy, we explore the theme of what exactly do we value in somebody’s work. Is it the result or the work that goes into developing the necessary skillset for such a result? This has wide applications on everyday affairs. In this context, we also consider the idea of experiencing as much of the world as possible, where we comment on psychedelics and having the right attitude to do things long-term. With regard to Zettelkasten, Christian is one of the two people behind the website zettelkasten.de, which is a high quality resource on Zettelkasten. Christian shares information about the…

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Protesilaos Stavrou

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