Digital Gardening #

What is a Digital Garden? #

I've read just about every article I can find on what a digital garden is. Basically a digital garden is a curated collection of information. Everyone has their own version of what it is, what kind of information to collect, and how to keep it organized.

Examples

• Joel Hooks
• Maggie Appleton
• Andy Matucschak
• Tom Critchlow
• Buster Benson
• Gwern
• Anne-Laure Le Cunff
• Anthony Amar

Aliases

• Second brain
• Commonplace book
• Zettelkasten

Principles

• Epistemic Disclosure
• Learn in Public

Patterns

• Use of emojis for classification:
  • Maggie Appleton's plants
  • Anthony Amar's ideas
  • Buster Bensons' beliefs

Essays

• A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden

Gardenception

• Maggie Appleton's Directory
• Digital Garden Spreadsheet
• Second Brains
• Conor Dewey's On Digital Gardening