(WIP)
because i have very little to no readership, i write in the way i like – that is to say, in the only possible way.
i write poor english. nevertheless, i choose to organize some of my notes / ideas in this language, because it allows no rhetorics, a trap i easily fall into when i use my native language, mandarin chinese.
therefore, notes written in english will be more condensed, more database-like,
more definite, more technical. in contrast, when i feel like sharing a
personal use case / a strong opinion / a vague idea / a flourish of puns,
i will probably write in 中文.
i prefer not to translate these pages, so that they remain in context.
see also: simplistic english for more info on how i deliberately abuse this language.
the notes in this garden are grown “organically”.
in less fancy words, i:
although links are a big feature (and perhaps the whole purpose) of this garden, i prefer to use them moderately.
i am also much inspired by Devine Lu Linvega's xxiivv wiki, which is written in a dictionary format, with lexicons and a glossary.
see also: handcrafted links
this site is an example of digital gardening with trilium, so expect to see more on that.
more generally, this will contain a sort of meta wiki.
i'm still figuring out what to do with this space.
i'd like to grow a distinctive native flora, one that crystallizes from very personal thinking.
i don't want another public wiki that copies over existing knowledge. why not just link to wikipedia and leave only personal remarks?
i grow tired of universal taxonomy. why categorize things like everyone else?
some practices: