Zsolt Viczian's Visual PKM Universe
The books, methods, tools, and ideas that power Zsolt Viczian's Visual PKM workflow. From Excalidraw to concept modeling, mapped as a graph.
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Contents
- link Excalidraw
- book Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte's CODE + PARA method. Progressive summarization originated here, which Zsolt visualizes
- link ExcaliBrain Plugin
Auto-generates a visual graph of any note's connections. The visual answer to Obsidian's text-only g
- link Obsidian
- link Visual PKM Wiki by Zsolt
- article Progressive Summarization
- book How to Take Smart Notes
The book that made Niklas Luhmann's slip-box mainstream. Zsolt's 'Book on a Page' method is a visual
- book Antinet Zettelkasten
An analog Zettelkasten manifesto. Useful counterpoint to digital-only PKM and influences how Zsolt t
- link Obsidian Excalidraw Plugin
Zsolt's flagship plugin. Brings Excalidraw's hand-drawn whiteboard into Obsidian as a first-class no
- article Before You Write: Frame Your Thoughts with Concept Modeling
Zsolt's signature argument: model your thoughts as concepts and relations BEFORE you write prose. Co
- article Book on a Page Method
Zsolt's reading method — fit an entire book onto one Excalidraw page. Forces compression and reveals
- note Visual PKM is not about prettier notes. It is about think...
Spatial memory is older and stronger than verbal memory. Visual PKM exploits that asymmetry.
- note 4D PKM = text + visual + spatial + relational. Most PKM t...
The 'fourth dimension' Zsolt talks about: how concepts relate spatially, not just hierarchically.
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