That is a tag

When it comes to organizing your notes, it can be tricky to figure out if a particular item should be linked, or tagged, or put in a folder, or something else entirely. I have one small tip that might help.

When I was flirting with Tana last year, one thing I really liked was how they advised you to handle tagging for items. Their general suggestion was for a tag to come after “is a”. For example:

• Mickey is a #person
• GreenMellen is a #company
• Think Again is a #book
• Adam Grant is an #author
• “That is a tag” is a #blogidea

It really helped simplify my thinking, and it worked fantastically well with Tana. Now that I’m sticking with Obsidian things are a bit different, as Obsidian handles tags a bit differently, but the general concept has helped me a lot.

For reference, hashtags on social media are an entirely different beast. Keep them CamelCase for the sake of accessibility, but beyond that I can’t help much.

When it comes to notes, though, whatever system you’re using, whether it’s one of those or Evernote or Apple Notes or anything else, consider using the “as a” concept when creating tags and it might help them make more sense.

Originally published at https://www.mickmel.com on February 19, 2023.