Bear supports adding tags to notes, though I only make limited use of that. Instead, I prefer to organize my notes through links.
See my note tags for how I use note tags, and my note metadata for other metadata that I keep track of.
Examples
There are ideas from Building a Second Brain.1
Examples for specific use cases
Examples of personalized tags for specific use cases:
Tags for scriptwriting:
- C = description of a Character who could be used in a story.
- L = interesting or visually interesting Location.
- O = curious or evocative Object.
- S = loaded or revealing Situation.
- A = unusual or revealing Act.
- T = any intriguing Theme that is embodied in life.
Tag according to final product:
- Presentation
- Essay
- Report
- Website
- Project plan
- Meeting Agenda
- Budget
Tag according to kind of information:
- Argument
- Theory
- Framework
- Evidence
- Claim
- Counterpoint
- Question
Examples for tracking progress
Tag according to role:
- meeting notes
- timeline
- budget
- decision
- action
- idea
- objective
Tag according to stage:
- planned
- in process
- waiting for approval
- reviewed
- approved
- on hold
- finished
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Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential (Atria Books, 2022). ↩︎