############################################################ Docs @ Life ############################################################ ============================================================================ Primary axis: Function ============================================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - What it is: Short context-restoration artifacts that help future-you decide what to do next. - What it is not: Storage of full content, transcripts, or obligations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thinking / sense-making ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - What it is: Workspace notes capturing reasoning, confusion, exploration, or self-observation. - What it is not: Authoritative answers or fast lookup material. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reference / lookup ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - What it is: Curated, stable artifacts optimized for fast, correct retrieval. - What it is not: Explorations, transcripts, or “maybe useful later” content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Narrative / communication ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - What it is: Coherent, end-to-end writing intended for an audience. - What it is not: Personal scratchpads or evolving thought. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Decision log ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - What it is: Records of choices (past or forward-looking) with rationale and revisit triggers. - What it is not: Freeform planning with no explicit intent or criteria. ============================================================================ Secondary axes ============================================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volatility ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - High-volatility: - Likely to become outdated or superseded - Thinking notes, explorations, temporary conclusions - Low-volatility: - Should remain correct or useful for years - Fundamentals, derivations, principles, stable references - High-volatility content should be easy to write, easy to abandon - Low-volatility content should be harder to publish, more curated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other axes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Domain: tech / non-tech / personal / career / health / etc - Time horizon: immediate / short / long - Status: draft / active / archived ============================================================================ Classification questionnaire (use in order) ============================================================================ - Is this primarily recording a choice and its rationale, to avoid re-litigating later? → Decision Log - Is this written primarily for an audience to read end-to-end, with a coherent throughline (including “reader-mode” future-me)? → Narrative / Communication - Is the goal fast retrieval of correct information or a reusable framework/checklist? → Reference / Lookup - Is the goal to capture reasoning, exploration, confusion, or a line of thought to continue? → Thinking / Sense-making - Otherwise: it's a context handle for future re-entry (including “read later” intent)? → Recall