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Limiting Zettel Titles to 52 Characters Great Win

Originally, I limited the title of all zettels to 52 characters simple because I didn’t want them to get trimmed by the commit comment and not appear as the commit message that gets listed with the directory name in GitHub, but it has turned out to be extremely helpful for a number of unanticipated reasons:

1. Leaves lots of room for links and tag when posting
2. Fits easily onto 80 column screen with identifier
3. Forces succinct titles and focused zettel content
4. Works easily with git commit
5. Fits nicely within a graphic bubble when mind-mapping
6. Punishes the bombastic among us (including myself)

🤬 Ever seen one of the obscenely stupid titles on some academic papers? Yeah, those people might act smart, but they aren’t smart enough to create a title that gets to the fucking point. Save all that horse-shit for the abstract. Oh wait, I don’t give a shit about academia. What am I even ranting about?

#zettelkasten #rants #tips

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