        Knowledge Management in the Digital

             Age—from Zettelkasten to Startup

                                        Owner

                                Schweizer Digitaltage 2025

                                       Simon Späti

                             Opening Question

        ██ Did you ever have a great idea...

        ██ ...but didn't know where to write it down?

        ██ ...or couldn't remember where you wrote it down?

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                              Today's Journey

        ▓▓▓ Knowledge Management in the Digital Age

        From Zettelkasten to Startup Owners

        We'll explore:

           1. Who I am - and why I care about this

           2. The Problem - distraction, information overload, AI everywhere

        And then tackle:

           1. Part: The Foundation - text files & trust

           2. Part: The Workflow - how to actually take notes

           3. Part: The Business - how this becomes your competitive advantage

           4. Demo: Obsidian - Showcasing how it looks & feels like

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                                     About Me

        ▓▓▓ Simon Späti

        Data Engineer, Technical Author & Educator

           •  ssp.sh - blog & second brain & boo

           •  dedp.online - book about data

              engineering design patterns

           •  Highlights:

              ◦  Started as Business Intelligence

                 Engineer

              ◦  I had my own blog since 2003

              ◦  I lived in Copenhagen, Denmark for 3

                 years.

              ◦  Worked at a Unicorn 🦄 (Airbyte)

              ◦  Self-employed since 2024

              ◦  Now living in Biel with family

        ▒▒▒▒ Fun Facts

           •  Typically 1 meeting per week :)

           •  Rest is free time for writing, creating,

              thinking

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        How my Journey Started: Note-wise,

                           and Sharing Online

        ▓▓▓ Online Presence

        Before Facebook,

        Before PartyGuide...

        I built a party guide

        website during my

        apprenticeship (~2003)

        ▓▓▓ Note-Taking Journey

           •  First: Forgetting everything

           •  Then: Taking scattered and very detailed notes on multiple devices,

              apps, and paper

           •  Really starting: During my Bachelor's, Microsoft OneNote

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        How it Started: My Note-Taking

                                      Journey

        ▓▓▓ 20+ Years Evolution

        ▒▒▒▒ Phase 1: Paper (started, and        ▒▒▒▒ Phase 2: OneNote (10 years)

        still using)

                                                    •  Better organization

           •  Scattered notebooks                   •  Great folder structuring

           •  Lost ideas                            •  Great search, OCR on images

           •  No way to search                      •  Synced across

           •  Big plus: no distraction              •  Pain: Getting MY notes out

        ▒▒▒▒ Phase 3: Obsidian (Now, ~5 years in)

           •  Plain text files, owning my data/notes

           •  Connected notes

           •  folderless

           •  Using it for everything: life, journal, writing, programming....

           •  grows with you (more actually makes it more useful)

           •  Easy to publish!

           •  Super extendable (Vim mode)

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