simple enough to be boring

There is no right answer in PKM. There are only processes that work. The test of PKM is whether it works for you. A person’s PKM practices will change over time, and the most important aspect is being aware of how we seek sources of information, make sense of our own knowledge, and then share it at work, in communities, or through networks. —learning & the future of work (2015)

It might seem harmless – it’s just another AI assistant! To-do app! PKM tool! – but it will catch and keep you in an endless cycle of vocabulary changes that never shape or produce the words you so desperately want to share … I’ve started to see the loudest voices and influencers in the productivity space as little more than productivity tourists; the travel influencers of the various Getting Things Done cults, all of whom pronounce that they’re becoming better people for their experience and documentation of the world, and none of whom stay in one place long enough to absorb anything meaningful. —JA Westenberg (2026)

“simple enough to be boring” — that’s my PKM framework:

Seek > Sense > Share

That’s it.