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Notes — Tagging System

This vault uses tags instead of a folder hierarchy, so any note can live at multiple intersections of topic simultaneously. Obsidian’s search, graph view, and Dataview all work better with tags than with nested folders.

The Taxonomy

Keep this list short and stable. The goal is a dozen or so tags that cover everything — not a tag per topic.

Content domain tags

Tag	Use for
#ai	AI/ML content: predictions, stacks, benchmarks, experiments, reviews of AI companies and tools. Replaces #AI, #AGI.
#pm-practice	The craft of product management: discovery, prioritization, process, backlog, onboarding, performance reviews, etc.
#strategy	Strategy frameworks and application: Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, Wardley Maps, market analysis, competitive forces, org models, bootstrapping.
#sales	Sales, GTM, pricing, B2B/B2C. Absorbs #gtm.
#leadership	Leadership lessons, principles, and frameworks: Shackleton, Napoleon, Laws of Power, decision-making, managing uncertainty, avoiding bias.
#discovery	Customer research and discovery: interviews, opportunity trees, assumption testing.
#prompts	AI prompts and system prompt design: reusable prompts for strategy, discovery, reviews.
#design	Product and visual design: UX principles, data visualization, simplicity.
#review	Reviews of articles, podcasts, papers, and products. Replaces #article-review, #podcast-review, #paper-review, #product-review, #product-teardown.
#civic	Public service and social impact work: gun violence prevention, Afghan evac, veterans, refugees. Replaces #veteran, #refugee.
#personal	Personal notes: wine, plays, quotes, values, travel preferences. Replaces #theatre.

Status tags

Tag	Use for
#draft	Work in progress — not ready to share or publish. Remove when a note is complete.
#evergreen	Polished, stable notes that are ready to publish or share.

Rules of Thumb

One note, many tags. A note on Pricing can carry #pm-practice, #sales, and #strategy simultaneously. Don’t force a single home.

Domain + status. Every note should have at least one domain tag. Add #draft if it’s unfinished. Add #evergreen when it’s done.

Keep the list short. Before adding a new tag, ask whether an existing one covers it. A tag only earns its place when multiple notes share it.

Tags to retire. The following tags were in use but are now consolidated: #AGI → #ai, #gtm → #sales, #veteran/#refugee → #civic, #theatre → #personal, #product-teardown/#podcast-review/#article-review/#paper-review → #review, #project-mgmt/#risks/#competition/#process → fold into #pm-practice, #leadership, or #strategy as appropriate.

Dataview Example Queries

Find all draft AI notes:

LIST FROM #ai AND #draft

Find all evergreen PM practice notes:

LIST FROM #pm-practice AND #evergreen

Find all reviews:

TABLE file.ctime AS "Created" FROM #review SORT file.ctime DESC