The file system and Markdown
2 February 2026
Reading
- Anil Dash, How Markdown Took Over the World.
- Zachary M. Schrag, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Princeton University Press, 2021), https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1pdrrc9, Chapters 11 and 12.
- Niklas Luhmann, “Communicating with Slip Boxes: An Empirical Account”.
Assignment
- Download Zotero if you have not already and read over the Zotero Guide and look through Zotero’s documentation.
Activities
- How are your research materials organized?
- Working with the file system.
- Plain text and Markdown.