Capture friction

Category: system quality

Summary: The effort required to save an idea, source, or note at the moment it appears.

What it means

Low capture friction helps preserve ideas before they vanish. But capture should still feed a review process.

How it shows up in personal knowledge management

It connects to capture, inbox, voice-notes, web-clipping, mobile-capture, and attention-management.

Common mistakes

• Reducing capture friction so far that the system fills with junk.
• Making capture dependent on a perfect template.

Related pages

• capture
• inbox
• voice-notes
• web-clipping
• mobile-capture
• attention-management