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<ahref=https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz/tree/hugo/content/notes/philosophy.mdrel=noopener>Edit Source</a></p><ulclass=tags></ul><asideclass=mainTOC><details><summary>Table of Contents</summary><navid=TableOfContents><ol><li><ahref=#why-quartz>Why Quartz?</a></li></ol></nav></details></aside><blockquote><p>“[One] who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but [they] also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important.” — Richard Hamming</p></blockquote><ahref=#why-quartz><h2id=why-quartz><spanclass=hanchorarialabel=Anchor># </span>Why Quartz?</h2></a><p>Hosting a public digital garden isn’t easy. There are an overwhelming number of tutorials, resources, and guides for tools like
<ahref=https://roamresearch.com/rel=noopener>Roam</a>, and
<ahref=https://obsidian.md/rel=noopener>Obsidian</a>, yet none of them have super easy to use <em>free</em> tools to publish that garden to the world.</p><p>I’ve personally found that</p><ol><li>It’s nice to access notes from anywhere</li><li>Having a public digital garden invites open conversations</li><li>It makes keeping personal notes and knowledge <em>playful and fun</em></li></ol><p>I was really inspired by
<ahref=https://garden.bianca.digital/rel=noopener>Bianca</a> and
