Try to categorize papers into broad buckets (as you're doing with your spreadsheet), then create more detailed notes only for the most relevant stuff. Most paper notes in my knowledge graph are shallow, 15 minutes to summarize the claimed results, and a personal evaluation of why I would consider going deeper on the paper in the future.
Look for connections across categories when writing. Figure out whether your bottleneck is filtering papers, understanding them, or how you're storing that information.
For my field (zero knowledge proofs), there's only so much filtering I really need to do; the harder work is sequencing my reading and choosing what to go deep on. Sometimes I need to... (read more)
Try to categorize papers into broad buckets (as you're doing with your spreadsheet), then create more detailed notes only for the most relevant stuff. Most paper notes in my knowledge graph are shallow, 15 minutes to summarize the claimed results, and a personal evaluation of why I would consider going deeper on the paper in the future.
Look for connections across categories when writing. Figure out whether your bottleneck is filtering papers, understanding them, or how you're storing that information.
For my field (zero knowledge proofs), there's only so much filtering I really need to do; the harder work is sequencing my reading and choosing what to go deep on. Sometimes I need to... (read more)