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You could write down what you're thinking while you're thinking it. I usually use a google doc to organize my thoughts. It frees up active memory to get your
by tiglionabbit 9y ago
You could write down what you're thinking while you're thinking it. I usually use a google doc to organize my thoughts. It frees up active memory to get your thoughts out of your head and onto paper where you can see them and no longer fear forgetting them.
- coldtea 9y ago>You could write down what you're thinking while you're thinking it. That would be a solution to a non-problem ("looking busy").
- TeMPOraL 9y agoIt's a good one, too. I use Emacs for that, but because I use Emacs for almost anything and have a rather low font size set, cow-orkers doing casual screen glancing can't even tell if I'm coding, working through TODOs, requirement docs, or if I'm IRCing or reading my mail.
- keithpeter 9y agoI need to make marks on paper while thinking through things - I often use a mind map so the outcome of a session might be a single side of A4 printing paper with a diagram on it but that could be the basic plan for a year's teaching on a course.
- lmm 9y agoIt clearly is a problem that the grandparent feels the need to solve. Often it's worth making small changes that improve your own life even if those changes are inherently throwaway.