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I also used to keep tons of notes, references, cheat sheets and bookmarks to various topics around. I found the success rate of finding something there vs googl
by Too 9y ago
I also used to keep tons of notes, references, cheat sheets and bookmarks to various topics around. I found the success rate of finding something there vs google was quite low and things quickly became obsolete. Not only did the topics quickly become irrelevant (I would never go back to CVS or SVN when i only use GIT today so why should i keep my old CVS-cheetsheat around, it's just dead weight and waste of time to organize it) but even for up to date technologies the landscape quickly changes, especially in the javascript world. If i re-google something vs read a note i wrote down 3 years ago i might hit an article teaching me a new better way to do something instead of being stuck in my old bubble.
- atmosx 9y agoI'm doing something similar. I prefer pen and paper. For someone reason digital notebooks don't have the same effect on me as physical notebooks. I read my notes every now and then. But what the notebook does mostly is make me focus and concentrate on my goals and remind me what's important. As the parent said, a notebook enhances your long term memory. You re-iterate lessons learned/forgotten. It's not a bookmarking tool.