My strategy is to use two passes. First, dump the raw content in quickest way possible. Generally the quickest way is plain text, if I have a good keyboard aro

My strategy is to use two passes. First, dump the raw content in quickest way possible. Generally the quickest way is plain text, if I have a good keyboard around. I also like eraser boards so I have some small ones by my desk [1]. Wipebooks are nice for portability [2]. The part where I put more care is the second pass, where I go trough the notes and try to structure them in a more useful way for reviewing and learning. The guidelines for formulating knowledge from the SuperMemo author are super useful here: "Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge" [3]. 1: https://www.amazon.com/Board-Dudes-Metalix-Magnetic-CXY22/dp/B001G60J4E https://www.amazon.com/Board-Dudes-Metalix-Magnetic-CXY22/dp... 2: https://wipebook.com/ https://wipebook.com/ 3: http://super-memory.com/articles/20rules.htm http://super-memory.com/articles/20rules.htm