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One of my professors said his retention method when he was a student was to take light, quick notes during lectures, but then at home the same night, write out
by throwaway81523 5y ago
One of my professors said his retention method when he was a student was to take light, quick notes during lectures, but then at home the same night, write out their contents in complete sentences in a separate notebook. It sounded like a good system for someone (not me) who is organized enough to keep up with it.
I looked at the OP article and it seems too fetishistic for my tastes. What happened to ordinary yellow legal pads, or spiral bound school notebooks? For daily casual jottings, I used to use paperbound pocket notebooks, but they kept falling apart with use. Now I just carry a folded up piece of 8.5"x11" printer paper and transcribe any content needing preservation to a computer when I get around to it. The rest is ephemeral and I can throw away the paper when it gets full. Lately I read on Stephen Wolfram's blog that he does the same thing I do. I don't know if that's a good sign or a bad one.
- neilv 5y agoInstead of that folded-up piece of paper, if you have a box of business cards you'll never get through, those double as wallet-sized durable scratch paper. :)
- throwaway81523 5y agoYeah at one point I carried around 3x5" cards but the regular sheet of paper is more convenient than almost anything, and I can unfold it and use the whole area or half of a side, or whatever. Biz cards are too small for more than jotting down occasional phone numbers etc. The current problem I find is I keep losing pens and rarely have one when I need it. I just happened to be looking into keychain and wallet sized pens a couple of days ago: https://www.jetpens.com/Ohto-Minimo-Ballpoint-Pen-with-Holder-0.5-mm-Black/pd/10899 https://www.jetpens.com/Ohto-Minimo-Ballpoint-Pen-with-Holde... Heh.