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> Get what works for you. Yes, I agree. What works for me however is a fairly complex system (although the complexity is hidden in everyday usage) that took me
by blackbrokkoli 4y ago
> Get what works for you.
Yes, I agree. What works for me however is a fairly complex system (although the complexity is hidden in everyday usage) that took me several hundred hours to build, write and refine.
Taking notes is not so hard. Feel free to use any paper in your reach or any software capable of storing text. The hard part is actually using these notes. Getting something out of them. Relating them to other notes. Actually thinking "hey I have note for this?!" months later and executing on that thought. And then still have an input mode so casual that you also still input notes into your system.
Of course you can elect to care or not to care about that, same as you can elect to not care about properly sharpened knifes, identifying birds by sounds or child rearing practices.
But as with most things, if you care to do it well, it's anything but trivial.
- baq 4y agoFor me, the goal of taking notes on paper is to internalize the information. The act of writing it down is what helps to get there, not the fact the information is written down. IOW the best note taking system for me would be such that after I took notes I could just shred the notes and retain all the written down information in my head.
- blackbrokkoli 4y agoHonest question, do you think that's something that can be achieved? Personally I find that without at least some Spaced Repetition (or similar methods) there is no way to remember quotes, github repos or word definitions I jotted down once. Very open to suggestions, though :)
- baq 4y agoNo, I certainly don’t ;) though it’s the theoretical upper limit of note taking efficiency, something to aspire to.
- monkeydreams 4y agoThe point of notes is to use information that presented fleetingly, to drive further activity, inform decisions and guide expectations. The complexity must reside somewhere... but not during the moments I am taking notes.
- blackbrokkoli 4y agoHard agree. But I feel like the author is "criticizing me" (not personally of course) because of the complexity that comes after the initial writing-down, since that is still part of my note-taking system, no?