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I don't like to take notes on the computer, I like to actually write notes in notebooks, and I have a lot of them! I think the act of writing things down in a
by calhoun137 13y ago
I don't like to take notes on the computer, I like to actually write notes in notebooks, and I have a lot of them! I think the act of writing things down in a notebook is really helpful for me to think things through carefully and clearly, and I just don't get the same feeling typing notes on a computer.
I keep a separate notebook for each project that I am working on, be it for work or pleasure, and I also have a whiteboard for the important TODO items that I don't want to get lost in a notebook page that I don't check everyday.
Before I begin working on a project for the day, I always review at least the most recent pages from the relevant notebook to refresh where I was at when I left off.
Sometimes when I have a good insight that I can't implement right away because I am busy with something else, I will find the right notebook and write it down very quickly in a few words. Then occasionally I come back to it later and get a bit confused about what that note was all about, and in the process of trying to figure out what it means, I remember the whole thought process and come up with a better variation on the original idea that inspired the note in the first place.
- contingencies 13y agoI am the same, however I have begun to write less notes of late after the reacquisition of a wacom tablet. Writing with that is excellent. Another quick way for me to document things is the combination of compiz' "draw on screen" feature and screenshot support. To be honest though after a few months like this I've found that being away from the computer with a pen and pad helps me to focus and tends toward a better quality of output than note-taking at the monitor. Each is suitable for different kinds of problems. As always, use the right tool for the job.
- qwerta 13y agoI just digitize everything once a week. I also use camera on my phone a lot.