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I do this very thing on a legal pad, except before "get the unit tests to pass", I add a box that I can check off because checking boxes makes me feel nice. On
by afarrell 12y ago
I do this very thing on a legal pad, except before "get the unit tests to pass", I add a box that I can check off because checking boxes makes me feel nice.
One advantage of physical paper for the journal is that it doesn't take up screen real-estate or require switching tabs to enter into it. Another advantage is that I don't have to clear it out when I get done with a task. I just turn the page.
- colechristensen 12y agoPhysically writing something also does _things_ in your brain that typing on screens doesn't.
- philsnow 12y agoI've noticed that moving things around to different parts of your brain helps cognitive functions. One example of this is rubber ducking [0]; the act of moving a problem from the part of your brain that you use to think about it, out through the part you use to serialize sentences to another person, helps in problem solving. [0] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RubberDucking http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RubberDucking
- antoaravinth 12y agoI have found this works often in my day to day life. I will be get struck at one thing and when I about to drop a mail, and I write the detail explanation about the problem, I get the answer. Nice to know this is called as "Rubber Ducking"