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For me my normal approach to taking notes is to not consider them permanent. Often I throw away all the paper I write on. Obviously if it's for documentation purposes, not.
Though more often than not I write documentation digitally and my notes are to help me organize or figure out a problem in my head, so they're more like sketches, as opposed to a journal. I found that what works best for me is to have a standard A4 notebook around for big idea sketches, flows etc., and for the rest have tiny notepads with easy-to-rip pages to make notes.
Handwritten AND digital. I was only doing handwritten, but my brain convinced me note taking was taking up all of my time. So, I stopped. And definitely could tell the difference. So, recently took it back up. Things are moving slower, and I now have designated "notes and review" days. BUT I'm back to retaining things. And that's important.
I still use Boostnote for digital notes as I sometimes see code snippets, code tutorials, etc that I want to keep and it's just easier sometimes to do that at once. I'll then circle back and jot some notes down in my notebook.
Thanks for sharing!
This is neat! I always love to read about how people learn and different approaches.
I've found that whenever I'm learning something new, it helps me to take notes as if I'm going to have to turn around and give a lecture to someone else on the subject right after I'm done. It helps me to lock onto the key points, important hierarchies and structures, and things that are difficult for me to learn. It also helps me keep track of the things that I learned that really helped the material click for me. It also combats the "I understand this, I don't need notes" that turns into "I only remember the general overview".
Thanks for the great post!
hey this is a great article. thanks for writing it. i've experimented with lots of different kinds of note-taking techniques, and i probably will continue to experiment forever. but recently i've started taking notes on note cards and i really like it. i timestamp all of my cards and usually give them a title that's really just a tag to help me find it later. i hadn't considered being specific with the time of day in the timestamp, though; i'll have to experiment with that. it sounds interesting. one comment from your article i liked in particular was the final sentence. to me, the idea that i could go back and, with notes that are helpfully formatted, kind of recreate a story about what i was doing at a particular time and place is very enticing to me. it's like journaling, but without following what i had always thought was the "standard" way of journaling--writing down an entry describing a life event. anyway, i love hearing about the ways other people take notes and trying to incorporate their techniques, so thank you for the article
Great article, inspiring !
I take notes mainly to support my "result oriented", obsessive achiever' mind, with a template designed to help me keep track of tasks / assignments.
I also like to time stamp my notes, for the same reason you mentionned : it's amazing to come back months or years later, and witness the progress made (or how mistaken you were !). Adding digital ink, sketch, or screen capture works like "visual" tags for me.
For the other, more informal kind of notes I take, I will certainly consider applying the cues technique. Thanks for sharing !
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Thank you, for sharing this article. I got to a pen and paper, or a tablet + digital paper, when I am trying to understand something, or when I try to develop my ideas. This helps me greatly when studying data-structures - it helps me see things from a different perspective. Otherwise I don't take notes when I study/read. I think the key to remembering, at least for me, is understanding a concept that's being studied.
I've used the Cornell method ever since my sophmore year of college and haven't looked back. This is why I also prefer "Law-ruled" notebooks because the margin is much larger than standard notebooks.