Comments on: Taking Notes: Is There a Better Way? http://clioweb.org/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:14:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chopsocky http://clioweb.org/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-24 chopsocky Thu, 09 Dec 2004 02:51:17 +0000 http://www.clioweb.org/archives/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-24 You may also find interest in Evernote http://evernote.com (also free). You may also find interest in Evernote http://evernote.com (also free).

]]> By: Jeremy http://clioweb.org/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-23 Jeremy Thu, 09 Dec 2004 01:50:20 +0000 http://www.clioweb.org/archives/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-23 Thanks for the comment! The Jerry Brito post is really cool, and your post on the topic is great. I've actually used Mind Maps for a few projects (including portions of my Master's thesis), but instead of putting them on paper I created them in Adobe Illustrator and kept them on my computer. Yeah, I'd say keeping up with my notes is my biggest problem. Since I posted, I've been trying to "convert" (read: retype) my hand-written notes into <a href="http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/scribe/" rel="nofollow">Scribe</a>, which is an awesome (and free) note-taking tool for historians. I have a pile of notes laying around in my office, so I thought it would be advantageous to just put them into my laptop. The more I think about it, the idea of "filing" notes into one category makes it hard for me to use my notes across categories. By using keyword "tags" in Scribe, I can search for notes across keywords. I'll probably write a longer post about this in the near future, just to keep this short. Thanks for the comment! The Jerry Brito post is really cool, and your post on the topic is great. I’ve actually used Mind Maps for a few projects (including portions of my Master’s thesis), but instead of putting them on paper I created them in Adobe Illustrator and kept them on my computer.

Yeah, I’d say keeping up with my notes is my biggest problem. Since I posted, I’ve been trying to “convert” (read: retype) my hand-written notes into Scribe, which is an awesome (and free) note-taking tool for historians. I have a pile of notes laying around in my office, so I thought it would be advantageous to just put them into my laptop.

The more I think about it, the idea of “filing” notes into one category makes it hard for me to use my notes across categories. By using keyword “tags” in Scribe, I can search for notes across keywords. I’ll probably write a longer post about this in the near future, just to keep this short.

]]> By: chopsocky http://clioweb.org/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-22 chopsocky Wed, 08 Dec 2004 03:38:56 +0000 http://www.clioweb.org/archives/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-22 I recently made a post on my blog about note taking (http://chopsocky.net/archives/2004/11/30/taking-notes-a-better-way/). There are a few methods that I found to favor over others - mindmapping, and my modified quadrant mehtod. Method aside though, what it sounds like is that you're hardest time is keeping them all in one spot so that you can find what you're looking for when you want it. Check out http://www.jerrybrito.com/blog/000458.shtml who uses his Moleskin with the Getting Things Done method (http://gettingthingsdone.com). I recently made a post on my blog about note taking (http://chopsocky.net/archives/2004/11/30/taking-notes-a-better-way/). There are a few methods that I found to favor over others – mindmapping, and my modified quadrant mehtod. Method aside though, what it sounds like is that you’re hardest time is keeping them all in one spot so that you can find what you’re looking for when you want it. Check out http://www.jerrybrito.com/blog/000458.shtml who uses his Moleskin with the Getting Things Done method (http://gettingthingsdone.com).

]]> By: detrimental postulation » shuffling and shifting http://clioweb.org/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-25 detrimental postulation » shuffling and shifting Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.clioweb.org/archives/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/#comment-25 [...] portunities, is often eye-openingly original, and also includes a reading list. A Clioweb <a href="http://www.clioweb.org/archives/2004/12/07/taking-notes-is-there-a-better-way/" rel="nofollow">post</a> about note-taking, incidentally, led me to Scribe, which may [...] [...] portunities, is often eye-openingly original, and also includes a reading list. A Clioweb post about note-taking, incidentally, led me to Scribe, which may [...]

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