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note-taking.md

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 # Note-Taking
 
-## Why Take Notes?
-
-### Declare Bankruptcy on Your Memory
-
-Some say they take notes to remember now,
-that by writing the thing down they commit it to memory,
-and the note itself is ancillary.
-
-That's not me at all.
-I don't remember writing half of what's in [[this-notebook]].
-My notes allow me to forget things I _know_
-to make room for ideas I'm not decided on.
-
-## Properties of Good Notes
-
-Good notes are _legible_ and their meaning is clear.
-It is not enough to know what you mean now,
-you must write with clarity sufficient for an outsider to understand,
-because eventually it will be you.
-
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 ## TALK
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 * why one should want to take notes,
 * what good notes should do
 
-There are bad media for note-taking
+%%
 
-* print
+Note-taking is the practice of physically recording information
+for later recall.
 
-***
+## Purpose
 
-Opinion, possibly industry dependent:
-good notes are _text-first_.
+Some say they take notes to remember now,
+that by writing the thing down they commit it to memory,
+and the note itself is ancillary.
+
+That's not me at all.
+I don't remember writing half of what's in [[this-notebook]].
+This is intentional, allowing me to forget things I _know_
+to make room for ideas I'm not decided on.
+See [[personal-knowledge-management]].
+
+
+## Content
+
+It's my own opinion that good notes are _text-first_.
 It can be difficult to explain certain concepts without visuals
 and that's all the more reason to try.
+Besides, if your ability to explain a concept
+is contingent on having access to prepared pictures or diagrams
+you're severely limiting when and where you can explain it.
 
-%%
+## Handwritten Notes
+
+I take handwritten notes only where it would be inappropriate to use a keyboard.
+
+I'm interested in learning [[shorthand]]
+so that I can write faster while including more details.