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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

This note is intended for

* why one should want to take notes,
* what good notes should do

There are bad media for note-taking

* print

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Opinion, possibly industry dependent:
good notes are _text-first_.
It can be difficult to explain certain concepts without visuals
and that's all the more reason to try.

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