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57 lines
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aliases: []
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title: Note-Taking
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tags:
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- authorship/original
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/incomplete
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- topic/ergonomics/organizational
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- type/philosophy
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dg-publish: true
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---
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# Note-Taking
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## TALK
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This note is intended for
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* why one should want to take notes,
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* what good notes should do
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Note-taking is the practice of physically recording information
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for later recall.
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## Purpose
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Some say they take notes to remember now,
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that by writing the thing down they commit it to memory,
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and the note itself is ancillary.
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That's not me at all.
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I don't remember writing half of what's in [[this-notebook]].
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This is intentional, allowing me to forget things I _know_
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to make room for ideas I'm not decided on.
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See [[personal-knowledge-management]].
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## Content
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It's my own opinion that good notes are _text-first_.
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It can be difficult to explain certain concepts without visuals
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and that's all the more reason to try.
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Besides, if your ability to explain a concept
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is contingent on having access to prepared pictures or diagrams
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you're severely limiting when and where you can explain it.
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## Handwritten Notes
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I take handwritten notes only where it would be inappropriate to use a keyboard.
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I'm interested in learning [[shorthand]]
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so that I can write faster while including more details.
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