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Ask HN: What are your note-taking techniques?

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For a high task environment: Carry a tiny tiny notebook around, 100 pages or so, that fits into any pocket. Each page for a day when tasks get assigned. A note in the notebook for the task.

When something's done, put a confident line through it. Flick through the book every day for what's not done.

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I've done a bachelors degree in electrical & computer engineering, half a bachelors degree in chemistry, a year of grad school, and have been in the workforce now for a few years. In this time, I have never been able produce legible or useful notes much less come up with a personal note taking system that works for me. My studying habits in school boiled down to showing up to class and pretending to take notes and th…

so tl;dr: ...you don't really take notes, everything goes in your head?

Re: Ask HN: What are your note-taking techniques?

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I've done a bachelors degree in electrical & computer engineering, half a bachelors degree in chemistry, a year of grad school, and have been in the workforce now for a few years. In this time, I have never been able produce legible or useful notes much less come up with a personal note taking system that works for me. My studying habits in school boiled down to showing up to class and pretending to take notes and th…

so tl;dr: ...you don't really take notes, everything goes in your head?

I wish I were that smart, but no - I have to spend extra time revisiting / researching concepts on my own time.
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