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Paper is the real 'killer app'

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Post by tra3 »

themodelplumber wrote: post #271
criddell wrote: post #73

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If it isn't too personal, what's a typical entry in your morning journal? Does it vary or is there a pattern?

In case it helps, not OP but here is my daily journal template: https://pastebin.com/djyFiZkz This is not on paper but I do the same thing on paper when I'm away from the computer. On my computer a cron job just pops this into a Dropbox folder as YYYY-MM-DD.md and I edit it from there. There are some neat journaling cues available if you read e.g. "The New Diary" by Tristine Rainer. Like writing in the third person,…

Thanks, that was really interesting. What is DaySCOR?

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Post by tra3 »

rand_r wrote: post #78
weavie wrote: post #52

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Interesting. I wonder how useful journaling would be to help combat insomnia. I will give it a go next time I am lying in bed at 2am with my head buzzing..

I've been successfully using journaling to fight insomnia for a few months now. What I do is try to simply capture every thought that comes into my head as fast as I can write. At first, my hand can barely keep up with the torrent of thoughts being produced by my mind, but after maybe 5-10 min it slows right down. At some point I feel like I'm actually waiting for thoughts to come up so I can write. Eventually, my mi…

You may be interested in http://www.themostdangerouswritingapp.com After 5 seconds of inactivity your text goes away. This encourages you to continue typing. It's helped a lot with my fledging journaling habit.

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Post by dustinblake »

ThomPete wrote: post #235
rhizome wrote: post #214

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I think the "digital folder" part is the loser here. It sounds like the difference between grabbing a collection based on the client and project (or date, or...) with the RedBooks, vs. reading a book via its index (digital folder). That is, the UI for a RedBook vs the UI for accessing a digital folder are fundamentally different, and the digital folder hierarchy is/was demonstrably worse. Sounds like a banal conclusi…

I think you are right but I am also not sure how to change that. We have Behance, Dribble, Pinterest, Instragram etc. all streams of great work which is kind of a different approach. But I think there is value to the tangibility and history of creating these folders and having them there. It's just a what humans find valuable kind of thing.

It comes down to the curation. Those books were the result of one or a few people consciously deciding what was important to include. They made value-based decisions to decide what would make the cut. Constraint forces choices which lead to a more valuable experience.

In addition to the physicality of the book, browsing them meant the viewer didn't need to sort through the cruft (someone had already done that work for them), allowing them to use their own energy/thoughts to build upon that work resulting in new ideas and creativity.

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Post by brooksdra »

It seems the process of writing notes longhand instead of typing into a computer may have a positive effect on the retention and understanding of information by students. This link is to a 2014 study by Pam A. Mueller and Prof. Danial Oppenheimer.

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956797614524581

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throwaway26960 7 days ago [-]

The advantage of paper is that you can be more creative and use slow thinking[1]. Just take a look at Newton's[2] or DaVinci's[3] notebooks, how would they think so freely on a computer? Sure for a work task list, a computer is fine, but I find a computer too limiting on my creativity for myself. Added bonus: no ads, bugs, or distractions. People that create apps create them to make money, not because they make you more productive or help you be more creative. [1]https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp.... [2]https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton [3]http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=arundel_ms_263_.... reply

nomel 6 days ago [-]

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