Using an engineering notebook

Interesting. I use a paper notebook to but it's the opposite of detailed. I use one when I have several ideas in my head and I need to get them out before I forget some, or when I need to figure something out that's a wee bit too complicated to keep all the bits and bobbles in my brain-RAM.

But I write down just enough to offload the memory to paper. They're literal notes. Just enough so that I can remember what I was on about earlier. But probably not detailed enough I could come back in a couple months and recollect the rest of the details. What's the point in that anyway? These are things I intend to act on. Once I commit them to code, then the code becomes the source of truth.

For me, this helps in getting clarity. I do it especially during meetings it helps me think criticallyb- talk just flows by otherwise.

Human journalctl. Probably a good habit to try. Especially with an LLM to search and aggregate it later.

I do this but instead in a google doc. Even better because I can use LLM's to query it aftewards.

Personally I use loose leaf A4 pages, colored pens (massively useful!) and a padfolio with magnetic clip. When a bunch of notes are done, I'll staple them together and file them. I date stuff exactly or approximately or thematically group it. Then they go in boxed document folders (my context is insane, I work on mechanical/electrical/software/patents/random projects at the same time). Periodically, like changing countries, I scan stuff, digitize it, shred and purge.

Closed notebooks barely work because unless you're working on something highly sequential you wind up with 100 notebooks each of which have 5-15 pages used and are mostly wasted.

Occasionally, dated notes can be critical in IP litigation.

surprised to hear others don't do this! obsidian also works well for daily notes

Since when do even bloggers try to get Patreon subscribers?

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