Comments on: Taking Notes By Hand

By: Artie Breland

Artie Breland — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:55:46 +0000

You did not show any sample ways of taking notes at a meeting. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

By: dattatreya

dattatreya — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:28:52 +0000

i want detail notes about the wireless monitering

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By: Daniel Schildt

Daniel Schildt — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:36:22 +0000

I think this isn’t first time I see somebody saying that people should use pen and paper. And it’s good to see that. While computers have their good sides it’s still better to use paper to take notes.

If you really want to use computer, collaborative text editor like SubEthaEdit allows you to take notes together with other people. That could help to get more detailled notes if there is several of people using it. Editor like that could be also useful for team meetings.
http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/

Anyway, whether you use paper or computer it’s important to take those notes or you don’t remember much of it later.

By: DrDon

DrDon — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:06:24 +0000

Here’s a great tool – the Cross Ion pen. It’s made to fit comfortably in pockets. http://www.cross.com/catalog/p.....e=Ion+Pens

By: Andrea Piernock Barrish

Andrea Piernock Barrish — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:30:05 +0000

I use a binder to take notes, and I only write on the right (front) side of the paper. Usually I keep those notes in order by date, and use another section to group ideas and comments by topic. This is especially helpful in class, when I can use the notes from the lesson to make comments on my own notes from the textbook or external reading.

I’ve never used a laptop or computer to take notes during a meeting or class. I find it much easier to take the notes by hand, because then I can draw lines and circles and put comments exactly where I want them, to group things that make sense together.

By: Markus

Markus — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:27:56 +0000

It’s quite symptomatic for our time, or perhaps of weblogs that you can actually make a post saying “Look, I have a great idea for taking notes – it’s called pen and paper!”

:-)

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to be reminded from time to time.

Personally I consider pen and paper superior in at least one situation, lectures and seminars, because it gives you a chance to repeat the material when you type it into your computer. For meetings though, I prefer a laptop because you don’t need as much postprocessing…

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:15:01 +0000

Notebooks are awesome. I have always preferred handwriting notes in class or just for general purposes. I normally write all my ideas and thoughts in a notebook. I will even design web layouts in hand first on most occasions.

By: Achieve-IT!

Achieve-IT! — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:30:51 +0000

Taking Notes By Hand

Is paper better than technology? D. Keith Robinson over at To-Done has written about how he finds a notebook much better than a laptop computer for taking notes during meetings. His reasons include the distractions that the laptop produces in

By: Rob Sanheim

Rob Sanheim — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:55:49 +0000

I agree for the most part, but there is value in having a laptop up and running if you’re in a technical presentation where the code/examples/whatever is online. Its nice to be running code samples and tweaking them live as the presenter runs through them, for example.