tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2007://1/tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.33- 2007-12-03T11:59:45Z Comments for Thinking while note taking Jack Vinson writes about knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and more. As of December 2007 Jack will likely start writing about product management too. Movable Type 4.01 tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.33.18 Comment from Brett on 2005-02-03 Brett http://nsl.blogspot.com Jack,

Like you, I find that putting my notes down on paper is much more effective for me. After several years of keeping my calendar/schedule electronically in e-mail/PDA, I've actually gone back to using a paper calendar as my primary calendar tool.

I still keep my electronic calendar up to date for the availability information it provides to my co-workers, and it is fine for showing me at a glance (in Outlook Today screen) what I've got coming up for the day. But what it doesn't show me is how crazy, unpredictable, and unconstant my calendar is.

In a paper calendar, on the other hand, I have an endless stream of colored and dashed/dotted lines and arrows that point from one place to another, hash marks that show where something is or was, and general notes about why something is (or isn't) where it is. I'm sure there is a way to do this electronically, I just haven't figured it out.

]]> 2005-02-04T05:19:07Z 2005-02-04T05:19:07Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.33.19 Comment from Matthias on 2005-02-05 Matthias http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~x28/en/#60 You hit exactly my note-taking problem. Perhaps you can ask the Lazyweb to provide something for OpenOffice Impress that solves it?

]]> 2005-02-05T21:41:46Z 2005-02-05T21:41:46Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.33.p5 Trackback in article Writing is thinking: switch to a pen and paper and use both sides of your brain from Angela Booth's Writing Blog Angela Booth's Writing Blog http://copywriter.typepad.com/copywriter/2005/02/writing_is_thin.html

Writing is not typing. It's thinking, and preferably thinking using both sides of your brain, both the verbal, logical left, and the creative, intuitive right brain. The two halves of your brain are so different that you're basically two completely [Read More]

2005-02-14T21:16:31Z 2005-02-14T21:16:31Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.33.20 Comment from Fred on 2005-02-15 Fred http://radio.weblogs.com/0140770/ I read something like that some times ago; the theory is really interesting and logical.

It's probably why I always start modeling software modules on paper and not directly with a modeler like Visio or Enterprise Architect.

Good post!


Salutations,


Fred

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