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Keeping Notes As A Developer

• rawsyntax 15y ago
  I take notes in an emacs buffer
  • d_mcgraw 15y ago
    Thats not a bad idea, but whats your scheme for keeping them referenced and correlated?
    • rawsyntax 15y ago
      I make a text file per project.. and remove items as they are completed.. If the notes are more complex than that, typically it goes into the bug tracker (redmine, or similar)
• sixtofour 15y ago
  Another tip for a physical notebook: starting from the back, keep a running table of contents referring to notes pages or dates. Log really important stuff, or everything, according to taste.
  • d_mcgraw 15y ago
    Thats a rad tip! I'm totally going to start doing that.
• farout 15y ago
  evernote can be addictive; however it mangles code bits I use a text editor along side with the IDE so I can add notes as I code;the same way as physical notebook but I can paste code bits in there
  • d_mcgraw 15y ago
    I've tried using Evernote and Dropbox, but could never make it work the way I wanted hence the motivation to work out keeping note in an ordered way in my notebooks.