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Do you mind expanding on your Evernote strategy? I've thought of doing something similar but have never gotten down an exact system. Do you take notes on almos
by frev 14y ago
Do you mind expanding on your Evernote strategy? I've thought of doing something similar but have never gotten down an exact system.
Do you take notes on almost everything? How extensive are they usually?
I've always felt like it's too time consuming to take notes (especially in my own words) but also recognize the likely increased retention advantage from doing this.
- smartial_arts 14y ago1. I only take notes on substantial material - something I can learn from - so for instance I don't take notes on news articles that I've read, but I do take notes on relevant to me blog articles, books and videos/video lectures. For instance I just finished reading a Brennan Dunn's book "Double your freelancing rate" and published the summary in here: http://blog.nimblegecko.com/notes-on-double-your-freelancing-rate-book/ http://blog.nimblegecko.com/notes-on-double-your-freelancing... Or here are the notes on second week of Coursera "how to reason and argue" course - https://www.evernote.com/shard/s42/sh/cf6b1dd3-51aa-4bc0-b94c-54ba5ab87282/02d81d07482044aa27918b076f11d1e2 https://www.evernote.com/shard/s42/sh/cf6b1dd3-51aa-4bc0-b94... Hopefully it gives you an idea on how extensive that is. 2. After I finished writing down the note, I copy its contents into a separate note in Evernote and delete everything that I cannot turn into an actionable item. For each actionable item I add a tickbox (Cmd-Shift-T). 3. Then I estimate how long it's going to take to execute on that item and add a ticket into PivotalTracker. I normally try to group tickets by epics (product, marketing, consulting etc). Hope it helps.