Re: how do you organize your notes?

Bless you brother we share the same misery! I myself have to keep track of:

An obscene amount of email
Tons of documentation in various formats
SW
And most of all DATA

This is spread over multiple computers like document servers, repositories, archives and my laptop.

On my laptop I typically end up with a directory for each major subject and many subdirectories per subject. The "save-webpage-as" sounds too familiar... If I can’t remember where I put it it’s basically a CTRL-F under Windows (accompanied by an ejaculatory prayer).

I have experimented with tools in the past to manage the mess but the tools (or I) lacked the flexibility needed. I would not dare to recommend one.

In the end I use paper to keep track of things. One A4 with the high priority stuff for the day:

phone calls to make
mails to send
things to fix
documents to review

I like to think this works for me.

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Re^2: how do you organize your notes? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 15, 2008 at 16:40 UTC
Seconded. Paper is underrated and a good bump off letting the monitor direct your every action which lets one disengage too much sometimes. Some, like me, learn/memorize much better from writing things down than from just reading them or even typing them. Paper is easier to work with off-line too. It has no battery and you can drop it without ruining your quarter. I hang docs and specs behind my monitor; binder-clips and tacks. I put "Post-it"s on my monitor frame or on the glass if it's something I must not put off. They're supposed to be gone by the end of each day.	[reply]

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by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 15, 2008 at 16:40 UTC

Seconded. Paper is underrated and a good bump off letting the monitor direct your every action which lets one disengage too much sometimes. Some, like me, learn/memorize much better from writing things down than from just reading them or even typing them. Paper is easier to work with off-line too. It has no battery and you can drop it without ruining your quarter. I hang docs and specs behind my monitor; binder-clips and tacks. I put "Post-it"s on my monitor frame or on the glass if it's something I must not put off. They're supposed to be gone by the end of each day.

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