I have been leaving myself voice mails for 15 years for exactly this
purpose -- it works best as a way of synthesizing one's thoughts
because of course you dont want to leave too long a vmail (knowing
that you'll have to listen to it later ;-0). I also take long showers
and talk to myself while showering, tho i haven't sought after any
kind of showerproof writing or recording technologies. And in the
interest of full disclosure, when leaving myself a voicemail I do end
with "cheers man" and then feel utterly compromised for an instant as
I realize how easy it is to enter the mode/context of any
communication tool...
At the moment I have 20 or so windows open in Bbedit each containing
notes on a different blog post idea. I'm going to give scrivener a try
-- I like how it looks. I have a whiteboard covered with post its, and
will often head to a cafe sans mac just to write on a clipboard. All
notes are dated, themed, titled, and stored in a folder according to
topic: e.g. SxD: psychology, or SxD: action sytems, and so on...
I'd like to make better use of talking to myself and am going to
purchase a discreet field recorder of some kind so that I can walk up
and down the haight, muttering and brainstorming. I'm not kidding. I
used to do this to try to capture others muttering -- once had a
hapless and unsuspecting dude lean into the left channel of my stereo
sonic studios mikes -- I hid them in a baseball cap -- and whisper
thuddingly: "doses, shrooms.." made my day and i still have the tape.
but talking is much faster than writing -- if somebody has a solid
recommendation on a digital recorder that you dont have to hold in
your hands, that'd be what i'm looking for..
interesting discussion. it would be cool if there were a slideshare,
or flowgram kind of real-time scrapbooking site that allowed one to
post, record, archive (skype or other voip chat) communication,
images, vid, webam, and notes, and designate "public/private" in order
to solicit process feedback...
cool,
a
On Oct 27, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Will Evans wrote:
Does anyone use their iPhone/mobile device to send notes to
themselves? How about refer back to their ideas that the posted to
Twitter to follow up - with images attached? Just trying to get a
feel for all the ways we keep track of the constant assault on our
senses, how we process, store, and return to those inspirations,
thoughts, ideas.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, adrian chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I hadn't even thought of the back of the hand -- that's great. I
once had both my thumbs broken at the same time and walked about
with both arms in casts -- had I been so inclined, they might have
made for a great note-taking device, and a semi-public one at that.
In fact the history of writing on the body is long indeed. (some
argue that writing itself began with ritual practices of a violent
"graphism" excercised during rites of passage and similar
ceremonies...)
But seriously tho, I like to draft thoughts within blogger some
times -- I find that using blogger even to take notes puts me in a
narrative mind set.
a
On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Jeff Howard wrote:
I keep notes in a small gridded Moleskin notebook. But more important
is simply having something to write with. Always. In a pinch I'll
jot down observations on the back of my hand between the thumb and
index finger. I never knew you could write there until I saw the
movie Memento, but it's a really nice affordance.
The only "formal" process I have for non-project related research
is collecting local papers when I travel. Helps to see the world
though a different set of eyes.
// jeff
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