Listening vs. Note-Taking

2002-10-29 Thread Tim May
Here's a minor digression into something which I occasionally think about: whether it's useful to take detailed notes at conferences (or classrooms, for that matter) or just listen intently. On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 07:11 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: A 6 hour fuel cell would alleviate this

Re: Listening vs. Note-Taking

2002-10-29 Thread Morlock Elloi
Item: At most Cypherpunks meetings someone is sitting with their laptop open, recording notes (or whatever). I usually wonder what they plan to do with the notes...not in any paranoid sense, just wondering if they'll ever look at the notes again, and why. Taking notes ??? We're just

Listening vs. Note-Taking

2002-10-29 Thread Tim May
Here's a minor digression into something which I occasionally think about: whether it's useful to take detailed notes at conferences (or classrooms, for that matter) or just listen intently. On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 07:11 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: A 6 hour fuel cell would alleviate this

Re: Listening vs. Note-Taking

2002-10-29 Thread Morlock Elloi
Item: At most Cypherpunks meetings someone is sitting with their laptop open, recording notes (or whatever). I usually wonder what they plan to do with the notes...not in any paranoid sense, just wondering if they'll ever look at the notes again, and why. Taking notes ??? We're just