On Mon, 23 Mar, 2020, 19:17 Srijith Nair, wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply Kiran. Quick follow up question - do you jot things
> down in a digital tool or paper and pen?
>
I use paper for essays and talks. Can't focus with a digital medium. I then
transcribe it with a standing desk. Can't do it
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I type out notes when I find an interesting passage, and I've occasionally
> looked up past notes (going back a decade) to retrace how my thinking has
> evolved.
Thanks for the reply Kiran. Quick follow up question - do you jot
On Tue, 25 Feb, 2020, 22:06 Srijith Nair, wrote:
> I was wondering what you have found useful in solving similar problems on
> your end.
>
I use Diigo.com as a web highlighter. Its purpose built, will automatically
cache the page, and even has a usable mobile app for reading and
highlighting.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 07:02:16AM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote:
That is a refreshing contrarian view.
Do you store the metal paragraph in some form or other somewhere other
than in your head?
No, I don't typically write anything down after I read some book or
article. For me, it's enough to
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 11:55:40PM +0100, Tomasz Rola wrote:
[...]
> > the memorable ones, long after the participants had passed. This is from
> > the Davangere region of Karnataka.
>
> This is interesting. it reminds me of Flynn Collective from Charles
> Stross' "Accellerando".
I meant,
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 12:56:14AM +0530, Alok Singh wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 11:52 PM Tomasz Rola wrote:
>
> > BTW, is there (or was there) a similar concept in other
> > cultures/civilisations?
>
>
> Sort of tangential but there is an oral tradition called ಹೆಳುವವರು
> (heLuvavaru) who
> SKN: Over the years I have been getting increasingly frustrated at not
> being efficient in deriving meaningful value from what I have read and
> curated via notes and highlights from these readings. I wanted to get
> better at retaining what I read
>
JJM: I'm on your same boat, but I have
I have found the oldest tech solution to this problem: the humble pen, the
physical book, and lots of shelf space.
1. Pen: I mark down my books and write an index of marked pages at the end
of the book for easy reference.
2. Books: I prefer buying books to the Kindle (having tried e-books for
Ashwin Nanjappa wrote:
The problem is PDF files directory --
which I am syncing using Dropbox, not ideal but I don't see a better
solution.
If the concern is around using a SaaS service like Dropbox, then
NextCloud[0] with S3-Compatible Storage as the backend[1] is a great
self-hosted files
You are right that PDF helps me to use a single format/tool for both books
and academic articles/theses/etc. For academic papers, I highlight/annotate
in the PDF. We did not get into other forms of "notes" that are useful to
me: programming/technical notes, those are captured in my blog.
So, my
Regards,
Srijith K. Nair
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 7:22 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve
> > information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and
Hi José,
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 2:29 AM, José María Mateos wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve
> >information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form
> >articles online.
> >
> >Over the years I have been getting
Hi Ashwin,
> I have terrible memory, so how best to take notes and be able to search and
> find them later is probably something I worry about every single day.
>
> Your current query is about: books and long-form online articles. I am
> guessing you mean non-fiction works.
Most of the time it
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 11:52 PM Tomasz Rola wrote:
> BTW, is there (or was there) a similar concept in other
> cultures/civilisations?
Sort of tangential but there is an oral tradition called ಹೆಳುವವರು
(heLuvavaru) who are these wandering folk (I think they were shepherds) who
go from house to
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve
> information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form
> articles online.
>
[...]
> I was wondering what you have found useful in
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve information
that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form articles online.
Over the years I have been getting increasingly frustrated at not being
I have terrible memory, so how best to take notes and be able to search and
find them later is probably something I worry about every single day.
Your current query is about: books and long-form online articles. I am
guessing you mean non-fiction works.
- *Non-fiction books*
-
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