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Re:The Cornell Note-taking System (2001) by Jach on Thursday December 05, 2019 @11:54AM (#21713872)
I've never used note taking and I don't miss it.
Re:The Cornell Note-taking System (2001) by ubermonkey on Friday December 06, 2019 @09:59AM (#21722282)
You're very special.

Most people find it helpful. If I had a coworker on a team in a dev meeting, and they didn't take any notes, though, I'd be super suspicious they weren't going to retain all the important parts.

Re:The Cornell Note-taking System (2001) by Jach on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:08PM (#21725998)
Sorry, bad attempt to humorously go even beyond the previous peak. ("I've never used/seen x and I don't miss it" -- so how would you even know anything about the value of x -- is a sentiment seen on many HN programming language threads.) I do occasionally take notes. For meetings specifically, notes of them tend to serve first the function of a discussion log, second as reminders either to follow up on something or to transfer anything really important to a more structured form of knowledge share like documentation, a titled google doc, or the details section of a specific work item.