I feel so opposite to this entire thread. I have everything on my computer neatly organized, indexed, and tagged properly. For quick input of ideas, I learned cursive and I learned to write it quickly and legibly, and I use this system: personally its flawless - http://bulletjournal.com/
I have a few filled up notebooks and anytime I need some information I look it up in the index, and flip to it. I even write down URL's and descriptions to videos I liked. If I'm watching a video, I write down the timestamp, url, and title, thats how I index media. Maybe if the contents are important like dialogue or lyrics to a song, I'll jot down an excerpt.
It's really cool looking back on old notebooks. Can't wait to virtually go through every day of my life on paper when I get older, show my kids too.
I have a master list document on my computer that has every entry in the table of contents categorized as well, so that makes finding stuff easier too.
THANK YOU!
It really looks great!
Re:Designing a Personal Knowledgebase
by walterbell on Friday September 05, 2014 @01:11AM
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Coppola interview on his binder for Godfather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awce_j2myQw
I love the binder practice. I got a printer about a month ago, printed a bunch of files (notes, incomplete songs, etc), deleted them, then reduced the mess down to a few pages. That was a productive day.
I submit that we have a false equivalency—nay, a false superiority of digital files over paper. After all, that's what we're all about here, right?
As you say, the constraints of paper are a feature, not a bug. I would have made this comment shorter, but I didn't have time.
EDIT Here you go, from right now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8272394