Comments on: Write it down! http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Tom Monahan http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1039 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:02:59 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1039 Katie, I'd say "<a href="http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/08/great-minds-think-alike/"><strong>great minds think alike</strong></a>," but I don't think I'm allowed to use that phrase again in my life time. Katie, I’d say “great minds think alike,” but I don’t think I’m allowed to use that phrase again in my life time.

]]> by: Katie Konrath http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1023 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:26:42 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1023 I've been carrying a notebook around for ages to write stuff down when it comes to me. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to remember an idea, or a project I thought of months ago, and then to look back in my notebook and see all the planning I did for it then. Saves me from having to reinvent the wheel all the time! I’ve been carrying a notebook around for ages to write stuff down when it comes to me. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to remember an idea, or a project I thought of months ago, and then to look back in my notebook and see all the planning I did for it then. Saves me from having to reinvent the wheel all the time!

]]> by: Tom Monahan http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1004 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:01:23 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1004 Tom Edison, it's been said, kept a note pad by his bed for just such thoughts at waking (and he took waking thought very seriously - see previous post <strong><a href="http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/12/21">Sleep on it</a></strong>,). I've been carry a pad of Posit-it notes in my pocket ever since I read this. The only problem with recording all your ideas is that a good many of them don't make a lot of sense, or just plain suck, in the light of a new day. On the other hand, some of them get even better in fresh light, when you have the benefit of objectivity (after they've been through a few wash cycles, Gary). Go figure. Tom Edison, it’s been said, kept a note pad by his bed for just such thoughts at waking (and he took waking thought very seriously - see previous post Sleep on it,). I’ve been carry a pad of Posit-it notes in my pocket ever since I read this. The only problem with recording all your ideas is that a good many of them don’t make a lot of sense, or just plain suck, in the light of a new day. On the other hand, some of them get even better in fresh light, when you have the benefit of objectivity (after they’ve been through a few wash cycles, Gary). Go figure.

]]> by: makethelogobigger http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1002 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:06:22 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-1002 There's times I get a great idea, although not on the order of solving the AIDS crisis or anything, but maybe an idea for a concept that I forget because I go onto something else. Even though I try and remind myself not to forget it, I often do. I also notice that I have some ideas just before waking up that I'm just not alert enough to remember to write down. There’s times I get a great idea, although not on the order of solving the AIDS crisis or anything, but maybe an idea for a concept that I forget because I go onto something else.

Even though I try and remind myself not to forget it, I often do. I also notice that I have some ideas just before waking up that I’m just not alert enough to remember to write down.

]]> by: Gary Bloomer http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-999 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:21:15 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2007/02/13/write-it-down/#comment-999 Write it down. Simple but brilliant. Although I'm far from simple and seldom brilliant, I've been doing it for years. Why? In this fast-paced, digital, high tech world few things ... no scratch that, NOTHING beats a pencil note on a piece of paper, and it doesn't matter how good you are. Every now and again, a wee scribble, a swift jotting, a tiny scrawl of an inkling (no pun intended) gets salted away. Over scraps of paper that just get wadded up in a pocket somewhere, only to be "rediscoved" once the offending pair of trousers or shirt has gone through the washing machine, I recommend LBBs (little black books). Paperchase makes LBBs with little elasticated thingys to keep them closed that fit in a pocket or purse. And Moleskin books, although a little more expensive are great too. Write it down. Simple but brilliant. Although I’m far from simple and seldom brilliant, I’ve been doing it for years. Why? In this fast-paced, digital, high tech world few things … no scratch that, NOTHING beats a pencil note on a piece of paper, and it doesn’t matter how good you are. Every now and again, a wee scribble, a swift jotting, a tiny scrawl of an inkling (no pun intended) gets salted away. Over scraps of paper that just get wadded up in a pocket somewhere, only to be “rediscoved” once the offending pair of trousers or shirt has gone through the washing machine, I recommend LBBs (little black books). Paperchase makes LBBs with little elasticated thingys to keep them closed that fit in a pocket or purse. And Moleskin books, although a little more expensive are great too.

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