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Of course, this is somewhat of an exaggeration. We are likely not _that_ forgetful, but as a principle I like the idea of it. I intend to implement this idea, and be more intentional about note taking.
Tool-wise this has implications, it means you need to be able to take notes anywhere at any time (hypothetically even while, or right after taking a shower).
Thoughts?
What it means: if you do anything of significance that you may one day want to refer back to: take notes.
Otherwise, assume you will forget and you’ll have to reread that book, or redo the meeting. In a professional setting this may include: meetings (group, 1:1, brainstorming), articles read, books read, or even ideas that come to you under the shower or while taking a walk.
Notes or Didn't Happen
A common question (also to myself) is: “what should I be taking notes on?”
Here’s a (perhaps) radical I’ve been toying with to answer this question succinctly:
Notes or didn’t happen.
Analogous to the “pics or didn’t happen” phrase often used about noteworthy (or unlikely to be believed) events.
This is a very good idea from @Danhon, for new orgs, universities, government organizations, and so on: each sets up its own Mastodon server to provide verified accounts for employees (which can be migrated elsewhere when no longer employed).
I wrote up my proposal for news organizations (and others) to provide trustable, verifiable accounts (as much as we can, in society) for staff: News/media organizations would stand up a Mastodon instance for staff-only, for example follow.washingtonpost.com (doesn't exist! Only an example!) follow.washingtonpost.com inherits the trust of its parent washingtonpost.com domain. Accounts from that instance are trustable, no public signups. https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/4230/
Just starting to see the benefits of our #thoughtworks instance
- Local timeline: find out what colleagues are up to
- Global timeline: Find out who colleagues are interacting with
- Domain as account verification (e.g. @mfowler )
- It's an onramp for corporate citizens otherwise tightly bound to enterprise SaaS
- Employees hosting software for each other is beautiful (hopefully sustainable, too)
Thank you @mheiber & @judeswae for keeping it going for years already now !