If, like me, you like journaling, pens, notebooks, and quantified self stuff then this long post by Dave Gauer will bring you a lot of joy.
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If, like me, you like journaling, pens, notebooks, and quantified self stuff then this long post by Dave Gauer will bring you a lot of joy.
The Obvious? 
Wow! I think a psychologist would diagnose a weird case of OCD!
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I used to keep notes in Moleskin notebooks, and loved them.
Then I lost one.
After that I switched to systems that had automated backups (and were also searchable!)
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Yeah, I too loved my notebooks but Drafts and Just Press Record do a better job.
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This is an utterly amazing and deep post. I read it in its entirety – and slowly – to understand exactly what he’s recorded and how. The level of recording is unbelievable. The fact that he puts them all into some kind of wiki then uses a typewriter too is something I loved (it’s unique). I loved the concept of the field notes and the ease in which he wanted to immediately capture notes without cumbersome screens. This is a brilliant post and puts my note taking to shame. 🤣
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I’m glad you felt that too. I may not, will almost certainly not, go to the lengths that he did to capture everything, but it’s inspiring all the same.
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I posted it on Twitter and there was a bit of chatter about it. I couldn’t go to his depth but I love the lessons he learned.
On an aside, I got his name mixed up thinking it was David Graebar trying to find the original blog post (so I mistyped the name into Google). Through this mistake, I was then also introduced to anthropologist Graebar’s work. So two wins today. Thanks for sharing this post.
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My pleasure 🙂
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