tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post5311907292676774978..comments2024-03-28T15:17:18.477-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Marion Dougherty’s index cardsMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-40191761413766051272022-09-16T08:46:52.666-05:002022-09-16T08:46:52.666-05:00Chris, I use index cards all the time — there are ...Chris, I use index cards all the time — there are Twinings tins of 3 × 5 cards all over the house. I can’t claim to have a practice though — I use cards for jotting things down on the spot. There’s nothing archival about my use. I also like pocket notebooks, larger notebooks, legal pads, and for whatever will go online, Byword, iA Writer, and MarsEdit.<br /><br />Yes, I followed Manfred’s blog, and I’m glad it’s at archive.org. About notetaking: I think I learned everything I know when I sat in (with permission) on a class I had already taken to get all the notes I had not gotten the first time around. And in teaching, I found that one way to encourage notetaking was to keep in mind (unconsciously) Howard Nemerov’s joke: “A good teacher says everything twice. A good teacher says everything twice.” (Not mindless repetition, but restating in a different way.) And I’d sometimes ask students to repeat comments that were especially perceptive: “Could you repeat that? I want to make sure everyone gets that.” Hint, hint!Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-48431325184183312182022-09-15T21:34:55.449-05:002022-09-15T21:34:55.449-05:00I've been spelunking through your posts from r...I've been spelunking through your posts from roughly the decade from 2005 onward which reference your interest in index cards. Thanks for unearthing and writing about all the great index card material from that time period. Have you kept up with your practices? <br /><br />I noticed that at least one of your posts had a response by MK (Manfred Kuehn, maintainer of the now defunct <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110901000000*/http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Taking Note blog</a> (2007-2018). Was it something you read at the time or kept up with? <br /><br />Have you been watching the productivity or personal knowledge management space since roughly 2017 where the idea of the Zettelkasten (slip box or card index) has taken off (eg. https://zettelkasten.de/, Sonke Ahren's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/B09HSSFCPR" rel="nofollow">How to Take Smart Notes</a>, Obsidian.md, Roam Research, etc.?) I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on them or even what your practice has meant over time.<br /><br />Thanks again. <br /><br />Cheers! -CJAChris Aldrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031382155173157140noreply@blogger.com