Re: [NTLK] Found this on engadget...

Seb:

A "legal pad" in the US is just a notepad with paper attached at the
top (with perforations for easy tearing). There's actually a pretty
good description of it all on wikipedia (go figure!). Here are some
pictures:

http://tinyurl.com/2zs2y9

I'm sure you can get them at your local stationary shop.

I suggest you poke around the following sites:

http://43folders.com
http://diyplanner.com/

I'm not sure if circa systems are available in the UK (although I
assume they are). You can find them at

http://levenger.com

Levenger is pretty expensive, but the stuff they sell is really good
quality. I use two 5x8 notebooks from them; one houses my calendar
(printed from diyplanner) and one houses my lecture notes (I use 5x8
notecards with a template printed on them. These cards are stored
each term so I can quickly look back and see what I taught and when).

I also use a Moleskine for my general note-taking (these should be
readily available at your local stationer). One of the "hacks" that
43folders recommends is to write a "subject" in the corner of each
page so you can flip through and find things quickly.

One word of warning: you sound like you're a bit like me insofar as
you seem to be on a quest to find a perfect system of some kind. Be
very careful. It is incredibly easy to get sucked into this quest for
what Merlin Mann calls "the perfect apostrophe" to such a degree that
you actually don't do the work you're supposed to be doing!

http://tinyurl.com/2dq6zr

This is also, as I said, discipline-specific. If you're in
engineering, your needs are different than, say, if you're in
philosophy.

Cheers

On 5/6/07, Seb Payne <seb@sebpayne.com> wrote:
> Interesting thoughts there Scott - what is a legal pad? Sorry but it's
> not a term used here in the UK so I'm unsure what you mean.
>
> Doing something simple like this is an interesting alternative to a
> Newton for note-taking/revision..
>
> On 06/05/07, Scott Rogers <srogers@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Much of this is, of course, discipline-specific, but I routinely
> > threaten to take away my students' crappy note-taking systems.
> > Highlighters (which make them feel like they're studying without
> > actually studying). Spiral-bound notebooks (which get mangled in
> > their backpacks and don't allow them to find anything quickly).
> > 3-ring binders that take up far more space than they should.
> >
> > What do I threaten to replace it all with?
> >
> > A large moleskine notebook. A legal pad. A manilla folder for each
> > class. Some 3x5 note cards.
> >
> > Often, it seems, people envision some brilliant and simple
> > technological solution for all this, but what they wind up with is
> > some sort of elaborate Rube Goldberg-esque machine that ties your
> > shoes in only 127 steps.
> >
> > ***
> >
> > I've been using some sort of PDA since the Palm Pilot (upgraded to
> > Professional!). Then I ditched it all for a paper calendar and a 5x8
> > note card for to-dos. Then I ditched that for a Palm again. Then I
> > ditched the Palm for a paper calendar (Hipster PDA + circa notebook).
> >
> > What have I learned from all this? I always want the gadget to do
> > something it's not very good at.
> >
> > I've picked up a Newton again...mostly just for fun.
>
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