Daily Organization
One thing I was not prepared for as I became CTO was the sheer number of threads that I'm expected to manage. I had an understanding of running engineering orgs, but there were piles I didn't even know existed that I now had to answer for.
I am unorganized by nature, ask my family. Messy is an understatement. To compensate, I had used a myriad of paper systems throughout my career to stay on track. I was a paper person, at any given moment my desk would be covered with sheets, index cards, and stickies. As ZSuite Tech grew, my systems failed miserably.
I have a new setup that's working for me that I figured I'd share.
To replace paper I got a reMarkable , and struggled to make that fit for a year. I got rid of paper, but instead of paper everywhere I hate electronic notebooks everywhere. A slight upgrade.
I then started using Logseq to manage my knowledge. Logseq starts with a daily journal format, and that mental shift helped me. My knowledge (urls, screenshots, typed notes) started to take on both structured and time dimensions.
So now daily I create a notebook in my reMarkable. I jot things down throughout the day as needed. Then at least once a week I go back through those pages and either file the inputs to LogSeq as knowledge, or my ToDo list as a task. I then review my ToDo list daily.
What kinds of personal information flow do you use to stay on track?
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5 个月Aaron, thanks for sharing! How are you doing?
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1 年No matter how many electronic organizer systems I try, I still end up navigating back to sticky notes…
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1 年I'm a physical note taker, preference is Moleskin blank cahiers with a Pilot G-2 05 (they just glide for me!). I find the physical act of writing helps clarify and assists in remembering. Then I flow that into iA Writer (completely distraction free mode using Markdown so I can easily flow that out into wikis. The process hasn't evolved much from when it gelled for me well over 2 decades ago in grad school. ??
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1 年I carry a field notes notebook at all times, they are extremely small and portable. If I am able to use a device (smartphone, tablet, or computer) I use Bear for notes. I have a specific requirement for note taking apps, which is the ability to make links to notes that don’t exist yet. This makes my note taking feel like a wiki, and creates a knowledge graph. The other thing I do is daily notes, with headings for meetings or tasks that I am focused on. Every weekend, I go over my daily notes for the week, and I write a weekly review note. I haven’t quite made it to the point of quarterly or annual reviews, but it’s an idea. One last thing I do, I got from a book about Nicklaus Luhman’s Zettlekasten concept. Every book I read has a bibliography note. These are my own observations, thoughts, questions, etc.. as I read the book. I will usually write a note about a subject or idea completely in my own words, but I will reference the bibliography note via a link. I can highly recommend two books that helped me establish this system: - How to Take Smart Notes https://a.co/d/cl8g8NG - Building a Second Brain https://a.co/d/3Qu11YZ