Memory, of the human kind

Jason_Batten

Seasons Greetings 😃

As web developers (and/or designers) we often read posts, blogs, articles, books etc. on this industry in-which we love and work. Now, we aren't computers unlike the super beats we work on so we don't remember everything.

So, How do you remember as much as you can? How do you keep from forgetting the latest information?

Sometimes when reading I'll have to back-track and go over the same sentence once, twice, three times more just to "get it". I'll rack that up to being dyslexic but I could just be thick :bemused:

This last year has seen me read more posts, blogs, articles and books than I had previously ever done before. As an active effort to keep together the information that was squeezed into my brain I've written some documents or articles of my own.

Writing by hand seems to let information sink in better than typing on the pc but when I write it can be very messy due to letters and words being misplaced all over the page.

So, What do you do to keep track of all the information you need to know to be a web developer? 😕

vaaaska

Google
Bookmarks
Del.icio.us
Notebooks (I keep one nearby at all times)
Online notebook (a modified forum in my cms)

I've tired using DevonThink but found it way to organized for what I do - it takes too much time to categorize my every thought.

If I forget where something is and I can't find it...that's just too bad for me. Invention is the key to creativity anyways.

bpat1434

Well, I usually write junk down, and stash it under my keyboard... but if I'm away from my keyboard, I use a "time-bomb" memory technique. I learned it like 9 years ago (ewww... I was 12, almost 13 back then) and it has yet to fail me (it's even woken me up in the middle of the night to write code or do something).

I don't do the online thing, too long of a process... typing it out... categorizing it... saving it... waiting for the return value... lather, rinse, repeat until hair is satisfactorily cleaned... where did that come from?!?

~Brett

vaaaska

<em>I don't do the online thing, too long of a process... typing it out...</em?>

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I can type faster than I think...makes for alot of nonsense behind the keyboard...

Merve

I keep it mostly in my head, unless I have a great idea in which case I scribble it down on a piece of scrap paper.
As for memorizing things, I just reread stuff a few times or repeat it to myself and then it's stuck in my head for a long time. I've recently had to memorize a load of taxonomy for high school biology class, and just reading it was good enough.