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Emile comments on Open Thread for February 3 - 10 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Emile 03 February 2014 09:39:50PM 1 point [-]

I'll usually:

  • Use a piece of paper as a bookmark on which I take notes (noting page numbers of bits I don't understand, attempts to summarize/reorganize, interesting insights, notes while I work something out, random ideas the text gives me) - it's not rare that I end a book with two or three pages of notes stuffed into them. I'll then go over those notes and maybe enter some bits in Anki
  • Directly enter stuff in Anki if it's atomic enough (it often isn't)
  • Takes notes in Google docs (either if I'm near a computer at a time, or if I want to have "searchable" notes or look up related info on the internet)