I take notes in Workflowy, and sometimes on paper if I don't intend to save them. My Workflowy tree has branches for different types of notes, like conversation logs or reading notes, which makes the notes searchable and well-organized. Tag functionality exists, but I rarely use it. Most of my notes are private, but I show the overall tree structure and some of the notes to friends.
We all deal with a lot of information. What are your strategies of taking notes for new information?
Do you take any notes on paper? If so do you scan them or otherwise digilatize them?
Do you have specific strategies for deciding which information to write down?
How do you write notes to capture all important information?
Do you tag your notes?
If you use Evernote, or a similar system how private are your notes? Would you allow friends to read in them? Your spouse?