Comments on: Programming: write it down (again) http://scottru.com/2008/09/30/programming-write-it-down-again/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Adam Jacob http://scottru.com/2008/09/30/programming-write-it-down-again/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Adam Jacob Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:42:51 +0000 http://scottru.com/?p=21#comment-228 I do this all the time. I sketched out a significant refactor today on the bus, on two pages in a notebook. In addition to the reasons you list above, I have a third: When I type, it's in pass-through mode. It's a conduit - brain thinks, hands type, screen shows characters. I hardly ever remember what I type. It's true for note taking, and it's true for drawing architecture: if I type the first draft, I won't remember it nearly as well as if I write it down by hand. I had to start my own business to realize it, but there is no substitute for pen and paper of you want something to stick... at least for me. :) I do this all the time. I sketched out a significant refactor today on the bus, on two pages in a notebook. In addition to the reasons you list above, I have a third:

When I type, it’s in pass-through mode. It’s a conduit – brain thinks, hands type, screen shows characters. I hardly ever remember what I type. It’s true for note taking, and it’s true for drawing architecture: if I type the first draft, I won’t remember it nearly as well as if I write it down by hand.

I had to start my own business to realize it, but there is no substitute for pen and paper of you want something to stick… at least for me. :)

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