NOTE TAKING
Best ways to take notes while your hands are busy
Walking, working, talking. Your hands are already taken. These are the ways people still get the note.
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Typing
Hands have to stop.
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A phone voice memo
One hand leaves the work.
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Glasses
A note on your face. Your hands may still be required.
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Say it into the cap
Hands stay busy. Alia writes the note on iPhone after.
See the cap
How to choose a way to take the note
If you can stop, type it. Typed notes are easier to search and easier to share. If you cannot stop, speak one sentence and move on. The mistake is using a sitting-down method in a moment that will not sit still.
A clip recorder is for people who want a separate device whose job is the recording. A cap is for people who were going to wear one anyway and want the sentence without a reach. Those are different jobs.
Whatever you pick, keep the note short enough to replay today. A system you do not review is a system you will stop feeding.
Questions people ask
What is the best way if your hands are busy? Say the point in one sentence into something you do not have to take out of a pocket.
Are long voice recordings useful? Rarely, on the same day. They feel complete and then they sit unheard.
Should the note be edited immediately? No. Capture first. Edit when you are still. Editing is what makes people abandon the note.