tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post6441133864934911913..comments2023-12-25T05:45:34.307+00:00Comments on Broken Biro: Take notes!broken birohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-53748960775988204932013-06-19T10:03:12.867+01:002013-06-19T10:03:12.867+01:00You sound very organised! But I feel sad for all t...You sound very organised! But I feel sad for all the lovely notebooks we have abandoned in favour of all these devious digital means.<br /><br />I wonder if 'synchronise your mothers' is a band - maybe it ought to be!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-50000104910901951812013-06-19T09:58:37.324+01:002013-06-19T09:58:37.324+01:00Yes, I've lost stuff that way too! One thing a...Yes, I've lost stuff that way too! One thing about a notebook - they so very rarely spontaneously combust the way digital stuff can!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-77910595125027673912013-06-18T14:22:12.931+01:002013-06-18T14:22:12.931+01:00I use notes and draft emails too! I have a couple ...I use notes and draft emails too! I have a couple of draft emails; I tend to use them for links or quotes - things I am copying from somewhere else. I have one for me, one for the blog and one for other people (as in, links to send someone next time I'm emailing them). I was wondering last week if anyone had a better system for organising such things. <br /><br />I have a note in my phone which is just a list of potential words for the blog, and another one which is scraps of writing... I try to remember to annotate them, as they do end up rather surreal otherwise. "Poni hoax she's on the radio" mystified me for a while, until I googled it and discovered it's actually a band and a song. missjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743868006995532322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-72253232180187819842013-06-17T05:07:32.055+01:002013-06-17T05:07:32.055+01:00Yes, yes, yes. I'd have an idea or something w...Yes, yes, yes. I'd have an idea or something would spark one, and then I forget about it - and it's in the back of my mind that I had one, that it's there somewhere, but it often just fades. I use a Notes app on my phone to jot down ideas. Very occasionally, I'll use the Drafts folder of my messages too. I lost a whole bunch of messages when my phone crashed. The Notes were OK but the Messages weren't. Sad Face.Ragtag Giggagonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14655186043706444094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-37366239827235111922013-06-16T18:15:05.894+01:002013-06-16T18:15:05.894+01:00Actually, I do that too, Marcheline (and hello, by...Actually, I do that too, Marcheline (and hello, by the way! *waves*) - especially in the library where I work. But shhhhh... don't tell anyone!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-19759158141800824212013-06-16T18:13:45.799+01:002013-06-16T18:13:45.799+01:00It's a good habit. But maybe you don't nee...It's a good habit. But maybe you don't need to? You seem to be doing pretty well without! 8-)broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-70067276372602118872013-06-16T18:13:07.476+01:002013-06-16T18:13:07.476+01:00I'm surprised to hear you say that, Martin, an...I'm surprised to hear you say that, Martin, and not just because you're <i>such</i> a long way away! ;-)broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-27597499418941493852013-06-16T18:12:06.698+01:002013-06-16T18:12:06.698+01:00Do you find everyone buys you lovely notebooks bec...Do you find everyone buys you lovely notebooks because you're a writer and then you save them for 'best'? Me too!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-79776830180113465042013-06-16T15:08:17.051+01:002013-06-16T15:08:17.051+01:00Actually, I do take notes, but not the way you do....Actually, I do take notes, but not the way you do. I work as a radio operator, so I'm tied to my position by a pair of headsets for 8 hours a day. We're allowed to use the internet, so I look up which nursery has the plant I need for that shady spot in my garden, or the next books I want to grab from the library, or recipes for the next dish I want to try. I keep little pages of notes and then tuck them into my wallet so that on my days off I know exactly where to get the things I'm looking for. Once the list has served its function, out it goes - to make room for the next one.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-84997126080541722932013-06-16T14:03:30.474+01:002013-06-16T14:03:30.474+01:00No. But I always mean to...No. But I always mean to...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-60238097130017335782013-06-15T14:47:16.966+01:002013-06-15T14:47:16.966+01:00I'm the world's worst note-taker. And this...I'm the world's worst note-taker. And this is probably the most valid of my many prepared excuses for not having written the novel...yet. <br /><br />Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-55116546124133818982013-06-15T11:58:16.056+01:002013-06-15T11:58:16.056+01:00Yes I too have notebooks too lovely to use and rel...Yes I too have notebooks too lovely to use and rely on my Pukka Pad from W H Smith for scribbles. The iPad and a writing app I occasionally use on there are where most of my jottings go these days.I still don't write things down when I overhear them - I should.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.com