Let us now praise Post-it notes
Submitted by Merlin on April 18, 2005 - 3:46am.
Taking Notes
Originally uploaded by philgyford.
Phil Gyford has a neat trick, by which he adds a few large Post-it notes to the inside cover of a book he’s starting to read. Handy way to make notes on the go.
I’m also a big fan of these removable/re-placeable Avery Write-On tabs, which you can stick in the front cover of your Moleskine or similar notebook. Makes it easy to do the Jerry Brito trick—creating ad hoc sections and shifting the location of your current TODO page, etc.
In other news, Amazon should be delivering my copy of Rapid Problem Solving with Post-it Notes tomorrow. Dunno if it’ll be any good, but it does look intriguing and got good reviews.
Got a good sticky-note trick to share? Planning? Brainstorming? Contextual notes?
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To quote my first contribution...
To quote my first contribution to the wiki:
Note that Post-It adhesive leaves a residue and is also acidic. If your Moleskine is for daily use, you may not care, but if you are using it as a diary or long term sketchbook, you want to avoid the use of Post-It or similar temporary adhesive products. Reference: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/preservation/postits.html
Obviously, for most books it doesn’t matter whatsoever. But it is worth knowing for those few books that are valuable or otherwise long term items. I use post its all the time… but I now avoid putting any on or in my collection of golden age pulp magazines and other collectables.