I am from Chicago (and so is my mother) and she (mom) used to have a dog named Bootsy.

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It’s funny you mention dictation. I actually dictate… I have a voice records function on my cell phone which I use to verbally “jot down” any idea I have when I can’t write.

Being female, I am always with a purse (and usually a laptop bag and gym bag too…) and therefore always with a pen, but I am not always in a position to whip out said pen and a notepad and record. No matter where I am, though - car, grocery shopping, just woke up in bed - I have my cell phone. At the end of the day (along with adding all my GTD actionable-items-turned-events to iCal) I add all voice records to my various lists (as goes the GTD formula) and delete them.

I do this when I want to remember/store something photographically too. I’ll take a picture of a name or phone number or white board mind-map or ISBN and add it to the lists at the end of the day.

:)

i think what makes a great capture device is something that you have other reasons to have on you, so when you’re getting started, you get used to having it with you. This is why my hipster pda is 1/2 notecards that fit into a fold of my wallet, and why using your cellphone is such a great idea. In my case, i always have my ipod Touch with me, so i use that.