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Ultimate LoFi... Keeping it all in your head?
sgen | Dec 28 2006
OK so KIAIYH is heresy around here but I'm thinking about mnemonic techniques like memory champions use to memorise 1000 digit sequences and card players use to track multiple shuffled decks. I'm happily MedFi at home and at work (a single plain old text file on computer -- although admittedly my text editor thinks its a programming language and folds, colours and formats it accordingly) but need something for when I'm out and about, mainly for capture. I was thinking about maybe constructing a GTD "memory palace" in my head and using mnemonics to track stuff until I'm back at the computer. It would be a bit of effort to set up but it would be lightweight, hands-free and waterproof (though not necessarily alcohol-proof). Just an idea. 12 Comments
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 Memory TechniquesSubmitted by krackeman on December 28, 2006 - 2:28pm.
So, this is a bit tangential, but... Will it work? I have been evaluating my own system lately, and I keep coming across these stories about guys (many of whom worked for US Presidents) who keep everything in their head. And they get it done. Or Franklin-Covey ninjas who have mission statements that mean something and actually do live out of the core beliefs. Or GTD black belts who do it all in Outlook. (or Word) (or on 3x5s) (or in a Moleskine) (or ...) And where I am at right now is this: will it work? I am thinking that if you can trust a "memory place", then go for it ... Me, personally, I can not trust my memory. I can trust paper. I can trust a computer. So what do I use well? What comes naturally? For you, it may be a memory place. For the David, it's a Palm Pilot (last I heard) For some it is Quicksilver, command line scripts, text files, wikis, and beyond. Does it work? » POSTED IN:
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