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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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 I was thinking about maybe...Submitted by wood.tang on December 29, 2006 - 12:56pm.
sgen;7388 wrote:
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). In a sense we all do this with our high-priority, fun, or creative projects. I don't care what the David says about dumping every last nagging bit of thought into your system, we still roll ideas around in our heads constantly. That's how the tricky stuff gets done. I'm not going to try it, but I could see myself managing these types of projects in my head fairly well. I think you'll cause yourself problems, however, with the day-to-day chores like taking out the trash, checking the furnace, etc. These are the things that we tend to forget most quickly (and bother us the most when we do). I couldn't ever get by without some external way of reminding myself about mundane duties like that. » POSTED IN:
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