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35 votes
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Recent French research indicates that certain food emulsifiers may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes
18 votes -
Research on Earth’s raging fever of 2023-24 is picking up
9 votes -
Male birth control gel (that is applied to the shoulders) is safe and effective, new trial findings show
72 votes -
Internet addiction affects the behavior and development of adolescents
8 votes -
Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group
12 votes -
Why the pandemic probably started in a lab, in five key points (gifted link)
44 votes -
Extracting interpretable features from Claude 3 Sonnet
13 votes -
Frozen human brain tissue was successfully revived for the first time
34 votes -
UNM researchers find microplastics in canine and human testicular tissue
23 votes -
How much research is being written by large language models?
14 votes -
Police are not primarily crime fighters
43 votes -
Wiley to shutter nineteen more journals, some tainted by fraud
20 votes -
New candidate genes for human male infertility found by analyzing gorillas' unusual reproductive system
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How do you take notes while reading? Do you have a “marginalia” process? What has helped you learn better and retain new knowledge?
I aspire to better equip myself as a researcher and writer. As part of this, for me at least, I think that developing a note-taking (or marginalia) system would be useful. I read a ton of...
I aspire to better equip myself as a researcher and writer. As part of this, for me at least, I think that developing a note-taking (or marginalia) system would be useful. I read a ton of nonfiction and have especially been into history, economics, and geopolitics lately…but my “system” tends to just “highlight” insightful stuff in my Kindle and then…everything kinda falls off the map for me. I should probably start going back, reviewing the highlights, and making notes in a separate notebook/app/document for later research and writing purposes.
I thought it might be interesting to learn more about everyone’s reading/studying routine and specifically note-taking processes. I’m especially curious about those who blog/publish writings, and how they work to gather their thoughts and information as they are reading.
If you don’t mind sharing a bit about your note taking process or systems, here are some questions for discussion:
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What is your process, generally? (Do you read print/digital/audio? Does your note taking change depending on different formats? Do you highlight with specific colors for certain reasons? What do you find yourself notating most frequently?)
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Do you use pen/paper or is there a specific app you like to use for note-taking/research purposes?
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If you use an app, what is your process for book notes? Do you take notes on paper and then transfer it to the digital app later when you’re reviewing? Do you take notes directly into the app?
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Any other advice for someone looking to improve their learning/knowledge through more focused and intentional reading and note taking?
31 votes -
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Spending cuts are often false economies that end up costing society dearly
16 votes -
mRNA cancer vaccine reprograms immune system to tackle glioblastoma
12 votes -
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for prolonged grief: theory, research, and practice
13 votes -
What cats’ love of boxes and squares can tell us about their visual perception
30 votes -
The Homo Economicus as a prototype of a psychopath? A conceptual analysis and implications for business research and teaching.
6 votes -
‘Like a film in my mind’: hyperphantasia and the quest to understand vivid imaginations
18 votes -
A primer on Bitcoin cross-border flows: Measurement and drivers
2 votes -
Turning old maps into 3D digital models of lost neighborhoods
9 votes