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approach of filling a whole page restricting, and instead prefers taking many
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/small/ notes and building connections.
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[[file:20200716214603-taking_better_notes.org][Taking better notes]] builds a knowledgebase which, as it builds in content and in
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trust, allows you to hold less in your head, freeing you up and improving focus.
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While my [[file:20200717223216-work_log.org][Work log]] does a good job of archiving what I've been up to, the handful
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of fuller, separate documents I occasionally write up tend to be more useful,
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and certainly easier to find what I need in.
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[[file:20200716214603-taking_better_notes.org][Taking better notes]] builds a knowledge-base which, as it builds in content and
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in trust, allows you to hold less in your head, freeing you up and improving
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focus. While my [[file:20200717223216-work_log.org][Work log]] does a good job of archiving what I've been up to, the
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handful of fuller, separate documents I occasionally write up tend to be more
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useful, and certainly easier to find what I need in.
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* Chapter 2: Everything You Need To Do
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#+begin_quote
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Take fleeting notes and literature notes while reading through something, and
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take some time (ideally, that same day while they're still fresh) to form them
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into broader permanent notes based on your own thoughts, questions, and goals.
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Write them out fully, as though explaining them to someone else, because these
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notes will be what explains them to you again later on. Link them together in
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broader topics that serve as an index to a variety of thoughts and ideas. These
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notes can later be referenced when building up a full piece. In all likelyhood,
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they won't be copied straight in, but instead built upon further.
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[[file:20200820215905-write_in_full_sentences.org][Write them out fully]], as though [[file:20200820215950-write_conversationally.org][explaining them to someone else]], because these
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notes will be what explains them to you again later on.
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Link permanent notes together in broader topics that serve as an index to a
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variety of thoughts and ideas. These notes can later be referenced when building
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up a full piece. In all likelihood, they won't be copied straight in, but
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instead built upon further.
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Link notes together based not on a hierarchy of topics, but by /what will help
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you to remember them later/. Doing so will keep your notes [[file:20200820220506-information_should_be_easy_to_find.org][easy to find]] when you
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need them.
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* Chapter 6: Simplicity Is Paramount
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:PROPERTIES:
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:ID: 3b99ba87-1f97-4bc3-9d6d-a7e0078b2c53
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:END:
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#+begin_quote
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A typical mistake is made by many diligent students who are adhering to the
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advice to keep a scientific journal. A friend of mine does not let any idea,
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Project notes exist for the specific purpose of supporting a particular effort,
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and should be clearly delineated from the rest of the notes, while still being a
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part of the overall collection. This is done to allow them to be discoverable
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part of the overall collection. This is done to allow them to be [[file:20200820220506-information_should_be_easy_to_find.org][discoverable]]
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while working on the project, but easily filtered when not, and to eventually be
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archived off when the project is complete.
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Permanent notes are the ones that remain valuable independent of any particular
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project. It is these that you'll retain and revisit, and should be clearly
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written with enough context to be understandable on their own.
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written using organized, [[file:20200820215905-write_in_full_sentences.org][full sentences]] with enough context to be understandable
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on their own.
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Fleeting entries lack substance or context and clutter the collection.
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Project-specific notes hold little relevance beyond the project itself, in
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* Resources
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- [[https://adr.github.io/][ADR GitHub organization]]
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- [[file:PhilippeKruchten1998.org][The decision view's role in software architecture practice]]
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- [[file:PhilippeKruchten1998.org][The decision view's role in software architecture pracice]]
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#+title: Write in full sentences
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Use full sentences rather than only capturing fragments. This will be easier to
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read in the future, and helps you to capture full thoughts in writing. While a
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fragment may represent a nugget of information, the important context around it
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may be lost.
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#+title: Write conversationally
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Write conversationally, explaining things throroughly for the reader. In all
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likelihood, that reader will be you, and you'll appreciate not having to
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struggle to remember long-forgotten details about the subject at hand.
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#+title: Information should be easy to find
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#+roam_alias: "Information should be discoverable"
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Information captured in notes and documentation should be easy to find when you
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need it. Related items should be organized and linked together such that it's
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easy to follow a thought to the exact information you need.
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ones. A particular decision may have positive, negative, and neutral
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consequences, but all of them affect the team and project in the future.
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The whole document should be one or two pages long. We will write each ADR as if
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it is a conversation with a future developer. This requires good writing style,
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with full sentences organized into paragraphs. Bullets are acceptable only for
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The whole document should be one or two pages long. We will write each ADR [[file:20200820215950-write_conversationally.org][as if
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it is a conversation]] with a future developer. This requires good writing style,
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with [[file:20200820215905-write_in_full_sentences.org][full sentences]] organized into paragraphs. Bullets are acceptable only for
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visual style, not as an excuse for writing sentence fragments. (Bullets kill
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people, even PowerPoint bullets.)
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#+end_quote
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The suggested writing style is reminiscent of [[file:similarities_and_differences_between_evergreen_note_writing_and_zettelkasten.org][Evergreen note-writing]].
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