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The index-card based notes pictured in this post certainly makes me think that Alan Jacobs has the sort of note taking/commonplace book sort of practice I thought he would.
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- Jul 2023
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- Oct 2022
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When interviewing subjects, one should not only note the date, time, and location, but get (preferably written) permission to (record) or quote them. Notes about their memory, recall, or behavior may be useful, if nothing else as a reminder for crossing checking their information with other potential sources.
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- Apr 2022
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one cannot help but wish that Blair had discussed her ownmethod at greater length, especially given that many of the authors she citesbelieved the sources of one’s achievement should be made public.
I too had hoped that Ann Blair would discuss her own methods of note taking, compiling, and analysis.
Perhaps we should interview her for the details?
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- Jan 2022
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Cons: terrible for traveling and intimidating for interview subjects. The larger the pad, the more reserved interviewees will be.
Experience shows that the larger the note taking pad, the less forthcoming a potential interviewee will be.
Is this a cultural thing? Is it related to attorneys using large legal pads for taking notes versus journalists using longer, thinner, and smaller notebooks?
Is there evidence of this in journalistic contexts?
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