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Post by J-Bird on Aug 16, 2015 21:22:08 GMT -5
I haven't seen a thread for this elsewhere. Has anyone here taken the series' advice and started a commonplace book of their own? I would think that it is a fantastic idea, and some research into the matter has showed me that they are relatively easy and beneficial.
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Post by bandit on Aug 16, 2015 22:06:36 GMT -5
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Post by MisterM on Aug 17, 2015 1:23:01 GMT -5
Aww bandit you aren't nice.
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Post by Dante on Aug 17, 2015 2:14:54 GMT -5
To be fair, the most recent of those hasn't been posted in in nearly two years, and quite a few of the others are locked. Let's not nitpick unless we also have something worthwhile to say, okay? I used to keep several commonplace books, some paper and some digital, but more recently I've been eschewing external memory repositories on the grounds that I didn't need to recall their information very often, and I prefer to keep my original ideas within my head. Still, it's not a bad idea to keep a file on your computer to note down various quotes and points of interest that you feel you may return to later. |
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Post by bandit on Aug 17, 2015 2:52:52 GMT -5
Sorry. Sometimes the sheer volume of this forum gets the best of me and I become increasingly annoyed at how many times the same questions and ideas have been repeated.
In the interest of saying something worthwhile, I also have a commonplace book. Just the one. I bought a nice, sturdy Moleskine for it, which someone else mentioned in one of those old threads I linked and of which I now extend the recommendation. They're nondescript and easily mobile, so I decided to carry it around in my backpack since the beginning of Freshman year; I'm too procrastinatory to keep a journal faithfully, but to me, commonplace books are still a good alternative for reflection on past personality and interests.
Also, I don't agree that keeping one is an obsolete practice. (A claim no one made in this thread, but one I've seen a lot.) Sure, there's the Internet, but I always find myself stuck on a subject that interests me, and every time I want to read about it, I end up going on an extensive Google search just to find out what exactly it was called. You see the need for a record.
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Aug 17, 2015 6:04:13 GMT -5
I used to keep one, but I got too lazy.
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Post by gliquey on Aug 17, 2015 13:15:09 GMT -5
I got a copy of "The Blank Book" in 2007 and filled about half of it with information about ASOUE before abandoning it.
I don't keep a commonplace book per se, but I have lots of files on my computer which are dedicated to random pieces of information, with titles like "Quotes", "Facts" and "Storage".
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Post by Anka on Aug 17, 2015 15:31:31 GMT -5
I have a little book where I sometimes write stuff inside if I know anything to write there. I normally always take it with me, but whenever I need it I always have no idea where it is.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Aug 17, 2015 16:57:15 GMT -5
I've gotten into the less cool habit of using browser bookmarks whenever I find something interesting (even when I discover it offline, I look it up online and then bookmark it). So I have literally thousands of them by now; it has a little bit of organization through a folder system, but not too much. I'm kind of scared that I will lose them someday (I try to back them up from time to time, though).
I only take an actual commonplace book with me when I'm on a trip and away from my computer. I also use it to write down cool sounding/looking bands/albums whenever I visit a record store, so I can look them up online at a later point (I don't buy records blindly).
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Aug 18, 2015 2:07:27 GMT -5
I have a little book where I sometimes write stuff inside if I know anything to write there. I normally always take it with me, but whenever I need it I always have no idea where it is. I used to keep a commonplace book, but this kept happening to me, so I gave up. Now, I tend to save text files at random whenever I get an idea that might be useful later, but isn't now. |
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Post by Dante on Aug 18, 2015 3:34:40 GMT -5
I've gotten into the less cool habit of using browser bookmarks whenever I find something interesting (even when I discover it offline, I look it up online and then bookmark it). So I have literally thousands of them by now; it has a little bit of organization through a folder system, but not too much. I'm kind of scared that I will lose them someday (I try to back them up from time to time, though). I used to do this a lot, but then I never, ever revisited them, so after a few years then eventually I switched computers and used that as an opportunity to filter the ones that, realistically, I wasn't ever to find useful. I still do have quite a few folders, though; there is a satisfaction simply to having a coherent system. |
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Post by Liam R. Findlay on Aug 18, 2015 4:19:54 GMT -5
 I have quite a stock of notebooks (this is my home stock- the rest are at my university house). I always have a small one that I use frequently, mostly for university (for noting important dates, for lecture notes, reminders, research references etc.) but also for writing contacts or maps if I'm going somewhere new. I also use notebooks for projects; I just finished one for writing a story in note form, which I'm typing up at the moment, and I have another specifically for a film project I'm working on  |
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Post by Esmé's meme is meh on Aug 19, 2015 8:13:49 GMT -5
I had lots of commonplaces (half of them digital) since I was a teenager. I'm trying to have one now but I can't get used to it again  |
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Post by J-Bird on Aug 19, 2015 22:22:20 GMT -5
Was this ever inspired by reading the series?
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Aug 20, 2015 6:23:09 GMT -5
I've gotten into the less cool habit of using browser bookmarks whenever I find something interesting (even when I discover it offline, I look it up online and then bookmark it). So I have literally thousands of them by now; it has a little bit of organization through a folder system, but not too much. I'm kind of scared that I will lose them someday (I try to back them up from time to time, though). I only take an actual commonplace book with me when I'm on a trip and away from my computer. I also use it to write down cool sounding/looking bands/albums whenever I visit a record store, so I can look them up online at a later point (I don't buy records blindly). I do that now too! I also have a folder in my computer filled with nice historical clothing and other items, but mostly clothing. |
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