I was going through a pile of legal pads that basically chronicled my short year at NCsoft (From my interview discussing the 3 spheres of powers of the Blighted Empire haha, to technical notes about converting the Guild Wars network protocol to a Java client, to model view controller design pattern notes on the last prototype project I was on at NCsoft).
Here's some other random crap I came across going through my old notebooks.
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when I interviewed with them in Boston, MA, I didn't get the job but it was a really good experience I wrote about it on my old blog (which may still be available on facebook my original blog site got hacked a while ago). If you want the gory details you can read my post about the google phone interview process and producer consumer programming problem.
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Apple iPhone Tech Talk sticker for Austin, TX, Mark and I went to Apple's hosted iPhone tech talk it was pretty cool, to short though (but it was free).
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3D Tracking using wii remote I found some random diagrams and calculations I was doing trying to make my own 3D tracking system using a wii remote infrared camera, I was inspired by Johnny Lee's Head tracking demo .
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Over the years I've tried coming up with the "perfect" note taking system and organizational system mixing digital note archiving systems with GTD style moleskine notebooks, but every time I lock myself into a organizational system I end up becoming paralyzed by the discipline and end up not being able to take any notes.
The best process I can come up with is a completely informal process of dumping random thoughts on a variety of notebooks and notepads that I keep available all over my room and office, that I can just start writing in whenever I want to dump thoughts out or mind draw out some diagrams.
Currently this is what I have setup:
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8.5'' x 14'' Legal Pads - For some reason I crave this large format note pad and because it's not like other side bounded notebooks I feel like it's more informal format.
Large ruled Moleskine notebook - I really love the aesthetic of the moleskine notebook I try to keep it with me wherever I go (work, home, traveling) I think of it as a slightly more formal or permanent place for notes and ideas.
Small moleskine weekly planner - I use the weekly planner to try to keep a daily/weekly journal of my life it acts as a more chronological journal that I can look back on (or plan ahead with).
Evernote - I use evernote application to collect task lists (project tasks, shopping lists) I also really like it's hand writing recognition image importing (I just take web cam photos of my notebooks and it will archive my hand-written notes).
Google Docs - I like throwing quick notes and ideas onto Google Docs because I can access it anywhere I can get to the internet, I use it as a sort of digital brain dump and private blog.
Gmail - Email is probably my main starting point for my personal information sometimes I find it easier to just keep notes by sending myself emails and searching for it later.