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Graham A.

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Alphabet

Ordering information alphabetically is a great way to provide random access to data. It is one of the best ways to organize information when the amount of data is big (Dictionaries, encyclopedias, book indexes for example).
It is also a good fall back when the information can’t be sorted with another method.

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Design principle: Organizing information

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How to Organize Information and Tidy up Your Thoughts

How to organize information is a much-needed skill in today's society. It helps to combat information overload and give us more liberty with our thoughts.

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Addicted to Consuming Information

The amount of content on the Internet is huge and it’s practically impossible for us to consume it all. But we struggle with it anyway.

This creates a situation where we are constantly diges...

Information Clutter

In the case of information, reading several articles and sources on the same topic can create a lot of clutter. Because it creates internal struggles and questions:

What sort of information is important?
This post said this is important while another post said it wasn’t important. What information is relevant here?
What information should I internalize and apply?

The LATCH principle

... for organizing information:

Location: put the most relevant stuff to be within reach.
Alphabet: for organizing lists of people and statistics, dictionaries, and official documents.
Time: used when providing step by step instructions or when things have to be in chronological order.
Category: organize information by similarity or relatedness.
Hierarchy: organizing information that is used collectively to compare things.

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Kaleb

@kaleb45

Productivity 101: A Primer to the Getting Things Done (GTD) Philosophy

Getting Things Done, or GTD, is a system for getting organized and staying productive. It may seem complicated on the outside, but the end goal is to spend less time doing the things you have to do so you have more time for the things you want to do.

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GTD (Getting Things Done)

GTD is a productivity method for organizing your to-dos, priorities, and schedule in a way that makes them all manageable.

Its 5 principles are:

Capture
Clarify
Org...

GTD is an organizational system. It doesn't put rules around how you actually do your work. Instead, it focuses on how you capture the work you need to do, organize it, and choose what needs your attention

GTD: Capture

Capture everything. Your to-dos, your ideas, your recurring tasks, everything. Put it in a pen-and-paper notebook, a to-do app, a planner, whatever you prefer to use to get organized.

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Weston A.

@weston_ga482

The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

No matter what your profession, there are lots of reasons to take notes. You take notes to retain information from things you hear - like meetings and presentations. You take notes to capture facts or ideas (e.g., interviews, itineraries, something said in passing, etc.). You take notes to problem solve or brainstorm.

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The Outline/List

Is a linear method of taking notes that proceeds down the page, using indentation or bullets to denote major and minor points.

Pros: it records content relationship in a way tha...

The Sentence Method

The goal is to jot down your thoughts as quickly as possible. Format is kept to a minimum: every new thought is written on a new line.

Pros: Is like free writing for notes.

Cons: lack organization and notes can be hard to understand.

Works for: meetings or lectures that lack organization; when information is presented very quickly.

SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

Skim the material for bolded text, images, summaries, to produce a list of headlines;
Each headline is then written in the form of a question;
Record your “answers” to the reading questions under each corresponding header;
Once you’ve finished reading the text, write a summary of the material from memory—this is the “recite” part of the process.
Finally, review your notes to make sure you’ve completely grasped the concepts.

Works for: dense written material.

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