Comments on: My Packrat Tendencies

By: S

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 06:29:10 +0000

As always. I m a fan of throwing things away. If you can, throw it away. I would throw away my appendages if I could replace them. However, be systematic in throwing things away. Organize u Cognitiv Science notes. Decide what is worth keeping. Maintain a benchmark for what is worth keeping and what should be thrown. Then throw it like you are Kobe Bryant. Extremely Anal and ridiculous advise? Absolutely.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 17 May 2006 05:48:33 +0000

I’d agree with your mom — if you really think you might want the stuff later, scanning it in is probably your best choice.

From a preservation standpoint, you should consider that the lifespan for stuff that you’ve written down may not be as long as you might hope unless you’ve taken care to use archival quality writing materials (i.e.: using only graphite pencils or archival safe pens, such as gel pens & good acid-free paper).

If you’re looking at stuff written with regular pen on plain notebook paper, it’d be best to scan stuff now before it starts to fade (though you might have a few years of safety if you keep the temperature & humidity where it’s stored controlled and don’t expose it to sunlight).

This would be why I went against Marty’s recommendations and got myself a nice acid-free sketchpad rather than a notebook and made sure to use only pencil for taking notes & sketching out designs.

By: Mom

Mom — Sun, 14 May 2006 17:47:14 +0000

And I think you gave me permission to through out your stuff!!! Hey, your dad finally got rid of his law school notes this year–what’s 30 years???
If thre’s anything important in your notes, why not scan it and keep in on the computer?????

By: tamara aviva evnin

tamara aviva evnin — Sat, 13 May 2006 21:57:43 +0000

i don’t think i ever used your calculus notes, but thanks anyway?