Taking Notes – 2

[Originally written August 2015, but not previously published]

If I’m taking notes in a presentation that you’re giving there are essentially four possible reasons:

• You’ve said something interesting that I didn’t know and I’m going to check it and think about the consequences
• You’ve said something that I knew but you’ve said it in a way that made me think of some possible consequences that I need to check
• You’ve said something that I think is wrong or out of date and I need to check it
• You’ve said something that has given me a brilliant idea for solving a problem I’ve had to work around in the past and I need to work out the details

Any which way, if I’m taking notes it means I’ve probably just added a few more hours of work to my todo list.

Footnote

“Checking” can include:

• having a chat
• reading the manuals
• finding a recent Oracle white-paper
• searching MoS
• building some models