Comments on: How I Get My Thinking and Planning Done http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/03/29/how-i-get-my-thinking-and-planning-done/ Thoughts and Stories of an Entrepreneur on the Web Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:39:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Garth http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/03/29/how-i-get-my-thinking-and-planning-done/#comment-10 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:13:09 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/03/29/how-i-get-my-thinking-and-planning-done/#comment-10 I agree with the idea of pencil and paper--the paper aspect is more organic, and penciling allows for easy edits. I do my math in pencil. Why? I might make a mistake and I know I can erase and retry. Same for crosswords. Planning has to be that way. Get everything on paper, and then prune it later. I agree with the idea of pencil and paper–the paper aspect is more organic, and penciling allows for easy edits. I do my math in pencil. Why? I might make a mistake and I know I can erase and retry. Same for crosswords. Planning has to be that way. Get everything on paper, and then prune it later.

]]> by: Peter Harkins http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/03/29/how-i-get-my-thinking-and-planning-done/#comment-9 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:38:57 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/03/29/how-i-get-my-thinking-and-planning-done/#comment-9 That's exactly my strategy when planning stuff out -- remove all the distractions, start sketching things out from any point, and stop when you've got everything down. The key to first drafts isn't getting everything "just right", it's picking any part and just starting. That’s exactly my strategy when planning stuff out — remove all the distractions, start sketching things out from any point, and stop when you’ve got everything down. The key to first drafts isn’t getting everything “just right”, it’s picking any part and just starting.

]]> by: John Rozewicki http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/03/29/how-i-get-my-thinking-and-planning-done/#comment-8 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:00:52 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/03/29/how-i-get-my-thinking-and-planning-done/#comment-8 I disagree about paper, but the proof is sort of in the pudding. I should be working on a paper for speech right now using this laptop, and not reading this blog. I'm the opposite. I have to have a computer if I'm to get anything done, but the distinction is that it can't be my desktop computer. I work very well in non-ideal environments. I need a certain amount of hustle and bustle around me to work. So I bought a laptop and take it with me. I get more work done sitting around campus on my laptop than I ever would in my dorm. However, I can't physically write worth a damn. It's more and more illegible as time goes on and it can't be done fast enough to keep up with the pace of my thoughts. It's also woefully inadequate for editing. For me, to write is to revise. I can't bang out whole drafts of things to revise later. Unfortunately this leads to writer's block where I spend hours prototyping and then finalizing a section before I move on the to the next. However, I do feel that real paper has serious advantages in terms of planning things out. It can be moved, and things can be scratched out. Computers are bad for organizing incomplete ideas or thoughts. Paper will probably never be bested in that department. I carry notecards to write ideas out on, and doodle in my planner. I disagree about paper, but the proof is sort of in the pudding. I should be working on a paper for speech right now using this laptop, and not reading this blog. I’m the opposite. I have to have a computer if I’m to get anything done, but the distinction is that it can’t be my desktop computer. I work very well in non-ideal environments. I need a certain amount of hustle and bustle around me to work. So I bought a laptop and take it with me. I get more work done sitting around campus on my laptop than I ever would in my dorm. However, I can’t physically write worth a damn. It’s more and more illegible as time goes on and it can’t be done fast enough to keep up with the pace of my thoughts. It’s also woefully inadequate for editing. For me, to write is to revise. I can’t bang out whole drafts of things to revise later. Unfortunately this leads to writer’s block where I spend hours prototyping and then finalizing a section before I move on the to the next.

However, I do feel that real paper has serious advantages in terms of planning things out. It can be moved, and things can be scratched out. Computers are bad for organizing incomplete ideas or thoughts. Paper will probably never be bested in that department. I carry notecards to write ideas out on, and doodle in my planner.

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