SLA 2008 – Keeping Found Things Found (Tuesday, June 17)
William Jones of University of Washington Information School spoke on personal information management (PIM). While Jones was a good presenter and this session was interesting, it was more about theories of PIM, and not on practical skills, as I had expected. A key point I took from this is that the action of writing something down is more powerful than re-reading it. He also discussed the merits of tagging vs. folder structures and described some neat studies he has been working on (see Keeping Found Things Found & Tales of PIM message board).
July 17th, 2008 at 9:55 am
So did you get more from “writing down your notes” than reading them to write this? :)
July 18th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Good question! I actually found that *telling* others about the things I learned was the best way to remember them. I talked a lot about the Dave Snowden and Ilda King sessions and I remember those the best. Interesting!