I think that I used notecards for my papers and whatnot as a student as a
\nphysical arrangement tool more than anything else. Especially for larger
\ndocuments like my master’s thesis, I was able to write out quotations and
\nsuch on cards and then physically move them about—one pile for the
\nhistorical background, another for the description of the manuscript,
\nanother for literary influences, etc. I even used different sizes and
\ncolors. I think the bib citations were all on 3 by 5 cards, maybe 4 by 6.
\nMy notes were all on bigger cards (8 by something?).<\/p>\n
The cards gave me the opportunity to move ideas around and sort them
\neasily, and as I’m typing this, I’m wondering if things would have been
\ndifferent if I had grown up knowing that it was easy to move ideas around
\nand sort them digitally. Then it might not have been such a big deal to be
\nable to arrange and stack notecards.<\/p>\n
I’m sure it’s a sign of something horrible to say that also there’s just
\nsomething intriguing about a pile of notecards for me. It feels like an
\naccomplishment to have a large pile of cards. Hmm. It also occurs to me
\nthat when I took programming classes originally, it was back in the era of
\npunchcards. Even then I was arranging and sorting cards.<\/p>\n
Maybe this is why I feel so confused and lost now. In my practice, long
\npapers are written by sorting things out on cards. The writing that I do
\nwith sources now is, I’m guessing, 99% very focused. No need to sort
\nanything around or about. Hmm. Maybe I am getting somewhere. At least I
\nknow why<\/i> I feel so confused about notecards and working without them.
\nPart of the problem for me now is that because of carpal tunnel issues, I’d
\nnever survive handwriting notecards. Maybe it’s time to figure out how to
\nsend notecards through the printer :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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