The Hacker’s Notebook: a Mission Log for Every Project
While “writing it down” might seem like common sense, it wasn’t always the case. From the times of Ancient Greece, Plato tells a story of a worried Egyptian King, who, upon witnessing the invention of writing, remarks,
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks. [1]”
To some, the notebook was a dangerous device, a thief that would rob us of our memories [2]. Fortunately, these days, there’s …read more
Continue reading The Hacker’s Notebook: a Mission Log for Every Project