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Fri, 02 May 2003
BillG and Notetaking
Rob Howard reports on a presentation that he had to do for Bill Gates. Oddly enough (to me any way), the most interesting thing about the report is his description of the note taking method that Gates uses:
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The first thing I notice as the meeting starts is that Bill is left-handed. He also didn't bring a computer in with him, but instead is taking notes on a yellow pad of paper. I had heard this before - Bill takes amazingly detailed notes during meetings. I image he has to, given all the information directed at him. The other thing I noticed during the course of the meeting is how he takes his notes. He doesn't take notes from top-to-bottom, but rather logically divides the page into quadrants, each reserved for a different thought. For example, it appeared that all his questions were placed at the bottom of the page.A number of the comments on the report mentioned a similar note-taking style. I've never seen or heard of something like this before (at least that I can remember), and I'd be interested in any additional information that people have about this topic.
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