tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3924179313622452981..comments2024-03-28T13:37:53.397-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: String Too Short To SaveLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70558411617095139202016-05-25T15:34:17.396-04:002016-05-25T15:34:17.396-04:00A box with string too short to save… I love it.
I...A box with string too short to save… I love it.<br /><br />I hadn’t heard of a commonplace book, but I keep the computer equivalent. The nice thing about even the simples text file is that it’s searchable if only you can recall a key word or phrase. Likewise a folder with web site addresses can be very useful. A handy little Android/iPhone/Mac/Windows app called Pocket (addPocket/getPocket) at is useful for saving searches and web site pages for later viewing.<br />https://getpocket.com/<br /><br />Sometimes I start and the end and work backwards, sometimes I start in the middle. I don’t outline but upon occasion I may make extensive notes, drawings, spreadsheets, and even a database of characters. It depends.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56353332040443381782016-05-25T13:08:01.994-04:002016-05-25T13:08:01.994-04:00I have a constantly growing text file composed of ...I have a constantly growing text file composed of pieces of string too short to save. I keep little shreds of info in it, like this:<br /><br />A movie actor is accustomed to doing things out of sequence & that don't appear to make sense; a stage or live TV actor, not so much.<br /><br />Death by cyanide poisoning usually occurs within one hour of oral consumption; lethal doses generally range from 50 to 200 mg.<br /><br />Entrapment by estoppel occurs when a government official leads a defendant to believe that their conduct is permissible under the law.<br /><br />------------------------------><br /><br />I have no idea where I picked up most of them. Some might even have come from here.<br /><br />Thanx for a great column.<br /><br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-33407456445705757492016-05-25T12:06:22.505-04:002016-05-25T12:06:22.505-04:00Compost is a terrific comparison - thanks Janice.Compost is a terrific comparison - thanks Janice.David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07750591013698900590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-41984119015708943232016-05-25T08:29:55.621-04:002016-05-25T08:29:55.621-04:00It may not be as helpful to you as it's been t...It may not be as helpful to you as it's been to me, but I've found an extremely useful way to "save clippings" now that so much of what I find is online. Zotero (www.zotero.org) is "is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, and was initially funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation." It allows you to instantly capture the metadata on most websites (including the author, date, site url, type of site, and so on) and also from PDFS -- or you can manually enter that information -- AND also a screen shot of the page and/or pages. You can enter a note to yourself at that instant ("check the passage in the second paragraph") and also tags so you remember what things came to mind as the reason you saved it (in your case, "possible motives" or "weird alibis" or whatever. Your personal library of saved objects is searchable in multiple ways. You can save not just print, but videos and images as well. I've used it since it came out about 10 years ago and it's a real game-changer. Now when I want to remember where I saw something, I've got it. And when I look to see what I have tagged as "1830s clothing" (for instance), items come up I had even forgotten I saved. Your library is backed up online and it's inexpensive to buy extra space if you go over the free size (which is quite large itself). Give it a spin and see what you think. It might be the digital shoebox you've been looking for. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39078186592074323982016-05-25T08:19:28.149-04:002016-05-25T08:19:28.149-04:00Notebooks and clippings are the writer's versi...Notebooks and clippings are the writer's version of garden compost. One in a while it turns into the good stuff.janice lawnoreply@blogger.com