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A friend of mine wanted to know how I was taught to layout a field book. It's a simple process by which you can use almost any notebook for most forms of field research. I learned this technique when I was in Archaeological Field School at Ohio University almost a decade ago. You could use this format for:
1. Journaling
2. Writing
3. Class Notes
4. Field Research
All you'll need is a lined notebook (or graph), some colored pencils and a ruler.
I always stuck the ruler in the back of the notebook because I had to lay out a grid in the notebook in case we found something on the site.
1. Lay the ruler against the outside edge of the notebook and draw a red line down page. For sake of ease, I would just draw the line the width of the ruler since it was usually plenty of space for what I needed in the margins.
2. In the margin that you've created, you can record whatever headings you need to outline the entry. When I was doing archeology, we had to record the date, what plot we were on, what level, etc. If you were using it for class notes or story ideas, then you can change the headings as you see fit.
3. Alternate the colors of pencil you use for the various functions in the layout. I usually used a blue pencil to divide one entry from the next as it was a good visual cue. The body of the text was written however you wanted it to be and along the margin I would list any buzzwords that I knew were important from the entry. This could be anything from a "buzzword" in a conversation, a vocab word from a class' lecture, or something that you would need to easily reference.
I would circle the buzzword in the margin and point to the entry that spoke of it. Usually this was done in green.
4. Anything that was a follow-up to what you were writing about, a to-do, was added and marked with a yellow pencil.
Since it was troublesome to carry a lot of colored pencils with me in the notebook and a bit too complicated to use them while entering the data in the field they were usually used when I got home as a follow-up.
I would usually mark out the margins of a few pages in advance of where I was in the notebook so that I had plenty of room to write. Inside the book itself I would stash a green pencil since that was the color I used to mark anything important on the page.
You could easily substitute the use of colored pencils for high-liters if that's what you like
Terrier motif printed on a design classic Moleskine Cahier Pocket Notebook.
The image was printed using a Gocco, a tabletop Japanese screen printing system. Inky blobs and smudges are part of the process :)
Have had several people email me an' comment about my luck on finding the right light, scene, objects, etc. Here's my "luck"; a notebook I keep on my truck seat when I'm traveling. I've gotten fairly good at writing in it, while driving, without looking at the page...
Everyone keeps admiring the moleskine. I admit, I fell into the popularity and brought one too. It's very cute and fun, but I think I found competition for the moleskine. It's very cute too.
It's a notebook from a japanese company called "Kokuyo". They're very similiar to many ways. Starting at the cover, both have a rubberband to keep the book closed. View my other photos for a comparison
This notebook is made from felt and was hand embroidered from a pattern drawn by myself.
You can find out more about my work at the Pixiecraft blog here: misspixiecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
- My little notebook I always carry around. I write down movies I want to see, music I want to download, books I want to read, quotes and much more in it.
- My gratitude-diary. I've seen this on Oprah. Every day you have to write down (at least) 5 things you are grateful for that day. She said it would change your life/the way you see your life. I believe it can.
- My quote-book.
Tried to clean out a few things I've collected in my notebook but I really like it all so much - It's hard to do.
I'm not very good at drawing but recently I've started liking it. Here's a page on my drawing book. :D
I sat on a bench this morning and after I'd walked away I realised I didn't have my notebook in my pocket. I hurried back and there it was, lying on the ground.
MICROCHIP
Un gioellino dell'elettronica il mio notebook.
Oggi accusa un pò il peso dei suoi 2 anni e mezzo ma quando me lo portai a casa era pregno di energia: processore a 64bit, vagonate di RAM, wi fi e roba varia.
Usato di rado e con estrema cura, ad oggi ancora puzza di nuovo.
All'incirca un mesetto fa lo appiccio per sistemare due foto e lo lascio acceso mentre scendo per pranzo; mi rimpinzo con il sano fritto e quando risalgo in camera il gioellino si è spento.
"Si sarà stancato" penso.
E lo riavvio.
Non si riavvia.
Stacco l'alimentatore e metto la batteria.
Non si riavvia.
"E' andato" penso.
E lo ripongo nell'armadio.
MICROCIOP
All'indomani decido di portarlo al centro assistenza, che poi non è altro che il rivenditore dove lo comprai, ovvero da quei mattacchioni di Computer Discount.
"Sicurametne è l'alimentatore" mi fa la tipa.
"Non credo, non parte neanche con la batteria" faccio io.
"Avrai la batteria scarica" fa lei.
"Non credo" faccio io.
Ci attacca un altro alimentatore.
Non si appiccia.
"Toccherà mandarlo in assistenza" fa lei.
"E mi sa" faccio io.
Lo mandano in assistenza.
Passa una settimana e ripasso al negozio per chiedere notizie; mi accoglie il tecnico.
Mi fa: "Mi sono appena interfacciato con l'HP per avere notizie".
Gli faccio un giro intorno per vedere dove ha la USB per interfacciarsi direttamente con l'HP e me ne rivado, chiedendogli che cortesemente mi aggiornino su eventuali sviluppi.
Mi aggiornano pochi giorni dopo, via telefono "Sicuramente è la scheda madre e non è conveniente sostituirla, se vuole provano ad aggiustarla, ma la avverto solo il preventivo, eventualmente sono 72€".
"Non fa nulla" faccio io "non mi va di rischiare che poi sicuramente non si può aggiustare e spendo a 72€ a vuoto".
"Ma, guardi solitamente ci riescono e con una cifra modica aggiusta il computer; in tal caso il preventivo non lo paga, ma solo la riparazione".
"Ok, allora va bene". Immediatamente dopo ho la sensazione inequivocabile che non lo aggiusteranno. Lo so, me lo sento.
Chiamano la settimana successiva.
"Non si può riparare, occorre sostituire la motherboard, costa 498€".
"Un prezzo onesto" faccio io "Lasci stare, appena posso passo da voi e vi dò i 72€ di preventivo che tanto già li avevo pronti..."
"Ok, mi spiace sà, quando viene comunque le mostro anche dei preventivi che le ho preparato sui 600/700€ per un nuovo notebook"
"Ah ok, me li stampi"...affarista si, ma rincoglionito non ancora...
Dopo aver ritirato il malato elettronico (72€ preventivi inclusi) torno a casa e mi affido ad una delle mie poche certezze: Ebay.
Raccatto una motherboard usata e funzionante dall'Inghilterra: 118€ spedita.
La monto. Qualche periferica (inutile) non corrisponde, qualche altro pezzetto mi tocca aggiustarlo da me, diverse viti mi avanzano.
Ma una volta chiuso tutto non si vede nulla e soprattuto: FUNZIONA!
Il gioellino è tornato.