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We all have our own ways of keeping track of things. I have adopted many of the industry-standard practices to keep jobs organized here in the shop...job jackets, routing numbers for each project, a big white board to keep track of current status, even software! But when I go to meet with clients, I like to look put-together; and showing up with a mere legal pad and ballpoint pen just doesn't do the trick for me. So every year or so, for the last three years, I've run down to Meinninger's and picked up a lovely, red leather-bound unlined journal. It's about three-quarters of an inch thick, and about five by seven inches in size. It's a great size to carry around, and not too big to be cumbersome.
In a meeting, or when creating ideas for a project, I simply write the job project number and the date in the upper left-hand corner, and start writing. Later on, I will transcribe important data (like client decisions on concepts) into a computerized note. And of course, I always keep the journal, as backup. This is great, because I end up with a chronological record of everythign I've bene working on. If I need to refer to a meeting I had earlier in the week, I simply page through the week's entries. Even finding somehting written down months ago takes just a few seconds. It's a nice, low-tech system.But I am finding some disadvantages to this system. First, you have to remember to have it handy. This may seem like second nature to one who carries a purse or european man's handbag, but I don't, and while I have made a habit of taking it with me whenever I stroll out the door for anything, sometimes I forget, and end up jotting notes down on a napkin or something (not as professional as I'd like, but us artistic types can get away with a lot more than, say, someone with an MBA who works as a CFO). Also, since the journal is made up of bound pages, everytime I want to cc stuff into the job folder, I have to either make a copy (using the copier at Kinko's, or scanning then printing the page, as we are a copier-less office here), rip the page out of the journal, or copy it by hand. All not ideal options.
But I really, really like it. So, any suggestions for me? I have about 20 pages left until I have to make a decision. That's about two weeks. Let me know!
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