Efficiency and speed are quite different where reading is concerned. Each has an important role to play in making sense of what I read. I need to read a book twice to get to both headspaces. And that involves revisiting passages over and again, each time with new tools added.

I’m a firm believer that a searchable analog database requires color. Two colors, to be precise. And a threaded keyword system so I can search notes by topic. All in one common place. A commonplace notebook.