by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel
I STARTED USING the Traveler's Notebook on February 9, 2023 after watching at least five hours of YouTube videos created by people who shared their power tips with their notebooks. I still have a sizeable collection of hardback Moleskines that will anchor an important collection in 2025.
I decided on the Traveler's Notebook mainly because I wanted to reduce the number of notebook entries that I make every year. It takes 90 minutes for me to set up the Moleskines and the Traveler's Notebook with a structure of inherited content sections. I figured out that I could cut that set-up time by more than 80% by using removeable sections in the Traveler's Notebook. So now I have a notebook just for people and I flip to the page in the "2023 Bernie's Peeps" Notebook when talking about collaborating. I set up a grid notebook called "Academic Modules" and I print four to five short items (often with URL shortened links) into that notebook for every semesterised academic module. I also use that notebook to prepare upcoming modules so I can stay one semester ahead.
I'm trying to cross-post titles from every page into my N9 Obsidian Vault but that's not going to plan. Since I know I can simply link a page in my Obsidian to this blog post, I'm going to list headings from most of my first Traveler's Notebook here.
Headings from pages of my first Traveler's Notebook
- Short Codes
- Dedication
- About Now
- Gratitude
- Snippets
- Words
- Reimaging Education
- Onward#2
- DT Xcel 14 Feb
- OECD Report on emerging TU Sector
- Work Placement
- Rode WGII Issues
- ETB Follow-up
- AI PRM for SEO
- Planning IXD Interviews
- Erasmus Plus Background Info
- Planning Major Games Dev Options
- Essential Follow-ups
- DT Zoom 21 Feb
- Amalgamated CA items
- Week Six Summary
- Change Leadership Crew
- Lion Desk to Capsule to Zoho
- Open eir snags
- TechSmith Camtasia Update
- ictedu and DT
- First thoughts of Intuition
- Sam Davern
- DT230307
- Measuring Influence
- Seven Rules of Digital Transformation
- Bus Support for Games Fleadh
- Student Survey
- DT230314
- Zoho Projects and Zoho Campaigns
- Connected Campus Planning
- Reality in 2023 for Congregation
- Skypaper
- Bernie's Vision Board
- Club Zap
- Open Tabs should be a process
- Sports Hub Under Threat
- Reshaping Education with Digital Transformation
- Sports Hub needs Clonmel Staff Involvement
- TippFM Sports Hub
- DT230321
- ictedu mailshots with Zoho Campaign
- Trump Indictment
- LEADER
- Tipperary Heritage and Stories on hold
- Underway in Ireland U237
- Edtech from Ireland E104
- Emerging Trends Podcast
- Topgold Audio E607-E610
- Images snapped during this period
Bernie's Knowledge Management Process
Looking back on this process reveals that my note-taking is 15% writing into my Notions folder on OneDrive with IA Writer, 40% curating pen to paper writing in the Traveler's Notebook, 20% imaging using my cameraphone AI, 20% review of Otter.ai transcripts, and 5% reviewing summaries that surface inside Readwise.
If you've a journaling process--one that doesn't use the bullet journaling format--I'd like to learn why and how you extract value from the process. I often discover like-minded people in this thought space while scrolling the "writing" section of Micro.blog. As this blog post suggests, I use my Traveler's Notebook to keep track of projects and conversations. I don't doodle, zentangle, or paste stickers into my journals. I often scribble tick-off lists on paper and then move them into Trello as checklists.
Daily journaling helps clear my head.
