RE: Journaling your work (was RE: So...ya wanna be noticed, huh?)

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

>>I wondered the same thing. Lee Copeland's article makes journaling sound
>>like a method of creating a diary so detailed you could publish it at the
>>end of the project without modification, editing or ... anything. My
>>journals would require a lot of work before anyone other than me could
read
>>them.

Not only that, but he advocates writing down what you are feeling at the
time. If I did that, 1/3 of the journal would be "is this guy an idiot?" and
1/3 would be "yeah, when pigs fly".

John Posada
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