externalize my memory

I have 1460 entries in my palm pilot at last count. That includes some new additions from Amy Taylor’s book list! Can’t get em all (thoughts), but I sure have alot. And it makes it wonderful to cross reference thoughts, books, ideas, quotes, who-knows-what about what…

Oh and hundreds of pictures captured of my life as it happens. Just pull it out of my pocket and snap picture recorded.

All that and a cell phone too!

1. list all books I’ve ever read (preferably with quotations, summaries, relevant issues raised, and topic/ connection with other books or materials) or intend to read
2. list all music I’ve heard, when, and significant info
3. ditto for films
4. life timeline of significant events, “phases,” major activities
5. keep a database of friends, acquaintances, and professional contacts including contact information, things to remember about them, date of last contact, and ongoing plans/ promises; also a list of desired and potential contacts
6. list of all bank transactions
7. list of life goals and estimated dates of completion (gray area on life timeline)
8. list all courses taken in school, a total transcript
9. internet history and library of links (del.icio.us)
10. yearly summary of hours spent on particular activities/ categories of activity
11. a list of skills and technical knowledge (ultimate resume)
12. a travel log of completed, projected, and desired trips, both broad and very specific, down to my hang-outs and frequency of attendance
13. this one’s controversial… for lack of a cleaner yet equally familiar term, a “fluid chart” of previous partners and their partners
14. family tree, tracable as far back as possible, including in-laws and step-relations
15. all businesses ever worked at, all contractual agreements, all schools ever attended and teachers and professors, all services exchanged and from whom
16. hospital records
17. all items bought or sold

Good question for us 43 thing-ers.