# How to collect observations while reading How do you keep things minimal as possible while being able to restore context ### Books Dogtag ear and dot. It’s an intense tradeoff because I do like to go back and have that conversation with my past self over margin notes but then they take so much time. ### Digital things Copy past relevant pieces, maybe highlight on pdfs. Still profoundly unsatisfying - copying and pasting digital text has no taste memory. [[Andy Matuschak conversation 9 May 2021]]’s original observations [How to collect observations while reading](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z71FeBJGqZdyA78UNTwXCWcMGUVCWk1XsLvPS) ### Related * [[§Slipbox Systems]]