Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).
Also it's so annoying having the date in American format, so confusing to use and it hinders me. Maybe there is a way to switch it to date/month/year ?
Actually I don't think the date format in Resonance Journal is either American or British.
Take today's date - December 8th, 2015. Here in the U.S., it's probably most common to write that as 12/8/15 - month/date/year, December 8, 2015.
You're saying in the U.K. it would be 8/12/15 - 8th December 2015. (I've gotten used to the "8th December" format from being among you fine Brits .)
Resonance Journal uses 2015-12-08, which is neither of those. I wonder if it's the order that works best for computer sorting. I have a vague recollection of once upon a time entering a bunch of dates in the 12/08/2015 format I'm used to, into some computer program and then getting weird results when sorting. When I redid them in 2015-12-08 format, they sorted just fine.
That's how I think of it, anyway, as sorting-friendly - from left to right it goes from least specific to most specific, "largest" to "smallest". You want all the 2015s together, then within that you want the months in chronological order, and then within that you want the dates in chronological order. Like primary, secondary, and tertiary sorts in Excel.
That could completely not be the reason - I really don't know - but it might help to think of it that way. Just remember you start with the most general part, and it gets more specific as you go from left to right.
...Oh well I don't suppose I am going to succeed in stopping America doing this.
I'm not happy journal wise at the moment because I haven't updated it since May. Well I'm now up to June 4th (why do I have to do so many readings !) and I've got nearly 6 months worth of readings to put in. Anyone got any tips to make this less tedious ? I used to do it more often but when I moved it got put to one side. The worse thing is there are pages of readings where I've written something cryptic like 'S do now ?' next to a hexagram and I don't know what the heck it was about. My readings are all in my ordinary journal where I write everything else from shopping lists to dreams. So to transfer that to the resonance journal is like falling into a long tunnel and pulling readings out. The plus side is I discover readings I'd forgotten and can see what they meant in hindsight. Also on the plus side I think my private journal, which is a mixture of events, thoughts, doodles, hexagrams, shopping lists and so on, is very much like a compost heap. It looks messy but it's eventually it turns into quite good fertiliser.
Blimey, you're determined. I've never tried to get paper journals into digital form. My journals from the early 90s - before I moved onto the computer - just sit in a drawer being illegible.
.If you prefer writing on paper, you might number the pages and just enter the question/title, hexagram and page number in Resonance Journal. Tag it a bit, perhaps. You lose out on full text search but spend less time in the tunnel
(The point of Resonance Journal is generally that it includes events, thoughts and dreams as well as readings. Possibly we should have called it the Compost Heap Journal. No 'shopping list' entry type. Next version, maybe...?)
America needs to start writing dates properly.
The worse thing is there are pages of readings where I've written something cryptic like 'S do now ?' next to a hexagram and I don't know what the heck it was about.
Harumph, bah humbug, and NO. We will also hang on to our sensible pounds and feet etc. I do not want to buy 453 grams of flour when I can buy a nice tidy 5 pounds.[SUP]*[/SUP] And a measuring system that has a giant void between centimeters and meters??? Argh.
Actually I wonder if the computer-date-sorting issue will eventually end with everyone adopting yyyy-mm-dd. Computers are so bossy.
But yes, when using Resonance Journal just remember it's exactly backwards of yours - hopefully that will help.
[SUP]*[/SUP]Edited: okay, I suppose there are kilograms. NONETHELESS. Ounces are handier than grams at the grocery store.
You are not alone, by the way, and I'm relieved (sort of) to know I'm not, either. I'd assumed the rest of you made extensive notes at all times - you know, like we ought to...
'pick up the book
feel it,
then throw it away'
At some point, I suppose, someone standardized the "measuring cup" as 8 ounces. What do you use in recipes? If our recipe calls for a cup of milk, what would yours say?But then why would you use 'cups' in cooking...like what cup ? It's not like cups are all one size, there's big ones and little ones.
No. The computers will have to change, not us
Those of us "of a certain age" must band together to ward off Encroaching Doom. (I wonder where the age cut-off is?)Yes I don't measure things in grams or kilograms and probably many of my age don't.
I wish I'd made more notes, I should probably try to now I have the Compost Journal (much prefer that name).
At some point, I suppose, someone standardized the "measuring cup" as 8 ounces. What do you use in recipes? If our recipe calls for a cup of milk, what would yours say?
I'm actually finding I don't mind being an increasingly-curmudgeonly middle-aged woman.
But yes, Resonance Journal is splendid for note-taking. Not just because of the nice edit box, but because of the tags, and the internal links, and the external links, etc. etc.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).