I disagree that that's better - video and (especially) audio recordings are inherently mostly one-dimensional: you can only see a bit at a time and have to wind forwards or backwards in time to see another glimpse. (Or keep it running at normal speed to see a quick succession of glimpses.)
Written words on a two-dimensional page are easier to scan and skim-read in a way that I find simply not possible with AV recordings.
(Of course that means that if you use shorthand to take notes and want to be able to scan/skim/speed-read, you have to be able to read at least as quickly as you write, and have good pattern recognition so that you can identify key bits and know where you are, without having to actually read letter-by-letter. Just like you need good reading speed and pattern recognition in print or cursive if you use that for notes.)
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Date: 2011-03-08 12:31 pm (UTC)I disagree that that's better - video and (especially) audio recordings are inherently mostly one-dimensional: you can only see a bit at a time and have to wind forwards or backwards in time to see another glimpse. (Or keep it running at normal speed to see a quick succession of glimpses.)
Written words on a two-dimensional page are easier to scan and skim-read in a way that I find simply not possible with AV recordings.
(Of course that means that if you use shorthand to take notes and want to be able to scan/skim/speed-read, you have to be able to read at least as quickly as you write, and have good pattern recognition so that you can identify key bits and know where you are, without having to actually read letter-by-letter. Just like you need good reading speed and pattern recognition in print or cursive if you use that for notes.)