Why I keep a public notebook

Most of what I learn evaporates within a week. Not the big ideas — the small ones. A shortcut, a sentence that clicked, a reason I changed my mind.

Private notes never worked for me. They piled up unread. Writing in public, even for an audience of one, makes me finish the thought.

So this is the deal I've made with myself: short, dated, unpolished. A notebook that happens to have a URL.