re: st: documentation Stata tips : any wrong with counting on googling?

["Ariel Linden, DrPH" <ariel.linden@gmail.com>]

Hi Mandy,

I can honestly say that I have a similar approach to you on stata-tips. I
read the daily digest, look for anything interesting, and copy/paste the
dialogue (and examples) into a word document entitled "stataservethreads"...

It ain't pretty, but it has come in handy on numerous occasions. I am
worried that at some point when my mind goes, I'll never remember where to
find things on this list.

Good luck

Ariel

Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:32:29 -0400
From: Amanda Fu <mandy.fu1@gmail.com>
Subject: st: documentation Stata tips : any wrong with counting on googling?

Dear Statalist,

Sorry that my question is not directly about using Stata. I was
wondering if anyone could give some suggestion on how to efficiently
take notes or document the tips of using Stata.

I used to use the traditional way that I learned from elementary
school : When I found some Stata tips are useful, I copied and pasted
or typed them in a word file for use in the future. But then I notice
when I want to find out how to deal with a particular problem, usually
it is faster to simply google it than to check it in the "Stata tips"
file.

Therefore, I would like to know if someone could give me some
suggestions on documentation the Stata tips or introduce his/her
practices for this. In addition, Is there any severe disadvantage of
counting on  the googling way?

Thank you!

Best regards,

Mandy

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