Usually just remember stuff. I'm terrible at taking notes - I either forget to take any paper/pen or I don't know what's important and don't make any notes.

If I get an action item I'll write it down or stick it somewhere on my work phone. It probably won't make much sense so I'll need to remember what it was about anyway - it just serves as a reminder that I need to do something.

At my first job somebody showed me a system that I needed to use, step by step, for a task that I needed to do to cover them the next week. I took no notes (didn't even occur to me), she was surprised that I took no notes, but I remembered it all and did the task.

I'm not sure my memory is quite good enough to trust these days, but back then it worked fine.

the good old notepad,

That's my preference.

Is it like complicated things or simple ones?

It is both. I take very detailed and heavily linked notes (through my own PKMS based on index cards) and I also use notebooks for quick notes on the go notes. Have been doing so for years. BTW, there is a community related to Note-taking/Personal Knowledge Management: !pkms@lemmy.blahaj.zone

I don't use it to remember things (well, yes it helps with that too, but it's not the main purpose) I use it to help me think and create new ideas/associations between existing ideas, infos, whatever.

More info on 'my' note-taking system (it's not mine by any mean): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten

Edit: published too early an unfinished post, sorry ;)

Depend on what I'm doing and where I am. At work, I'm usually using my iPad more than anything and note taking is usually work related. For that I use an app called GoodNotes (basically a PDF annotator. Think pen and paper, but digital.). If I'm at home, I usually type the notes into a markdown file using a text editor. Todo lists and shopping lists are usually done in Reminders on my iPhone.

OneNote for work. Usually for meeting notes to help me transfer to Action items in to the task management software. I also use it to keep a record of my conversations with team members.

I also use it as a temporary location for information while performing work. I later transfer those into the details section of the task management software.

Apple Notes for personal. App is also installed on my personal laptop. It’s simple to share Notes with my partner.

If I just need a quick note to remind me of something or like to help do a puzzle in a game, I just use Notes (the google app).

If I am taking a class or something, I use an audio recorder and then transcribe it later.

I have a work phone and a personal phone. If I’m in the field I will text work related things to my work phone. Sometimes I’ll take a picture of things I need to remember to do instead of taking a note, these can end up in either phone. I have a notepad at my desk that I’ll take notes on if I’m at my desk. If I’m walking into a meeting I’ll take blank sheets of printer paper and write on those, sometimes I’ll take a picture of these notes after the meeting. I have a work account with one note that I use sometimes and a personal account on obsidian that I use mostly for taking notes on whatever I’m reading or ideas for projects. At the end of every week I’ll look through all my pictures, notes, pictures of notes, etc. and make a list of stuff I need to do next week.

It’s a mess.

It's been years since I was im school... but yes, on a notepad with different emphasis for different things.

1. In general, summarize what the prof. is saying.

2. If they're talking about something from the book, note it with a ⭐

3. If they say "this is important" mark it with an ❕

4. Write it on the board or project it, undeine that.