Now a day, we have a lot of tools to keep our memories. In the movie "On the Road,"one of the heroes always had a notepad, and recorded what they do on the way. Now you have the best video and photo taking tools named "smartphone" and "tablets"
These years, smartphones are developed very well. Especially, after Apple released iPhone, and Google released Android(Free OS for mobile phones), they have become very convenient.
Here are things people felt heavy in our ancient time :-)
Taking Photos / 8mm Films
We needed to wait to print after our travel. We needed to order to develop all photos at once. For 8mm Film, people needed to edit. They needed very expensive equipments. We needed a lot of time when we share with friends.
Sound Recording
We needed to bring a small voice recorder with small tapes. They sometimes went wrong and broken. The speed of recording and playing were not stable. They didn't always remind us the impressions on the travel.
Notetaking:
Notetaking is always with notepads and pens. Naturally, we can annotate for our writings, attach a lot of items directly onto the journals or diaries. However, it was very difficult to share with friends.
From Now On:
For all of these, we needed separately to have things such as a camera, film camera, camcorder, tape recorder, voice recorder, notepads, pens etc. These were a lot stuff on our travel, weren't they? Now we can use just a small smartphone on our hands, and it solves all the problems.
Well, now I'm talking about "Documenting." I introduce what we should do.
"Documenting" is very easy. In fact, everyday, we do. You may keep your diary for years, and record what you do on your work on your journal. You also keep your housekeeping book. These are also your documenting.
One very different thing about documenting on your travel is that you have your specific purpose/theme for travels. For example, if you have a vacation now, you think what you want to do. Maybe they are that you visit snow resorts, or you enjoy your reunion.
Here is what to do:
1. Taking photos
You can use your smartphone and take photos for all your interests. This includes very small ones. If you like the wall clock on your hotel room, you just take it. If you find some local candies or materials, you just take it. It's the simple way to remember everything.
2. Taking videos
If your smartphone has video functions, use it as possible as you can. Cameras on your phones are not always the best qualities, but you can record some important things called "impressions" at the moment. You record your favorite things with your comments. You can also take your comments and your friends' thoughts about the travel.
3. Notetaking with Cloud Apps
If you have some apps such as Evernote and OneNote on your phone, you can take notes for everything even your phone is offline. You can sync all notes when you are in WiFi Hotspots. Also you can upload all your materials such as videos, photos and audio on the same cloud service. (For audio, normally, smartphones have voice recorder functions, you can record and keep them on the same ways.)
Recently, there are some software such as Day One(for iPhone), Quick Office Pro, Office Suite Pro 6, etc., they can sync with cloud drives such as Dorpbox, Box.com. Sugarsync, and SkyDrive. We can use the same format such as Microsoft Ward and Open Document Format(ODP). They are also can read with desktop applications. If you don't have anyway to sync, or don't have the internet line. You can keep your memos on your phone.
Or, For More Current People
You can use Social Network Services, such as Google+, Facebook, Socl, Instagram, Foursquare and Pintarest to update your things. You can share all things you do on the way your travel. However, I don't recommend to update about your travel on SNS because it means your house may be "empty." If you live alone, it's a good signal for thieves.
New Year's Day has already come to some countries. In some countries, people are just enjoying their new year moment. Maybe these are good ideas to document the first scenes in 2013.
This song was included U2's album "War," released in January 1, 1983.
"New Year's Day"
by U2 (1983)
Rarely, I try to read blogs written by other people. This is an example. An Asian person visited Germany, Denmark and Sweden. She took a lot of photos, and attached small memos and thoughts for them. She was inspired by the sturdy live of German people, design of IKEA and the fine costless lives. After she was back from her travel, her life was completely changed. Before her travel, she kept a lot of waste stuff in her room. Now she have a very clean room. She rearranged her room, and cleaned all the messes. Originally, her travel was for her vacation. However, gee.., she found one her fundamental.
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