Progressive Summarization
- Capture, Bold the interesting part, Highlight even more interesting ones, Summarize the bolded parts
- A Note Taking technique
The general idea of progressive summarization is that you want to create those notes so that, when you see them in the future, it's easy to quickly comprehend the purpose. You do that by moving through the following process: (Source)
- Layer 1: When you encounter something interesting, capture it
- Layer 2: Bold the most interesting parts
- Layer 3: Highlight the most interesting bolded sections
- Layer 4: Summarize the bolded portions and the note in your own words
- Layer 5: Turn your notes into something new: a tweet, a blog post, even a book
