I will often doo­dle dur­ing meet­ings… not so much “tak­ing notes” as just jot­ting down impor­tant phrases or con­cepts from the dis­cus­sion. Some­times a dia­gram, that sort of thing. This is just one of the rea­sons why when I redesigned my busi­ness cards, I went to to a 3×5 for­mat with the reverse side set up for draw­ing, doo­dling, or note-taking. Seth Godin explains some of the finer points of the why and how this is a good idea.