Comment by ethbr0
3 years ago
Deep within your subconscious memories is a series of you unloading A4 from your printer, thinking about where to best store it, finding 20 reams already there, stacking this one on top, and then promptly forgetting the location.
"I don't put things where I think they should go, I put them where I am likely to look for them" - Adam Savage
Here's a Q&A where he says something like this: https://youtu.be/og0yYQAN1JE?t=233
I really like this quote, but I can't find any reference to Adam Savage saying it.
Closest I can find is his concept of "First Order Retrievability"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyCrHLYiGNo
One of his "Ask Adam" videos, I believe the same one he discussed Pica pens.
> I really like this quote, but I can't find any reference to Adam Savage saying it.
Maybe, instead of attributing the quote to someone who said it, they attributed the quote to someone who they'd think would've said it.
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I recently watched the video where he said it, but I can't remember which one it was. It was one of the ones on the Tested channel, either an ask Adam or one of the questions from a live stream they made in to a video.
I've been following this since I heard him say it a few years ago, and I try to impress this upon my family as well
I'd be better off putting them where I wouldn't look, that's probably where I'd look.
A4 is an antimemetic paper size
Periodically I buy things like Post-its because I can't find any--and then the next rare time when I really deep clean my office or attic, I find enough office supplies to open a stationary store.