For every person I meet, I have two Google Docs: a shared meeting doc, and a private “person log”.
The [meeting doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyVkqUyUpl2vkD7tnzr9RyZyjlyqWNd_vko3lIr0-ag/edit?tab=t.0) is shared with the attendee, and contains the following tabs:
- Calls: agendas, notes, links
- Call summaries
- Call transcripts
It is provides useful context for us, and for LLMs.
The “person log” is private to me. It looks like this:
```
About FIRST NAME
* Things I want to be reminded of whenever we meet, e.g. important things happening in their life; their self-development goals; feedback they've given me.
Inbox:
* A place to drop in items that I might want to talk about at our next meeting.
* The "triage" function this enables is probably the most valuable aspect of this system.
2020-10-17
Private notes related to a particular meeting...
2020-10-10
Private notes related to a particular meeting...
```
I keep both docs open during meetings.
The private person log is generally _not_ full of things I want to hide from the person I’m meeting—it’d usually be fine if the person read it. It’s just a place that is focussed on helping me make the most of our meetings (e.g. a “private triage” function helps decide things that may/may not be above bar to discuss), and taking notes without distracting the attendee.
To make the docs easy to find, I title them with a prefix. The prefix means I can usually access docs from the browser address bar with 3-4 keystrokes.
Imagine I’m meeting Elton John. The document names would be:
* ej-ph ph-ej: Elton John & Peter Hartree meetings
* ej-log: Elton John log