Date:         Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:05:25 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday Philosophy: On Documentation
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  I 'try' to use the back blank 'notes' pages you will find in most
workshop manuals to document any changes I make to my vehicles.   I also
like to put my tire pressure adjustments, my suspension settings, the best
alignment settings I find, etc....all back in the last few blank pages they
put into most shop manuals.

   Since I began learning Smart Phones I now suspect there may be an "app"
that would make documenting all this stuff 'easier' somehow.   Evernote, an
app in Android systems..., that has become a tool I use more and more for
my carpentry work....
If I had time to really learn all of it's functions completely, I suspect
it could be used to track and document Vanagon mechanicals, too.   It takes
pics, notes, writes stuff almost correctly when you speak into it, you can
draw with it, all kinds of useful stuff....You could probably put
everything (including the shop manual) on a small flash drive, about the
size of a fat postage stamp, and when you needed something, just slip it
into some device and get the information back, with photos and sound and
video....
   But for now, I still use a Ticonderoga #2 lead pencil and my workshop
manuals....seems to work for me.

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:57 PM, turbowesty <turbowesty@gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with the premise Jarrett.
> And I've found that sharing what I've thought was good with list members
> has resulted in them becoming even better as the got refined and/or
> improved. And I don't mean just the diagrams or documents… the design too.
> My solar system and the schematic I have for it is a good example. It's now
> also stored in my Bentley so it's part of the big picture.
>
> Regards, Peter Kraiker
> nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> '82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)
>
>
> On 2013-02-08, at 3:55 PM, Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <kupcinski@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > Some list members give repair reports. I enjoy reading these out of
> voyeurism, and also because I gain insights into my own van. Online blogs
> are also good, because they often have photographs. The best part of both
> of these methods of public documentation is that they share the record with
> the community, helping us all keep all our peculiar vehicles running just a
> little longer.
>