When I speak with someone older, smarter, or more experienced about work, I keep a note-taker running—with their knowledge and consent.
Memory is a terrible project manager. A transcript lets an llm pull out decisions, names, links, follow-ups, and the exact sentence that changed the direction.
When someone shows me a profile, tool, or company, I save the link beside the transcript. Context without the source becomes difficult to use later.
The same habit feeds this website. I meet someone, take a selfie, write what stayed with me, and try to publish while the conversation is still alive.
Recording is not the outcome. Action is. The transcript should end as a task, a changed system, a blog, or a decision. Otherwise you only built a more searchable pile of conversations.