Everywhere I've worked, programmers carry about a ruled A4 hard-back note book. To avoid attracting attention, I dutifully carry one also, and once or twice in every meeting I nod sagely and pretend to write down something interesting. Occasionally people leave theirs unattended and I sneak a look. Mostly they seem to be writing a complete narrative of everything they do in the order it happened. Some fill book after book with tiny scrawl like the Kevin Spacey character in 'Seven'.Everywhere I've worked, programmers carry about