If you're looking for a way to boost your powers of observation then keeping field notes seems like a pretty good tactic. Have your own tips for better processing the world around you?

12-05-2011 DESIGN Beautiful Scientific Field Notes Show Why Hand Drawing Is Still Necessary Working scientists have all manner of high-tech gizmos to gather field data.

Among his many qualities, the pioneering wildlife ecologist Aldo Leopold was a meticulous taker of field notes.

From the Field Notes dining room, a glass-sided tent on eighth-generation Lansing's Farm in Colonie, the sun slides low into planted fields, splintering light through glasses on stacked shelves ...