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Cheap shots. Speaking as a huge fan of the Newton MP 2000 (which I kept using for years after the Newton was cancelled): 1) You can search your meeting notes.
by Tloewald 11y ago
Cheap shots.
Speaking as a huge fan of the Newton MP 2000 (which I kept using for years after the Newton was cancelled):
1) You can search your meeting notes. I had four or five years of meeting notes that could be instantly (well, by late 90s standards of "instantly") searched.
2) You could point it at any IRDA printer and just print stuff. (I was astonished by this when I discovered it worked, because the first IRDA printer I got was made long after the Newton was cancelled.)
In contrast to this, most of my paper notes (and I've gone back to paper) end up being lost, and those that aren't lost are horribly disorganized. Generally, the half life of paper notes -- for me -- is perhaps a month.
- coliveira 11y ago> most of my paper notes (and I've gone back to paper) end up being lost, and those that aren't lost are horribly disorganized I agree that this happens, but it is your own decision. Until the 20th century, scientists had to maintain notes of everything they did in notebooks. They kept them organized and accessible, despite having to use handwritten notes.
- Tloewald 11y agoAh yes, every scientist has beautifully organized paper notes. Of course. Why use word processors? Quill and ink has served us for generations.
- rawTruthHurts 11y agoNot so cheap shots then!
- Tloewald 11y agoCountering the usefulness of free text search of one's notes with "you can do it manually" doesn't even rise to the level of a cheap shot -- it's ridiculous. Which is my point.
- kamaal 11y ago>>You can search your meeting notes. I never face this issue, very simply because after you use a real notebook for a while, you learn to organize information. Indexing information by date, topic etc is common for seasoned notebook users.
- gambiter 11y ago> In contrast to this, most of my paper notes (and I've gone back to paper) end up being lost, and those that aren't lost are horribly disorganized. Conversely, I've had lots of PDAs through the years, and any notes I took on them were lost long ago.