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https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/488e/c93cf68806bd8ac63fc7d00b1aba6207abd5.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/488e/c93cf68806bd8ac63fc7d0... ... interesting r

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/488e/c93cf68806bd8ac63fc7d00b1aba6207abd5.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/488e/c93cf68806bd8ac63fc7d0... ... interesting research that suggests that trying to type-out a transcript with a keyboard might be more effective.

Rochus 7y ago
Interesting paper, thanks. Confirms what I have noticed in my work over the years.
komali2 7y ago
The disadvantage here being notification pop-ups and email being a tab away. Also whenever someone's on a laptop on a meeting I just assume they're not listening and looking at their emails, doesn't matter what they say before or during. Happens too often. Double if it's a googler lol.
- tim58 7y ago
  It's 100% possible to take notes during a meeting without opening up another program.
  - robohoe 7y ago
    Takes a whole lot of discipline. Definitely much easier if you care about the subject being discussed.
    - chapium 7y ago
      Do not disturb buttons are great for this.
- exikyut 7y ago
  Bizarre suggestion for a device that's kinda hard to find nowadays but which I've heard is awesome: the AlphaSmart Dana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart
  - archarios 7y ago
    There is a modern version: https://getfreewrite.com/ https://getfreewrite.com/. It's way too expensive though.
    - exikyut 7y ago
      Yeow, US$550-700, that is incredibly expensive. Thanks for the TIL though
  - ReC757 7y ago
    WOW. I totally forgot this thing existed... I had the “3000” one in high school. I remember it having a fantastic feel to it for being plastic. Other than that though, things like this were about having a system that you could write on without having to worry about battery life. Laptops were more expensive back then (oh man, I finally feel 31). Currently to take notes in class, I use a 2008 MacBook Pro running Manjaro w/ i3wm. I try to copy the instructors talking points with shorthand.
- a-saleh 7y ago
  Most of my meetings are throug video, so having half-screen the video-feed and other half some sort of note-pad is fairly useful :)
meigwilym 7y ago
And conversely https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret...
- a-saleh 7y ago
  Even more interesting is, that the research I shared claims 'just type-out a transcript and don't try to summarize/structure your notes' is better than 'by hand, and summarize' ... but both agree writing by hand forces you to have more structure and summaries in your notes :-)
throwanem 7y ago
...for those with working memory deficits, yes. If you need to be able to engage in the meeting, trying to transcribe it isn't much of an option, while taking paper notes remains so, and still provides as much or more benefit.

Rochus 7y ago

Interesting paper, thanks. Confirms what I have noticed in my work over the years.

komali2 7y ago

The disadvantage here being notification pop-ups and email being a tab away. Also whenever someone's on a laptop on a meeting I just assume they're not listening and looking at their emails, doesn't matter what they say before or during. Happens too often. Double if it's a googler lol.

tim58 7y ago
It's 100% possible to take notes during a meeting without opening up another program.
- robohoe 7y ago
  Takes a whole lot of discipline. Definitely much easier if you care about the subject being discussed.
  - chapium 7y ago
    Do not disturb buttons are great for this.
exikyut 7y ago
Bizarre suggestion for a device that's kinda hard to find nowadays but which I've heard is awesome: the AlphaSmart Dana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart
- archarios 7y ago
  There is a modern version: https://getfreewrite.com/ https://getfreewrite.com/. It's way too expensive though.
  - exikyut 7y ago
    Yeow, US$550-700, that is incredibly expensive. Thanks for the TIL though
- ReC757 7y ago
  WOW. I totally forgot this thing existed... I had the “3000” one in high school. I remember it having a fantastic feel to it for being plastic. Other than that though, things like this were about having a system that you could write on without having to worry about battery life. Laptops were more expensive back then (oh man, I finally feel 31). Currently to take notes in class, I use a 2008 MacBook Pro running Manjaro w/ i3wm. I try to copy the instructors talking points with shorthand.
a-saleh 7y ago
Most of my meetings are throug video, so having half-screen the video-feed and other half some sort of note-pad is fairly useful :)

meigwilym 7y ago

And conversely https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret...

a-saleh 7y ago
Even more interesting is, that the research I shared claims 'just type-out a transcript and don't try to summarize/structure your notes' is better than 'by hand, and summarize' ... but both agree writing by hand forces you to have more structure and summaries in your notes :-)

throwanem 7y ago

...for those with working memory deficits, yes. If you need to be able to engage in the meeting, trying to transcribe it isn't much of an option, while taking paper notes remains so, and still provides as much or more benefit.