I hear you. The practicability of handwriting meeting notes does depend on a few assumptions being true, i.e. improved retention of the meeting would obviate th

I hear you. The practicability of handwriting meeting notes does depend on a few assumptions being true, i.e. improved retention of the meeting would obviate the need to retrieve notes in the first place (not always true, but in my case, often true), and that if you needed to retrieve those notes, you could (again, depends). Me personally, I never transcribe my handwritten notes -- that would be too much work. But I do keep them in an unorganized pile (they're just loose sheets). If I ever needed to retrieve a note, I'll rifle through the pile and I can usually find what I need in 1-2 minutes (I don't attend THAT many meetings). It's not the most organized approach, but it's lightweight and it works for me. Paper isn't exactly unsearchable, merely less searchable than digital. (After all human civilization did exist before computers :) But typing up meeting notes in software works fine and has its advantages, especially if there's a need to share them or to follow-up on them.