I detest handwriting. It's painful for me (I hold my pen badly, and always have done), and I have pretty bad writing unless I pay attention to it. I definitel

I detest handwriting. It's painful for me (I hold my pen badly, and always have done), and I have pretty bad writing unless I pay attention to it. I definitely make better notes when I'm writing, but also I -think- about the problem at hand when I do so, and this generally means I come up with better solutions. While it's anecdotal, I think it's the same as speaking to someone. I can think of conversations in my head, and they don't go anywhere compared to when I speak with my girlfriend about the same topic - even when it's something technical that she doesn't have any particular input in, I can come up with new ideas when doing this, and she's a counsellor so she has taught me the value of talking, anyway. There's more to systems than just the 'efficiency' that a lot of commenters are mentioning here, IMO.