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It's just my opinion, but nothing beats paper. I have tried keeping note files on my computer, and I've tried using tablets to jot things down (I have spent so

by kemiller2002 6y ago

It's just my opinion, but nothing beats paper. I have tried keeping note files on my computer, and I've tried using tablets to jot things down (I have spent so much money trying to get this option to work). Paper just works better. I found that I like to scribble and underline, and draw. I'm just not an organized thinker. Forcing things to be in a list don't work for my thoughts and even drawing on an iPad etc. seems too constricting. The precision of paper just isn't there.

laurex 6y ago
This seems to be supported by data https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/095679761452458... I have been transitioning to Remarkable 2 to see if there's some benefit to uniting the concepts. So far, though, I seem to be taking fewer notes.
- coffeeling 6y ago
  That effect is heavily driven by writing things down in your own words - writing by hand essentially forces you to do it, keyboard lets you get away with transcription, which doesn't help.
- nicbou 6y ago
  I was close to pulling the trigger on one, since I also doodle a lot. Then I realised it would be yet another gadget that annoys me because it does annoying gadget things. Paper doesn't require an account, or updates. It doesn't require repeating a task because it didn't get it. It doesn't have a community that tries to pick up where the manufacturer left off. It's also a hundredth of the price.
DavideNL 6y ago
> I found that I like to scribble and underline, and draw I use Goodnotes[1] on my iPad for my notes in which you can do all of that. Works great for me. But i can understand that a digital solution is not always a better solution for every situation/lifestyle... [1] https://www.goodnotes.com/ https://www.goodnotes.com/
mattalbie 6y ago
Computers are for organizing; paper is for thinking.

laurex 6y ago

This seems to be supported by data https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/095679761452458... I have been transitioning to Remarkable 2 to see if there's some benefit to uniting the concepts. So far, though, I seem to be taking fewer notes.

coffeeling 6y ago
That effect is heavily driven by writing things down in your own words - writing by hand essentially forces you to do it, keyboard lets you get away with transcription, which doesn't help.
nicbou 6y ago
I was close to pulling the trigger on one, since I also doodle a lot. Then I realised it would be yet another gadget that annoys me because it does annoying gadget things. Paper doesn't require an account, or updates. It doesn't require repeating a task because it didn't get it. It doesn't have a community that tries to pick up where the manufacturer left off. It's also a hundredth of the price.

DavideNL 6y ago

> I found that I like to scribble and underline, and draw I use Goodnotes[1] on my iPad for my notes in which you can do all of that. Works great for me. But i can understand that a digital solution is not always a better solution for every situation/lifestyle... [1] https://www.goodnotes.com/ https://www.goodnotes.com/

mattalbie 6y ago

Computers are for organizing; paper is for thinking.