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What is wrong with using a paper notebook?

macrolocal 5y ago
For math, being able to quickly erase false starts and reorganize lemmas on the fly is surprisingly useful. Compared to paper notebooks, it's easily doubled my productivity.
SiempreViernes 5y ago
They run out of pages, there's no copy function, you can't cut and paste onto the same page without making the cleared space unusable for writing. On the upside, the paper notebook doesn't crash randomly when battery is low, and it can store (flat) physical objects.
varjag 5y ago
Exactly. No subscription fees and OCR not working just as well. I understand that botching your perfect brainstorming doodle with permanent pen gives a certain degree of anxiety. But one can treat those as drafts; you'll use up a lot of Moleskine pages before the cost breaks even with this.
eatYourFood 5y ago
No password, hard to make copies, takes up more space in my bag, can't easily move things around or rework once you've put something on the page, end up with a stack of notesbooks that need disposing of, harder to file and easily look up things from a certain date or category.
pjerem 5y ago
I'm going to answer with what is cool with a Remarkable against a paper notebook when it comes to writing : you can easily erase shapes, strokes, undo, resize, copy, paste, add pages between... To me that's a lot of advantages only for the comparison of the actual "writing tools" even not taking into account the "extras". Disclaimer : I sold my remarkable because I had a tiny but noticeable "gap" between the stylus and the "ink" and I wasnt able to tolerate it. But I'm missing the edition features.
- raffraffraff 5y ago
  Are you left handed?
  - eiriklv 5y ago
    Another lefty here - same issue. Did the pre-order long ago. I’m back to pen and paper as I could not tolerate it. It would be great if it was possible to calibrate it somehow, by hack or not. I’ve kept it in case such a solution surfaces.
    - raffraffraff 5y ago
      I definitely think they should be petitioned for a left-handed mode. Edit: it has left handed mode?! Perhaps I've already set that, but it isn't thorough enough? Gonna go check now. Btw, it's under settings, accessibility.
  - pjerem 5y ago
    No. But I acknowledge I may have an "uncommon" way of handling a pen, with a really closed angle between the pen and the paper. Of course my writing is totally garbage.
Shorel 5y ago
I have a Rocketbook. It is an erasable plastic paper notebook. You write with some special pen, and then erase with a damp cloth. The application lets you easily scan all pages. For the price, I find it better than both the reMarkable and a paper notebook.

For math, being able to quickly erase false starts and reorganize lemmas on the fly is surprisingly useful. Compared to paper notebooks, it's easily doubled my productivity.

SiempreViernes 5y ago

They run out of pages, there's no copy function, you can't cut and paste onto the same page without making the cleared space unusable for writing. On the upside, the paper notebook doesn't crash randomly when battery is low, and it can store (flat) physical objects.

varjag 5y ago

Exactly. No subscription fees and OCR not working just as well. I understand that botching your perfect brainstorming doodle with permanent pen gives a certain degree of anxiety. But one can treat those as drafts; you'll use up a lot of Moleskine pages before the cost breaks even with this.

eatYourFood 5y ago

No password, hard to make copies, takes up more space in my bag, can't easily move things around or rework once you've put something on the page, end up with a stack of notesbooks that need disposing of, harder to file and easily look up things from a certain date or category.

pjerem 5y ago

I'm going to answer with what is cool with a Remarkable against a paper notebook when it comes to writing : you can easily erase shapes, strokes, undo, resize, copy, paste, add pages between... To me that's a lot of advantages only for the comparison of the actual "writing tools" even not taking into account the "extras". Disclaimer : I sold my remarkable because I had a tiny but noticeable "gap" between the stylus and the "ink" and I wasnt able to tolerate it. But I'm missing the edition features.

raffraffraff 5y ago
Are you left handed?
- eiriklv 5y ago
  Another lefty here - same issue. Did the pre-order long ago. I’m back to pen and paper as I could not tolerate it. It would be great if it was possible to calibrate it somehow, by hack or not. I’ve kept it in case such a solution surfaces.
  - raffraffraff 5y ago
    I definitely think they should be petitioned for a left-handed mode. Edit: it has left handed mode?! Perhaps I've already set that, but it isn't thorough enough? Gonna go check now. Btw, it's under settings, accessibility.
- pjerem 5y ago
  No. But I acknowledge I may have an "uncommon" way of handling a pen, with a really closed angle between the pen and the paper. Of course my writing is totally garbage.

Shorel 5y ago

I have a Rocketbook. It is an erasable plastic paper notebook. You write with some special pen, and then erase with a damp cloth. The application lets you easily scan all pages. For the price, I find it better than both the reMarkable and a paper notebook.