A physical logbook isn't just for sysadmins, by the way; I kept another one for development work, so that at the morning SCRUM I knew what I had been doing the

A physical logbook isn't just for sysadmins, by the way; I kept another one for development work, so that at the morning SCRUM I knew what I had been doing the previous day. That started when I got dinged once, for not being able to tell the SCRUM what I had done yesterday. The benefit is the same; it doesn't compete with your work for access to the screen and keyboard, and you can have it open all day. Also, opening a big notebook before describing your activities confers an aura of reliability on you; there's a reason why policemen whip out notebooks when testifying in court.