In situations where I want to take notes but don't want to distract myself or others, I keep my laptop on but with no backlighting (so the display's almost blac

In situations where I want to take notes but don't want to distract myself or others, I keep my laptop on but with no backlighting (so the display's almost black). I can just stream what I want into there and edit it later. Often I'll grab audio as well.