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I think the kind of notes you can take with pen and paper beats what you can reasonably do with a keyboard. And I think some of the diagrams and annotated equat

I think the kind of notes you can take with pen and paper beats what you can reasonably do with a keyboard. And I think some of the diagrams and annotated equations you can easily write on paper creates a much better learning experience. But computer notes are much easier to search. So for things like meeting minutes, and daily todos etc, write it in a .txt file. But when following along a deep learning course, write the equations and diagrams on paper. Later you can write code examples in your personal cheat sheet for easy retrieval.

ngrilly 3y ago
I thought devices like Remarkable were doing automatic OCR to enable search across notes? Assuming search works, then I’d say a big advantage of pen and paper is being less constrained in the layout of your notes, and for example do diagrams. Big disadvantage is not being able to edit, for example restructure your notes by moving things around.
pbhjpbhj 3y ago
I use OneNote and do some scribbled handwriting and quite a lot of typing; mostly 'printed' in text from PDFs. I'm always amazed at how it can interpret my handwriting, a lot of people struggle with it (including me). It's not perfect, but it surprises me sometimes.
- Multicomp 3y ago
  The ability to attach multimedia screenshots, videos, images, files, digital ink is what elevates OneNote to me beyond Joplin, DokuWiki, LogSeq, Obsidian (all tools I've tried and can see why they have such appeal) , and other markdown++ notetaking applications, at least for my own taste and usecases. OneNote is not only a good notetaking capture tool, it's also a great clarifying tool for general reference/project support digital filing. Whether the digital artifacts are text, handwritten doodles, embedded files like multimedia or WIP digital artifacts, screenshots of binary file hexdumps, the works can all be stored together with relevant context, all labelled and fitting into a 3-ring-binder skeuomorphism I'm used to from organizing projects back in school in the olden days. Not the tool for everyone (especially those want to go fully Linux Desktop) but its very close to having something for everyone. Just gotta be able to do mobile and linux with local notebooks.
grvdrm 3y ago
Funny - hadn't thought of it this way accidentally used the same approach for an actuarial task. I was updating an insurance pricing application that had all sorts of formulas for capital requirements, profit load, minimum premium, etc. The formulas were often laid out in SQL but I ultimately wrote them step-by-step on paper to make sure I was truly following the logic (and order of ops). Worked well!

ngrilly 3y ago

I thought devices like Remarkable were doing automatic OCR to enable search across notes? Assuming search works, then I’d say a big advantage of pen and paper is being less constrained in the layout of your notes, and for example do diagrams. Big disadvantage is not being able to edit, for example restructure your notes by moving things around.

pbhjpbhj 3y ago

I use OneNote and do some scribbled handwriting and quite a lot of typing; mostly 'printed' in text from PDFs. I'm always amazed at how it can interpret my handwriting, a lot of people struggle with it (including me). It's not perfect, but it surprises me sometimes.

Multicomp 3y ago
The ability to attach multimedia screenshots, videos, images, files, digital ink is what elevates OneNote to me beyond Joplin, DokuWiki, LogSeq, Obsidian (all tools I've tried and can see why they have such appeal) , and other markdown++ notetaking applications, at least for my own taste and usecases. OneNote is not only a good notetaking capture tool, it's also a great clarifying tool for general reference/project support digital filing. Whether the digital artifacts are text, handwritten doodles, embedded files like multimedia or WIP digital artifacts, screenshots of binary file hexdumps, the works can all be stored together with relevant context, all labelled and fitting into a 3-ring-binder skeuomorphism I'm used to from organizing projects back in school in the olden days. Not the tool for everyone (especially those want to go fully Linux Desktop) but its very close to having something for everyone. Just gotta be able to do mobile and linux with local notebooks.

grvdrm 3y ago

Funny - hadn't thought of it this way accidentally used the same approach for an actuarial task. I was updating an insurance pricing application that had all sorts of formulas for capital requirements, profit load, minimum premium, etc. The formulas were often laid out in SQL but I ultimately wrote them step-by-step on paper to make sure I was truly following the logic (and order of ops). Worked well!