Do you still write notes with pen and paper?

With so much note taking apps nowadays, I can’t understand why does anyone still write notes with pen and paper. You need to bring the notepad, book or that paper to retrieve that information, and most of the time you don’t have it in hand. While my phone almost always reachable and you carry when you go out. For those still like to do handwriting, there’s many app does that and they can even convert it to text notes.

So, if you still write notes with pen and paper, why?

jasonmax,

yep, still doing it

pensivepangolin,

I’ll one up ya!

I am a pen and paper guy…for initial notes.

If I deem a certain note or set of notes is worth keeping long term, then I recreate them in Joplin. All about the extra work.

jhoward,

Yes, but I use a rocket book to easily digitize these days. Tried a remarkable, but didn’t quite like the process once many pages were involved (slow to flip through pages).

I also keep quite a few notes on the computer and phone via self hosted Joplin. Which is awesome too.

usa_suxxx,
@usa_suxxx@hexbear.net avatar

Important notes yes. I have like a billion notes on my computer. I don’t want to grep that.

argv_minus_one,

No. Handwriting is slow and makes my hand sore. Keyboards are way more comfortable.

thisismyrealname,

most of my notes i take digitally, but if i’m working on something i’ll use pen and paper so i don’t risk damaging my phone.

Gorillatactics,

I don’t write anything down because the sophon is watching me.

s_s,

I do not trust things in my phone to stay private.

argentcorvid,
@argentcorvid@midwest.social avatar

Yes, typed notes don’t stick as well as written ones

theblackpaul,

I’m a millennial and I still write notes with pen and paper simply because I can’t be bothered to learn how to format in a notes app of any kind.

All of my notes are formatted in a bizarre way that makes sense to me. Applying that format in a digital space is always a giant headache.

I am switching to using Obsidian. Skipping the formatting all together and instead linking all my disjointed ideas to each other seems to be working pretty well.

argv_minus_one,

I’m a millennial and I still write notes with pen and paper simply because I can’t be bothered to learn how to format in a notes app of any kind.

I’m an older millennial, and I’ll tell you how I format my notes: in text files. Markdown if I’m feeling fancy.

techwizrd,

I enjoy writing with fountain pens, and I’ve got to justify the numerous pens and inks I have. I also find it helps me with recall and focus. So I take notes by hand most of the time.

mo_lave,

Yes. There’s something about putting it in paper that makes me grasp the concept in a more personal manner.

sgharms,

Here’s the biggest reason: we are evolved from savannah primates for whom the ability to make eye contact and hold it was a signal of “you can trust me, I’m not about to bite you.” Paper and pen don’t signal “I have decided to break this evolutionary/social contract” in the same way a phone or open laptop does.

I help mentor a lot of young people in early career and their generation with a phone is an excuse for an x-er/boomer interviewer to punt them waiting to happen. It’s career and comp limiting, right or no.

Also if one finds a taken note is missing something, contact the original party. A conversation that begins with: “you got me thinking about this more deeply and I think I may have missed something…” is the key to mentorship, advocacy, and growth.

In short from a transcoding of bits perspective, other media may be better. But for those they acknowledge human constraint and opportunity a nice notebook and (a cheap shill from me) a Lamy Safari medium nib fountain pen will do you quite well.

argv_minus_one,

we are evolved from savannah primates for whom the ability to make eye contact and hold it was a signal of “you can trust me, I’m not about to bite you.”

Funny. Cats are the opposite. To them, unblinking eye contact says “I don’t trust you. I’m keeping my eye on you.” Hence the slow blink they’re famous for.

Paper and pen don’t signal “I have decided to break this evolutionary/social contract” in the same way a phone or open laptop does.

Why not? Either way, you’re breaking eye contact. When paper first became commonplace, people probably made the same argument, and there are photos of people on trains all looking at their newspapers and ignoring each other.

PersonalDevKit,

I use my phone for quick notes on the go, or creating lists of information I want to be able to re order and edit.

I use pen and paper mainly for brain dumps. Getting a stream of thoughts out of my head and on to paper. I find trying to use a phone for this will lead to some distraction and the thought will go before I capture all of the info.

I also use pen and paper when studying a topic, especially for a test, I find the simple of act of writing the information down is enough to cement it in my brain, even if I never go back and read those notes.

Cube6392,

Taking notes with pen and paper is more effective for information retention. I frequently keep a bullet journal to help me stay in the moment and on task. I don’t digitize it because I find it to be a waste of time. I want to take my notes and then turn them into action. Turning them into a digital blip in a database is me faffing about not taking the action

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