hyde, to blogging
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joel,
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@hyde put koreader on it you've not even tried it aaaaaaaa

c0dec0dec0de, to random
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Happened to be near a Best Buy that had a reMarkable 2 on display, and it seems nice, but do I need this? It seems like it would have been absolutely amazing for university when we ahem obtained pdf textbooks and this would have allowed me to carry all of them and annotate them.
I don’t know what I’d actually do with it. But I love the aesthetics of it and handwriting notes is a big part of how I do things when I function - so maybe it would be really awesome?

hyde, to linux
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aeva,
@aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar

@hyde I also make video games sometimes, but I appreciate the mention

preslavrachev, to kindle
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My initial dismissal of the Kindle Scribe is fading away with every passing day of use.

Yes, it’s still mostly a (excellent) reader with some note-taking (far better than expected) capabilities, but it is very convenient and it serves the purpose I wanted from it - focus on learning in a distraction-free way.

I’m still testing it, but it looks like I may keep it.


koalie, to random
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I just discovered a nasty thing about with which I had otherwise been pretty happy with since I purchased one secondhand 4 months ago.

Without the paying “connect” subscription, syncing stops after 50 days of inactivity.

New activity doesn’t trigger syncing, but the document remains usable still.

The is to duplicate it. But it’s just a lot of busy work.

yatil,
@yatil@yatil.social avatar

@koalie Oh yeah, I mean, if the Remarkable works for you, then I think it’s better to swallow the service price for convenience. I just meant to say in my big table of things of what tablet to get, this was one of the points against the Remarkable.

koalie,
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@yatil I concur and I now hold it as a point against Remarkable. So long as the workaround continues to work, I'll continue without subscription.

koalie, to art
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musicmatze, to random

So after a bit of research, there's the , the and the "Paper".

I had a look at the first two, but they do not strike me as a "this is it".

The Huawei one might be an option, but I did not look close enough yet.

I definitely want to be able to sync with either or so having a real android would be nice. But none of those offers that.

odddev,
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signaleleven,
@signaleleven@social.sdf.org avatar

@odddev @musicmatze I second boox (any boox) because of their full Android.

hyde, to books
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hyde,
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@basil I bought it when I still had a company, and it went through the expanses 😉 @adamsdesk

adamsdesk,
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@hyde Oh that's how I can get one 😆 @basil

koalie, (edited ) to random
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PSA: is about to start \o/

Prepare to subscribe to —or filter out— the hashtags.

I am looking forward to doing artwork in ink everyday of October, following a list of prompts.

I have not quite made up my mind if this year I’m doing it in e-ink on a or continue in my postcard sized artbook as I’ve done for the past 7 years.

I will post here every day, regardless.

Here’s the list of prompts for

koalie,
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ourmaninjapan,

@koalie Brink it on!

koalie, to random
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I’ve had a e-ink tablet for a week (second-hand from the good @nicosomb who sold it to me)

I use it all day long, every day, as a companion to my computer. It’s much better than filling up paper books which make it hard to retrieve previous notes in a timely manner or at all.

I can share my notes (converted to typed text or not), re-use parts of them elsewhere, copy & paste, scale, rotate, I can type, or draw.

It lacks straight lines and shapes though! But it fosters creativity.

ndw,
@ndw@mastodon.social avatar

@koalie Is the surface pleasant to write on? I like my tablet, but I don't use it for note taking as much as I thought I might because frankly it's not very pleasant to write on, even with a rubber tip on the stylus.

koalie,
@koalie@mastodon.social avatar

@ndw it's pleasant to write on. For the first day or two, it was as though I was writing with a pencil on something that isn't quite the paper I'm used to, but more like some thicker cardboard.
It's not at all compared to the friction-less glass surface of the iPad which for me has always felt weird and too slippery.

louis, to random
@louis@emacs.ch avatar

Any remarks on or alternatives? I still enjoy hand-writing notes a lot, but they get lost easily.

Remarkable has some history of removing features and replacing them with "subscriptions" after the buy. I'd love to hear from owners.

publicvoit,
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@louis Stumbled over this one yesterday: https://howchoo.com/supernote/10-reasons-to-pick-supernote-a6x-over-remarkable-2

I own a Boox Note Air and I like it.

Would never invest in Remarkable.

Most important eink information source is the My Deep Guide YouTube channel.

svw,

@louis I have had one before the subscription model, so I can't comment on that, but from a usability perspective, I love my

@publicvoit has some reasonable arguments against it. Here's a few comments I wrote on it previously...

https://emacs.ch/@svw/109882536199503954
https://emacs.ch/@svw/109882528909753997

tripu, to productivity

I designed a simple PDF for the for the technique.

I have been using a similar template for a while, and it works well for me.

koalie,
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@tripu glad to know! URL?

tripu,
tripu, to random
Edent, to eink
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

Anyone here got a and want to convince me - one way or the other - whether to take the plunge?

I like reading on - but I crave a bigger screen. I don't handwrite if I can help it.
Perhaps there's a bigger read-only device I should consider?

tingenek,
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@Edent Great for writing, don't buy just for reading. Also just get the tablet: std emr pen, mine's from Lamy, much nicer at £30. Ditto cover.

Edent,
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

@tingenek thanks. Looks like it isn't right for my usecase.

bbrfnt, to random

Question/ help request
Is there a way for someone using to see where an (A4, if relevant) prortrait page ends while writing in landscape mode?

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