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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?

kowcop ,

I don’t think I have touched a pen for much other than signing my name since Covid hit

AnonStoleMyPants ,

95% digital. Work journal is in Tiddlywiki and that’s basically it. Todo lists I do tend to do with pen & paper.

I like pen and paper but searching is always such a fucking hassle and my hand writing is garbo. If I know I don’t need to actually find anything later then it’s great (doodling and thinking about something). I guess I could do pen and paper and layer save into digital but meh.

ginerel ,
@ginerel@kbin.social avatar

Have you tried using different colors to highlight certain content? This way, you can somehow remember what is going on and where, and you remember to look for certain keywords. You can sometimes put certain words in a square, so you won't develop a habit and actually remember what you wrote.

AnonStoleMyPants ,

Not really. But it would be difficult because I have many things I need to keep track of. If I need to later figure out if I did X for Y then I need to be able to find it. Or if I quickly need to find every step I’ve done relating to Y it gets difficult. Only way would be to write everything basically twice, to a notepad (or page) about Y, and also to my journal where I quickly jot down what I have done today.

I’ve thought about digitizing notes and using something like hashtags which I could then search for but it was way too much of a hit and miss to covert handwriting to a searchable format.

Of course having a good index would make things easier but dunno. Maybe I’ll take another shot at it at some point.

Karmmah ,
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I did take all my notes for university on pen and paper because I don’t have a laptop with a touchscreen and pen. But I was never quite happy, since I would lose some notes or not find something specific that I knew I wrote down somewhere. This semester I tried using Obsidian and I and it has been great so far. I am now able to search my notes by text and I can back them up somewhere safe. When I’m not on my laptop I take quick notes on my phone but the important ones will then later be transferred to Obsidian.

Rayspekt ,

If you have to write equations and drawings, pen and paper is still better for me. I'll scan it to onenote afterwards.

Extrasvhx9he ,

I kinda meet in the middle and just digitally scan my handwritten notes. It makes for easier backups and still have all the benefits of writing paper notes

tallwookie ,
@tallwookie@lemmy.world avatar

generally no, but sometimes yes - mostly jotting down phone numbers, or if one of my many different passwords change until I can memorize it, (ie: at work), etc

other than that, the only time pen touches paper is when I write a check.

Ukuli ,

I do that for work, for instance when evaluating students and sharing my desktop, it is just more convenient and private to do it on a paper. Maybe also nostalgia plays a factor here, since even in uni not that long ago, I still used notebook and pen.

TheyHaveNoName ,

When I need to learn something and think it over I use pen and paper. If it’s noting stuff down to read later or record somewhere, then it’s digital.

thorbot ,

Yes

thelsim ,
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Writing on paper helps me to make sense of the chaos in my head.
I have a big notebook in which I write out a first draft of new projects in as neat a handwriting as I can manage. It takes time, but it helps me to order my thoughts into something more coherent. And while writing, my subconscious usually comes up with other points that I might have missed earlier.
I enjoy making my notebook look as nice as possible, using a ruler for lines and tables, adding little illustrations in the margins when idling, etc. I want it to be something I’ll keep after it’s full, because it’ll represent a big chunk of memories from my professional life.

Macaroni_ninja ,
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

Hi Steve! How are you doing?.. Good!..No last night was great! , yes I’m in the office…I need to pick up the stuff for the birthday party? Ok no problem, can you send me the address? …oh you driving, okay let me write it down… Hold on, I will put you on the loudspeaker so I can open my notes application… please don’t say anything embarrassing, I have like 10 co workers around me… Uh-um…

indigojasper ,
@indigojasper@kbin.social avatar

I write with pen and paper because its faster for me and it's much more tactile.

random_character_a ,
@random_character_a@lemmy.world avatar

So rarely that one time when I had to write something short on a guestbook, for a second or two, I didn’t remember how.

j4k3 ,
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Often times I keep a notepad beside me. It is my preferred way to store ridiculous length passwords for stuff I care about. I’m usually on a laptop and I may switch it up and use another device to look up stuff. I don’t mix my workstation with socials or shopping. Those three activities are all done on different devices, with different networks. So I don’t care too much about what can be scaped from here. I don’t see value in a small amount of convenience exchanged for connecting my devices, I’d rather just jot down a note and look up the item when I need it.

MJBrune ,

I don’t write notes most of the time. If I do I’m in a meeting and just use vscode or whatever task management system (jira, trello, etc) we have.

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