[dboreham]

Problem with a book (there are many benefits of course) is : you lose the book.

So I have a strict policy these days of only taking notes either on a piece of paper that sits on my desk, or in electronic form synced to all my devices (using OneNote fwiw but document files in Google Drive would probably work just as well).

I also have around 20 notebooks scattered around the house, office, car, friends's houses, etc.

[feifan]

Long-term stuff goes elsewhere (Trello with the team at work, for example), but my notebook is only day-by-day. So I actually wouldn't mind losing it.

In return, I get something that works closer to the speed of thought than any digital tool — I can write down a thought in less time than it takes to unlock my phone or open a Google Doc. That's important for me because it's too easy for me to not bother writing it down if it breaks my flow.

[hawski]

You can also periodically take photos of new pages and sync that.

[dboreham]

Been there, done that..

You can also take pictures of all letters you mail, right before you slide them into the mailbox, so if you ever wonder if you really mailed the mortgage check or perhaps it just slid under your car seat or blew away when the car door opened, there it is in your phone..