[kemiller2002]

It's just my opinion, but nothing beats paper. I have tried keeping note files on my computer, and I've tried using tablets to jot things down (I have spent so much money trying to get this option to work). Paper just works better. I found that I like to scribble and underline, and draw. I'm just not an organized thinker. Forcing things to be in a list don't work for my thoughts and even drawing on an iPad etc. seems too constricting. The precision of paper just isn't there.

[DavideNL]

> I found that I like to scribble and underline, and draw

I use Goodnotes[1] on my iPad for my notes in which you can do all of that. Works great for me.

But i can understand that a digital solution is not always a better solution for every situation/lifestyle...

[1] https://www.goodnotes.com/

[laurex]

This seems to be supported by data https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/095679761452458...

I have been transitioning to Remarkable 2 to see if there's some benefit to uniting the concepts. So far, though, I seem to be taking fewer notes.

[nicbou]

I was close to pulling the trigger on one, since I also doodle a lot. Then I realised it would be yet another gadget that annoys me because it does annoying gadget things.

Paper doesn't require an account, or updates. It doesn't require repeating a task because it didn't get it. It doesn't have a community that tries to pick up where the manufacturer left off. It's also a hundredth of the price.

[coffeeling]

That effect is heavily driven by writing things down in your own words - writing by hand essentially forces you to do it, keyboard lets you get away with transcription, which doesn't help.

[olivertaylor]

Computers are for organizing; paper is for thinking.