Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

sketchcase.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

131–140 of 155 posts

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#131

Post by welpwelp »

SiVal wrote: post #118

I'm not being glib here, but after experimenting with many such solutions over the years, I've found that the best solution for me is to always carry a cheap, paper notebook--like one of those black/white-spotted composition notebooks with cardboard covers and unlined paper--that is about the size of my laptop lid. I just slide the laptop and notebook together into whatever backpack or bag I'm using for the laptop. I…

I agreed but these are different mediums. With paper you can't erase obviously, so you use significantly more space when free scratching. Hence the usefulness of the whiteboard.

On a different note, notebooks are great. I converted my wallet into thin Moleskine notebooks that fit in my pocket super easily. I put my cards and bills in it. And I always have a pen in me. Archival pens are great. It's good for doodling too :>

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#132

Post by mickronome »

welpwelp wrote: post #131
SiVal wrote: post #118

I'm not being glib here, but after experimenting with many such solutions over the years, I've found that the best solution for me is to always carry a cheap, paper notebook--like one of those black/white-spotted composition notebooks with cardboard covers and unlined paper--that is about the size of my laptop lid. I just slide the laptop and notebook together into whatever backpack or bag I'm using for the laptop. I…

I agreed but these are different mediums. With paper you can't erase obviously, so you use significantly more space when free scratching. Hence the usefulness of the whiteboard. On a different note, notebooks are great. I converted my wallet into thin Moleskine notebooks that fit in my pocket super easily. I put my cards and bills in it. And I always have a pen in me. Archival pens are great. It's good for doodling t…

Decent quality paper and an assortment of Pilot Frixion Clicker (erasable) ball point pens in different colors are what I use for hashing stuff out, but even then a whiteboard is better for some tasks simply because of it's ephemeral nature.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#133

Post by chiefalchemist »

What I'd like to see is a stealthy monitor with case (or just a universal case for monitor or laptop). The case, fully open, could latch open and the back flat side would be a whiteboard or even clalk board. Kinda like an artist's portfolio case, but for devs.

In addition the case, if laptop size, would be semi drop proof. The point being, I'd travel more by bike if I didn't hear a fall would total my hardware.

Finally, big ask here, make it insulated. Leaving my machine in a cold car while snowboarding means I generally like to wait a bit til the machine comes back to room temp.

Yes. I've seen hardened cases (a la for DJs & musicians) but they're often overkill, AND I want the outside to serve a purpose (I.e., whiteboard).

Keep it in the $100 range and you have a winner.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#134

Post by blauditore »

Ideally, this could be done on the screen itself. Using a 2-in-1-laptop like Lenovo Yogas you can position the screen directly in front of you, and it has a touchscreen (obviously).

I guess the problem is that even with digital pens, haptic feedback and maybe precision are not up to par with the real thing. But those things might improve a lot in the next 10-20 years, there seems to be a decent amount of research going on for the former.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#135

Post by devdoomari »

sumitgt wrote: post #34
sixdimensional wrote: post #15

Actually, this just gave me a crazy idea... what if laptop manufacturers included something low powered like a boogie board device on the outside of the screen, which could write / save directly to some small internal storage of the laptop, and then the resulting notes could be accessible via the laptop when turned on? Kind of like.. a poor man's tablet on the outside of a laptop? I wonder the cost of that vs. touch…

But, in that case, how would it be different from just drawing on my Surface with my surface pen? It's kinda exactly what you need.

getting a thinkpad X230T or a thinkpad helix (with wacom pen) from Ebay is much cheaper ;)

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#136

Post by SiVal »

welpwelp wrote: post #131
SiVal wrote: post #118

I'm not being glib here, but after experimenting with many such solutions over the years, I've found that the best solution for me is to always carry a cheap, paper notebook--like one of those black/white-spotted composition notebooks with cardboard covers and unlined paper--that is about the size of my laptop lid. I just slide the laptop and notebook together into whatever backpack or bag I'm using for the laptop. I…

I agreed but these are different mediums. With paper you can't erase obviously, so you use significantly more space when free scratching. Hence the usefulness of the whiteboard. On a different note, notebooks are great. I converted my wallet into thin Moleskine notebooks that fit in my pocket super easily. I put my cards and bills in it. And I always have a pen in me. Archival pens are great. It's good for doodling t…

With paper you can't erase obviously

I can, and do, quite easily. I have a twist-out eraser on the end of my pencil plus an artists' eraser in each pen/pencil bag, so I can make pretty quick work of some portion of a page, but if I really want to erase the page, I can do it faster with paper than with a whiteboard: I turn the page.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#137

Post by jgord »

I wonder about the low-tech use case of :

writing on this wb surface on laptop, then re-covering with clear plastic to make it semi-permanent [ preventing wipe off with handling / slipcase / backpack ]

Does the original peel-off wb material cover would re-adhere ? .. if so, handy.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#138

Post by jeyoor »

gideon_b wrote: post #44
mcescalante wrote: post #30

I think this is a really good idea, but if you look on eBay you can buy a 200cm by 45cm (~ 78.7 in by 17.7in) vinyl whiteboard sticker for $5. You could buy this, trim it down and use it on a handful of laptops at a significantly cheaper cost. There are lots of other listings for "whiteboard vinyl sticker" but here is the $5 one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Vinyl-Wall-Sticker-Removable-Whi... Also, I wonder if a "whi…

He has a pretty thorough DIY for anyone looking to go this route: https://www.sketchcase.com/diy/

I have tremendous respect for the decision to post the DIY guide alongside the product. I find this sort of kindness hugely inspiring.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#139

Post by Insanity »

weixiyen wrote: post #122
taytus wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>You wrote an algorithm on sketchcase and want to implement it. Well, now you have turn your laptop around every time too see it. Write the algorithm, take a photos of it, win.

but the camera is on the other side so it's literally impossible

If only you could have a small device in your pocket that can take pictures! :-)

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#140

Post by aerique »

Waterluvian wrote: post #96
tedmiston wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One upside of the Boogie Board approach is trivial battery usage.

It's also instant access. It's just there, always running, always immediately ready.

What the Boogie Board does, it does really well but I really missed being able to page back and forth and an easy OCR workflow when I still had one.
Post reply on HN