There are a couple of note books (CamiApp, Shotnote) that have appeared in Japan that are quite similar. I found the design pretty good, though I stopped using them.. I think mainly because I switched form Evernote to org-mode.
Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
for one, the paper has alignment dots that evernote uses to square the image perfectly even if the camera is held askew.
Can't a generalized line/grid detection algorithm be used to correct the skew from photos of any lined or squared note paper? $25/notepad is way of the charts for the types of notes and sketches that I actually need a notepad for.
The limited selection is even worse than the price. I vastly prefer Moleskine's soft cover notebooks, and these are apparently only available in hard cover. Then again, aside from "disaster recovery", the flatbed scanner I already use to scan notebook pages probably works better than the iPad's camera even with special deskew logic anyway.
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#103Now, for those of us interested in startups - what a perfect example of great product development: - Address existing need that few other products addresses - Helps generating new customers by removing some of the barriers - "I like to create my notes with a pen on a paper" - Involves non-trivial blend of hardware and software - Involves non-trivial business partnership - Serves as a test-bed for bringing the solutio…
Do either Evernote or Moleskine really qualify as startups, though? (not that that necessarily changes things, though I'm not convinced that it's as revolutionary as being made out to be... certainly evolutionary).
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#104the shills will eat this up
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#105I never "got" Evernote, but this is trés cool.
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#106I think this is really quite neat. I used to be a heavy user of Evernote, but I found it difficult to reconcile my handwritten notes (90% of my notes at work) with what I'd have in Evernote. As a result, I stopped using Evernote. I always hoped I'd be able to find a good way to record my notes digitally (e.g., iPad + stylus), but at the end of the day, taking notes with pen & paper always wins for me. This could very…
I don't know how it is today, but OneNote on tablet pc was doing pretty fantastic search of handwritten notes in ~2004 (back when I last used it). When I worked at MSFT, I took basically all of my notes in it.
I've used a tablet PC for years. OneNote is truly powerful software. I pray for a convertible ultrabook. Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one. So much hate for the lowly tablet PC.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know how it is today, but OneNote on tablet pc was doing pretty fantastic search of handwritten notes in ~2004 (back when I last used it). When I worked at MSFT, I took basically all of my notes in it.
I've used a tablet PC for years. OneNote is truly powerful software. I pray for a convertible ultrabook. Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one. So much hate for the lowly tablet PC.
Asus has a convertible ultrabook coming out sometime [1]. Too bad it looks like its just capacitive touch, no digitizer =/. Wish Lenovo would find a way to thin out their X200T's.
[1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/5897/new-asus-transformer-book...
Re: Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine
#108Now, for those of us interested in startups - what a perfect example of great product development: - Address existing need that few other products addresses - Helps generating new customers by removing some of the barriers - "I like to create my notes with a pen on a paper" - Involves non-trivial blend of hardware and software - Involves non-trivial business partnership - Serves as a test-bed for bringing the solutio…
Do either Evernote or Moleskine really qualify as startups, though? (not that that necessarily changes things, though I'm not convinced that it's as revolutionary as being made out to be... certainly evolutionary).
I don't think Evernote is a startup anymore, but it's a remarkable product development story nevertheless. Certainly thinking outside of the box.
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#109Great, except that Moleskine notebooks are very costly here in India.
Generally in ranges of hundreds of rupees.
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#110I think this is really quite neat. I used to be a heavy user of Evernote, but I found it difficult to reconcile my handwritten notes (90% of my notes at work) with what I'd have in Evernote. As a result, I stopped using Evernote. I always hoped I'd be able to find a good way to record my notes digitally (e.g., iPad + stylus), but at the end of the day, taking notes with pen & paper always wins for me. This could very…
I don't know how it is today, but OneNote on tablet pc was doing pretty fantastic search of handwritten notes in ~2004 (back when I last used it). When I worked at MSFT, I took basically all of my notes in it.
Seconded -- OneNote was/is an amazing piece of software. I took all my notes for the CFA on it in 2008, and I used it to great effect apartment hunting off craigslist that year as well. My tablet died a couple of years ago and I haven't replaced it, or I'd probably still be using OneNote.