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However, I find retrieval and sketching, not to speak of mathematical formulas and diagramming, much easier from a physical notebook.
I've not yet found a digital medium superior to that of a physical notebook for doing 'notebooklike' things.
We obviously type more than we write now, but I've always found the implicit suggestion of abandoning writing, or engaging in the hypothetical of having to pick only one, a bit of a pointless discussion. While it's not an exact analogy, I would say it's like walking and swimming. Both can get you somewhere, but just because we do one a lot more than the other doesn't mean we don't need both.
Write my diary by hand. Makes it pretty much unhackable and it's a good way to start the day. Habit I guess.
> Some say that because we write slower than we type, it allows for deeper thinking as opposed to faster thinking, which could be beneficial. Since writing takes longer, I tend to mull over what I'm trying to communicate and condense it. This is likely why I remember it better. However ....
> because it's harder to edit one is more careful while writing Absolutely not! Given a half pages written text I would likely have no less than a dozen clear markups where I revised or edited a thought.
I certainly don't want to write everything, or produce professional quality hand-written text, but I find benefit in actually writing things down
Hell yes. Except when writing long documents keyboard it is, of course. However, I find retrieval and sketching, not to speak of mathematical formulas and diagramming, much easier from a physical notebook. I've not yet found a digital medium superior to that of a physical notebook for doing 'notebooklike' things.
We obviously type more than we write now, but I've always found the implicit suggestion of abandoning writing, or engaging in the hypothetical of having to pick only one, a bit of a pointless discussion. While it's not an exact analogy, I would say it's like walking and swimming. Both can get you somewhere, but just because we do one a lot more than the other doesn't mean we don't need both.
That's true for our generation, but future generations might lose the hability to do both as we move to a 100% digital era.
I guess that paid off in the long run. No many people really give much importance to handwriting, more so these days but I feel nice writing and still try to write as much as I can (always have few notebooks with me at all times + a bunch of pens and pencils). Besides the appreciations I usually get, I like the fact that people admire that I dedicate to writing too besides my involvement with technology and that I stayed in touch with the art of writing.
I'm trying to inculcate a similar habit with my kid - write beautiful, and master the intricacies of handwriting - it is lovely, sweet, sophisticated, classical and clean.
:-)
Also, writing notes on post-it notes or on a whiteboard are basically what makes completing any project that takes longer than a day possible for me.
Hell yes. Except when writing long documents keyboard it is, of course. However, I find retrieval and sketching, not to speak of mathematical formulas and diagramming, much easier from a physical notebook. I've not yet found a digital medium superior to that of a physical notebook for doing 'notebooklike' things.
I also use it for a daily log of my tasks and what I need to accomplish. Used to use a notebook for both these things, but I find it easier/faster to jump into onenote and back into what i am working on then