Totally understandable that as a tech worker you would prefer digital note-taking tools!
And just as an aside, sometimes I think engineers focus too much on "efficiency". There are a ton of things that can be optimized for! Maybe having a beautiful office layout diagram makes the experience of looking at and working with the diagram more enjoyable, more memorable, maybe it instills pride in the office workers.
omg is dyspraxia the reason thereās such an internet boner for hating cursive??? I never thought about that. It always seemed weird to me because it was such a short and forgettable part of my educational experience, but I could understand being upset about it if it was painful or difficult to learn and other people seemed to learn more easily.
I donāt really have infinite money for new/multiple iPads lol, neither has any habitat restoration job Iāve worked in.
I donāt need to keep large documents on hand in my notes binder. I do sometimes print them and file them in an organized filing cabinet though. Itās super fast to find whatever Iām looking for, add post-its, notes, whatever I want to them. And I can read them outside without glare.
I have had my phones overheat in sunlight regularly, just listening to podcasts. Not even that hot, like coastal California sunlight. Multiple devices, over years, itās just something Iāve accepted that can happen when youāre working outdoors.
I already described all the advantages of paper notes. They donāt break. You donāt need to carry extra batteries around. No glare. I would not take an iPad into thick brush on a hot day, I wouldnāt even be able to see the damn screen half the time. But you do you!
Yeah, paper note-taking does mean scanning right away when youāre back in the office. But the reality of field work is that you might lose the data if you took them on a tablet, too. Iāve worked jobs where there was no service until we get into the office, so the data just lives on the device until it is uploaded.
I am using Obsidian for a particular project, Iām using it to organize a history research project Iām working on! I think itās a cool tool, I would just go crazy if I had everything organized on my computer. I end up hyperfocusing more on the organizing system itself, or get distracted on the computer/phoneā¦ and the physical notes I can make cute and aesthetic much more easily which makes me feel warmly about my to-dos. I tried to do a digital PDF notebook with hyperlinks and everything, but I just felt like I was spending too much time fiddling around with on my note-taking and organization.
Paper stationary is a lot more popular in Germany and Japan, oddly enough. A lot of jetpens products come from those countries ā¦ the most sought after notebooks are Japanese and Germans have great pens.
I disagree with your āobjectiveā opinion lol. The iPad you have to keep charged, can break, they overheat in sunlight especially when you put an OtterBox on them, they might get laggy with big documents. And with paper you can write with any pen/highlighter you like, you can take it anywhere. Tablets are not always the best tool.
You can totally be disorganized on a computer too. My paper notes are organized in a binder by context.
Idk sounds like the guy just has untreated ADHD or something. Lifeās too short to be mad at someone for being kinda bad at their job. Youāre all just workers together.
I donāt disagree with that! Maybe we should start learning shorthand.
I do think it is valuable to read cursive though, for historical study. I joined an informal LGBT history study group and we got to spend a lot of time reading love letters people sent each other. Not everything is transcribed, so Iām glad I was taught to read cursive.
You could argue that only historians should learn it, but I think that historical research is something that should be widely accessible, and also itās easier for young kids to learn language skills. I donāt think there is any harm in teaching cursive.
But cursive is more useful and practical than writing print. If youāre taking notes, you want to take them quickly and still be legible. Cursive is a system for this.